25K for this derelict S
Created by: 6drufly9
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Nov 10, 2018 07:30AM | thewerewolf | |
Nov 10, 2018 06:38AM | dklawson | |
Nov 10, 2018 05:11AM | iain1967s | |
Nov 3, 2018 12:33PM | thewerewolf | |
Nov 3, 2018 10:33AM | dklawson | |
Nov 3, 2018 05:10AM | iain1967s | |
Nov 3, 2018 04:47AM | 6464 | |
Nov 2, 2018 06:01PM | thewerewolf | Edited: Nov 3, 2018 06:13AM |
Nov 2, 2018 04:47PM | scooperman | |
Nov 2, 2018 03:34PM | malsal | |
Nov 2, 2018 07:40AM | Spitz | |
Nov 2, 2018 07:10AM | 6drufly9 |
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dlawson.. totally agree.. why would NOT just buy new Mk1 shell from BMH.. and build everything from new.. could NOT be much more than $25k.. and then get State vin number.. why waste $25 large on POS rusty mini????
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Originally Posted by iain1967s
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Originally Posted by dklawson
The U.K. auction car above was certainly not worth $25k... not unless there was some emotional reason to buy what was left of the car.
From p60 of November CooperWorld: “Air Television, a TV production company based in Yorkshire, are making a programme to follow the barn find Mk1 Mini Cooper S through auction and hopefully its life thereafter.”
My -S is a complete '64. Were I to sell it (which I am not) I doubt I would ask more than $25k. To each his own.
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Originally Posted by dklawson
The U.K. auction car above was certainly not worth $25k... not unless there was some emotional reason to buy what was left of the car.
From p60 of November CooperWorld: “Air Television, a TV production company based in Yorkshire, are making a programme to follow the barn find Mk1 Mini Cooper S through auction and hopefully its life thereafter.”
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Dlawson. yea I heard about.. guess I would would be in the orange co NC jail.. because my hands would have been around her throat.. if my ex had done this to me.. btw I had a ex redhead.. that tried to sell my morgan when I was in the UK.. she was trying to trade EVEN for her a new honda .. lucky for me. the saleman at the honda dealership knew me and called me in london.. she was long GONE when I got back from the UK. NEVER to return... fyi.. I heard Se7en is getting up to $80k to restore a mini pick up these days. and have SIX waiting to be done.. later bc
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Yes, the cost of restoration or refurbishment is high... even if you do a lot of the manual labor yourself. To spend $80k on a Mini has to be considered a labor of love, not an investment. The U.K. auction car above was certainly not worth $25k... not unless there was some emotional reason to buy what was left of the car.
As a case in point, a guy who used to live around here took a common Mk2 and rebuilt it into a rally replica. He spent upwards of $35k for the project. Then... he was faced with a divorce and deployment by the military. He turned down offers approaching $20k and in the end (when he ran out of time) had to surrender the car to his wife as part of their settlement. Two years passed, the ex-wife remarried and her new man started to part the car out. The car was noticed by a guy on MM who in turn bought it (largely still intact) for $4.5k. That's WAY down from what the builder was asking and not even close to the $20k he had turned down.
Buy your Mini because you want it, enjoy it, and don't expect to get your money back out of it. Yes, you could rebuild the auction car with a new shell. However, if I remember correctly this "car" didn't even have its original engine. With a replacement engine, and an all new body and interior, the auction car will be like "grandfather's axe".
As a case in point, a guy who used to live around here took a common Mk2 and rebuilt it into a rally replica. He spent upwards of $35k for the project. Then... he was faced with a divorce and deployment by the military. He turned down offers approaching $20k and in the end (when he ran out of time) had to surrender the car to his wife as part of their settlement. Two years passed, the ex-wife remarried and her new man started to part the car out. The car was noticed by a guy on MM who in turn bought it (largely still intact) for $4.5k. That's WAY down from what the builder was asking and not even close to the $20k he had turned down.
Buy your Mini because you want it, enjoy it, and don't expect to get your money back out of it. Yes, you could rebuild the auction car with a new shell. However, if I remember correctly this "car" didn't even have its original engine. With a replacement engine, and an all new body and interior, the auction car will be like "grandfather's axe".
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There was the guy at MME '18 in New York that made a replica Monte Carlo #177. He spent $80k.
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I'm happy to see prices going up. Parts are still cheap. But any type of restoration is going cost $$$. A paint job can range from $3k to $15k of beyond. Who knows what body labor is; unless you are doing it yourself.
There was the guy at MME '18 in New York that made a replica Monte Carlo #177. He spent $80k.
There was the guy at MME '18 in New York that made a replica Monte Carlo #177. He spent $80k.
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malsal.. totally argree.. but what a POS.. looks like something out of sanford and son..STUPIC money in my book.. later bc
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well sold. Very well sold.
https://mathewsons.co.uk/vehicle-auction-catalogue/7760-september-auction-1966-mini-cooper
https://mathewsons.co.uk/vehicle-auction-catalogue/7760-september-auction-1966-mini-cooper
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Best route would be a Heritage re shell.
If in doubt, flat out. Colin Mc Rae MBE 1968-2007.
Give a car more power and it goes faster on the straights,
make a car lighter and it's faster everywhere. Colin Chapman.
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Wow.... that is insane !
It does have the hard to find 3.5" S wheels.
I sold my 67 S shell in far better shape, for $350...lol
It does have the hard to find 3.5" S wheels.
I sold my 67 S shell in far better shape, for $350...lol
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