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[cal844]

Good solid car, NO RUST had full rebuild, new rear backplates, new fuel and brake pipes and hoses. balljoints, just been serviced, new brake pads, tax and mot 96k miles. 

 

stage one kit, 2 inch LCB, link pipe and DTM rear box, sounds great.

 

many thanks 

 

cal844

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Edited by cal844, 21 May 2013 - 07:42 PM.

[waddle]

whats the price?

 

blaghh,  thought it was in the for sale section ,  id say in the 2k range, depending what a fill rebuild entails 

Edited by waddle, 21 May 2013 - 04:47 PM.

[mini=love]

Around 1750

[cal844]

car is worth more than £2k guys. theres cars on ebay with no mot or tax AND needing a massive amount of welding for £1500.

 

its got to be worth £3000 easy

Edited by cal844, 21 May 2013 - 07:54 PM.

[Daviewonder]

car is worth more than £2k guys. theres cars on ebay with no mot or tax AND needing a massive amount of welding for £1500.

 

its got to be worth £3000 easy

 

There you go then, that's answered your question.

[waddle]

i think 3 might be achevable if you hold out ,  but somewhere in the 2k range and it will get snapped up,  i dont like to judge by ebay because you never know if it was as described and if they payed the price, the ones that sell are often alot cheaper. imo

Edited by waddle, 21 May 2013 - 10:42 PM.

[creakyjaws5533]

A guy I know has had a fully resprayed and rusty free car same as yours beautiful condition at £2400 and he has had it since September with no luck of sale and it has been advertised everywhere

[OllieTheWelder]

Rofl, good luck with 2k let alone 3....

[cal844]

think il cancel my account

[JimminyBob]

Don't be offended by valuations, you asked what people thought and they replied honestly. I understand you've probably put a lot of money into this car but it's unlikely you'll ever get it back. I'd have to agree with the valuations of around the £2000 mark, it might be rust free but at the end of the day it's a late 80's Mayfair which isn't the most desirable of models and it's also been modified slightly. It'd probably be easier to sell without the decals/white arches. Those sheds on eBay might be advertised for £1500 but there's no chance they'll actually sell for that much.

[AVV IT]

You really need to make a distinction between asking prices and actual selling prices. Unfortunately the market is filled with deluded mini owners who've spent a bit of cash on their 80's 998 and now think it's worth £3.5k. The reality is that with the exception of early, very late and particularly rare examples, very few classic mini's are actually selling for over the £2.5k mark right now.

 

If you're using Ebay as a guide and want a true reflection of selling prices, then stop looking at the classified's and do a search of completed listings instead. You'll generally see that those cars that have actually sold will be under the £2k mark and generally it's the near mint 1275's that will go for nearer the £2.5k mark. A nice 80's/90's 998 with full MOT, will probably reach around the £1,800 - £2,000 at the most. If it's low mileage and original spec then maybe around the £2.2k mark.

 

Now I appreciate that's probably not the news you want to here, but I'm afraid that it really is a reality. It's a buyers market at the moment and therefore really not a good time to sell. If you really want to maximise resale value though, then return it to as close as original spec as possible and sell all the aftermarket parts on separately. People tend to want to make a classic mini their own, so the most popular cars are always those that are a blank canvas and that haven't been modified.

Edited by AVV IT, 22 May 2013 - 07:44 PM.

[Daviewonder]

think il cancel my account

 

What, because we didn't tell you the price that you wanted to hear?  Grow up mate.

[waddle]

unless your in it as a buisness or hold out and buy dirt cheap cars and put loads of time in ,  your never going to get your money back on a mini !

[cal844]

sorry for the small rant the other night. anyway, as long as i get £2000+ i will be happy as that is waht the car owes me, so... any one want to buy a rust free 998 mayfair?!

[OllieTheWelder]

not in valuations, no.