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Where have all the 998 Mk1 coopers gone?
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2012 12:17 pm
by tintoptom
Afternoon
I've been trying to put a value on a 998 cooper project I have, with a view to selling it. But when I started to look around for 998's generally (both projects and tidy cars) to gauge current values / desirability, I noticed that they don't seem to be on the market right now + I can't remember went I last saw one for sale...
I guess attention has been on early cars and rare models like the super deluxe over recent years. Has the 998 slipped under the radar? Or am I just looking in the wrong places..!
Tom
Re: Where have all the 998 Mk1 coopers gone?
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2012 1:17 pm
by clm
They probably all grew S's...
Chris
Re: Where have all the 998 Mk1 coopers gone?
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2012 1:31 pm
by rolesyboy
In my back garden...
Re: Where have all the 998 Mk1 coopers gone?
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2012 2:12 pm
by tintoptom
rolesyboy wrote:In my back garden...
Haha, well that make two of us then!
Re: Where have all the 998 Mk1 coopers gone?
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2012 2:56 pm
by foxy52
tintoptom wrote:Afternoon
I've been trying to put a value on a 998 cooper project I have, with a view to selling it. But when I started to look around for 998's generally (both projects and tidy cars) to gauge current values / desirability, I noticed that they don't seem to be on the market right now + I can't remember went I last saw one for sale...
I guess attention has been on early cars and rare models like the super deluxe over recent years. Has the 998 slipped under the radar? Or am I just looking in the wrong places..!
Tom
.....japan,.!!. contact the mini cooper registers registrar for cooper 997 and 998 info,s.....
Re: Where have all the 998 Mk1 coopers gone?
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2012 3:47 pm
by 814CWE
not sure on people concentrating on super deluxes..but the supers seem to be getting popular with collectors
im glad i got my supers when people "didnt know what they were"
Re: Where have all the 998 Mk1 coopers gone?
Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2012 2:39 pm
by RicardoFragoso
I have on in my garage!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Re: Where have all the 998 Mk1 coopers gone?
Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2012 4:32 pm
by Dr.Mabo
RicardoFragoso wrote:I have on in my garage!!!!!!!!!!!!!
same as me
so long
the doc
Re: Where have all the 998 Mk1 coopers gone?
Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2012 6:13 pm
by Vegard
I just binned one...
Re: Where have all the 998 Mk1 coopers gone?
Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2012 11:30 pm
by nickacb
Re: Where have all the 998 Mk1 coopers gone?
Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2012 7:59 am
by Old English White
As someone has already hinted at,
we know there are a lot of fake S's, built from a logbook. Many of them will have used a 998 Cooper as the base. MUCH easier to start with a Cooper than an 850, as most of the right bits are there already.
This, as well as rust, accidents and low values for many years has seen the demise of many.
I've no idea about surviving numbers but there do seem to be as many S's as Coopers now, which certainly was not the case to begin with.