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http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/140867023040; ... 21ffede60c


Hmm seems a bit too good if you ask me.

Agree, but it cant be "faked" as it is impossible to restore/recreate without traces.

When unrestored cars is at a car show, they always stand out
there is an aura that just cant be recreated once a car is rebuilt.

Just seems iffy haha but it is a beautiful van :] shame about the 42k price tag

Ive seen this van in the flesh (or metal) when it formed part of a massive private collection of minis in Northern Ireland (which included GRX 5D and 24 PK ex works / works supported rally cars to name a few) It is quite simply stunning, genuine, unrestored and unlikely to be repeated.

miniminor wrote:Ive seen this van in the flesh (or metal) when it formed part of a massive private collection of minis in Northern Ireland (which included GRX 5D and 24 PK ex works / works supported rally cars to name a few) It is quite simply stunning, genuine, unrestored and unlikely to be repeated.

Ohh nice well its in wellingborough just down road from me now

miniminor wrote:
It is quite simply stunning, genuine, unrestored and unlikely to be repeated.

You can see it from the pictures the Brown "stuff" that penetrates the original sealer, and discoloures the paint,
is something you never get to see on a restored car
and the Black stuff (paint or underseal ? ) around the floor rubber grommets.
This is something people dont copy, once a car is restored.

That round piece of foam, that sit behind the airfilter, is also very rare,
only seen one of those once before, and that was also a unrestored/lowmilage car.

It is extraordinary - and probably unique. Must have been VERY carefully stored, in perfect conditions. We all know what happens if you simply stick a car in a shed and don't touch it for many years
If you bought it now though, What could you DO with it? Apart from storing it away again?

Old English White wrote:
If you bought it now though, What could you DO with it?

Apart from storing it away again?

Lets hope it goes to one of the car museums, so Mini owners can see it.

Or the new owner haul it around, to the car shows.

Beautiful little van!

It's like all remarkably low mileage cars that turn up, absolutely gorgeous to find in as new unused condition but also sadly, unuseable. I have always loved the mini 30 special edition and there were a couple of them advertised recently, virtually unused, one wasn't even registered! Thought for a while about how nice it would be to own one, but I don't have a museum, I like to drive cars, sure keep them in as good condition as possible, don't drive them in the rain or when there's grit on the roads but something like that sadly can only ever be a museum piece.

I don't entirely agree with that.

A remarkably low mileage car can still be a remarkable low mileage car even if you as the owner put "some" miles on. Going from 300 & something to say 1,500 and a few in a tear or two is not going to catastrophically affect its value & you also get the joy of driving a NEW MK1.

Having said that, when they change hands for that sort of price this sort of blows my theory right out of the water. If owned a 40,000 Mini I would probably not drive it anyway.

M

This question comes up a lot with low / delivery milage cars - do you enjoy them and the fact it's a chance to drive a car 'as it should be', or park it and hope you can sell it on later to someone else who wants to own but not use......

Personally I think a low milage car is easier to enjoy than a delivery mileage one, where it's unique selling point is just that it is unused. A poisoned challice.

Still, save a thought for wine collectors.

Nice van, but I just don't live in a world where a minivan is worth that much (My pal has his lovely S2 E Type roadster up for sale at the moment for similar money!). Others probably do, so it's all good!

Pandora wrote:This question comes up a lot with low / delivery milage cars - do you enjoy them and the fact it's a chance to drive a car 'as it should be', or park it and hope you can sell it on later to someone else who wants to own but not use......

Personally I think a low milage car is easier to enjoy than a delivery mileage one, where it's unique selling point is just that it is unused. A poisoned challice.

Still, save a thought for wine collectors.

Nice van, but I just don't live in a world where a minivan is worth that much (My pal has his lovely S2 E Type roadster up for sale at the moment for similar money!). Others probably do, so it's all good!

I still wouldn't pay over 2k for an old mini to be fair! it was a cheap car when It came out and still is, but this E type sounds nice I wouldn't mind paying that money if I had it

RidingLow wrote: this E type sounds nice I wouldn't mind paying that money if I had it

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1969-JAGUAR-E ... 2a24aac8b9

Hmmm, this or a mini van?

So £20,850, is this a world record price for a mini van?
Is the new owner known to the forum? Where's it going to and will enthusiasts get a chance to see it any longer?