Bonney
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A mate has built up this mini from a complete wreck, was sat in someones garage for years doing nothing. Got it off them and rebuilt it from scratch.
Mini
Never seen one like it before, and is absolutely mint now its been finished. Theres some pictures somewhere he took of while he was building it, will have to find them
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Colin
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Registered: 4th Apr 02
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Nice but £15k 
I really need to get off my arse & do something with the mini in my garage!!
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DannyB
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Registered: 6th Feb 08
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Sorry but that is awfull, the bodywork looks gash.
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alan-g-w
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Registered: 9th Nov 07
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ooft, I'd keep that and treasure it.
Lovely car.
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Bonney
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Aparantly there was only 2 ever made, and its bloody quick too
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Colin
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Registered: 4th Apr 02
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Ive got this stuck in my garage :
Really need to get myass in gear & get started. The only problem is the more I look at it, the more I find needs doing & I find the simple solution is to shut the garage again. Im not sure I have the skillz!!
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Bonney
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I think he is on the look out for another mini, last time i seen him he was working on another project hes got going (Mr2 with the 360 kit  ). He also wanted to put a yamaha R1 engine into a mini. He was going to do it to that, but couldn't bring himself around to do it
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Kurt
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Registered: 23rd Oct 05
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i want a mini.. want one as a project and then when its finished i wanna drive it to and around Torino 
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Colin
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Drive a mini to Torino? Hah good luck, im usually doing my nut & battered black & blue going into the next town!!
Very tiring car to drive!! 
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DaveB
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Registered: 29th Dec 00
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15k? ouch.
lmao at the "louvres done by an Aston Martin press" does that make the bonnet worth twice as much?
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barter
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Registered: 27th Oct 07
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to body kitted for my liking but looks well clean.15k though? alot more car out there for that money.
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K17STY
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Registered: 13th Dec 02
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Never get that for it. Only the rare classics can command that much ££.
End of the day its just a 1984 mini with a bit work done to it, there are plenty one off minis around with 1380's in them.
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Kurt
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Registered: 23rd Oct 05
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i want to mount you
[Edited on 24-12-2008 by Kurt]
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alan-g-w
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quote:
Originally posted by K17STY
Never get that for it. Only the rare classics can command that much ££.
End of the day its just a 1984 mini with a bit work done to it, there are plenty one off minis around with 1380's in them.
But you could say that about any car. It just depends if there's someone out there that wants it - then they're going to get a bargain, I'd imagine it would cost a good bit more than 15k to do all that.
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Bonney
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It has cost a lot to get it looking like that. Just got to find the right person who would have it. Preferably someone who isnt on the "aint worth it" bandwagon.
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K17STY
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You never get your money back, and trust me Im heavily into the mini scene, there are plenty minis about that are one offs, it really wont get 15k.
Mint original ERA possibly, MK1 pick up possibly.
1984 Austin thats been modded and has a 1300. Nah.
I can post hundreds of similar one offs.
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alan-g-w
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I wasn't suggesting he's looking for his money back, I'd have thought it would have cost more than 15 thou to do.
But I don't know sweet FA about minis so I'll hush for now.
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Bonney
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He had it valued by some company (says in the advert) and it came to around £20k, so if he had put it up for that, that would have been stupid.
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Andrew
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Tis very nice but not to everyones taste.
I'd love to purchase one of the last Coopers on a Y reg but don't have anywhere to store it. One day is shall have one along with an old VW Camper
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K17STY
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Its valued by the insurance company, big difference.
If he gets 15k for that im telling about a dozen people to get their minis up for sale
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Robin
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Registered: 7th Jan 04
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I'd be interested to know how they managed to get the compression ratio up that far by using low compression pistons. I'd also doubt the 117bhp part, at the flywheel, let alone the wheels...
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K17STY
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quote:
Originally posted by Andrew
Tis very nice but not to everyones taste.
I'd love to purchase one of the last Coopers on a Y reg but don't have anywhere to store it. One day is shall have one along with an old VW Camper
Better getting an older one and making it look like one, they used cheap metal and they rot to fuck.
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c20let
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Registered: 25th Jun 05
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colin - what all does yours need done?
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SilverCorsaSXI
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Registered: 1st Dec 02
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quote:
Originally posted by Colin
Ive got this stuck in my garage
Really need to get myass in gear & get started. The only problem is the more I look at it, the more I find needs doing & I find the simple solution is to shut the garage again. Im not sure I have the skillz!!
Colin, I'll help you weld bits together  :L
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