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I'm sorry that this is my first post here! I'm more of an MR2 (Mk1) person myself! I've been lurking here for a while, inspired to do something with a Mini - particularly since I started doing Autosolos and seeing just how awesome Minis are at those!!
A friend of mine here at Uni purchased a Mini a couple of years or so ago, with the intention of restoring and using it. Sadly she's now left the country and the car has been left with me - I had quite an interest in this car's restoration as well and was pushing her whenever I could to do something about it! LOLAnyway, I now need to sell the car; I'd have absolutely loved to take the project over myself but I'm short on time as it is due to Uni, need to clear the space where it is, and can't keep it myself...
When I have space though, I will be back!Annnnnyway... We need to sell the car. As far as I know, it's been off the road for a few years... It's quite rusty and so will need a fair bit of work to get it back on the road. We've got the engine started, though it has the common (from what I've read on forums) seized clutch cylinder. I tried to free it off but had no luck with this...
So the engine runs, but it has no gears.So, it needs to be sold. What's it worth? I don't know what mini's are worth at all, (though I've looked around this site and eBay a bit, so have an idea) and I'll concede that probably this one will be at the lower end...
I'd like it if people more knowledgeable about these cars could help me out with this. I know what the value would be if it were an MR2, but this isn't! LOL! We could both do with the money (we're both students!) but would like this car to go to someone who will either sort it or use the bits from it...It's not taxed or MOT'd and so will have to be moved on a trailer. The car is based in Bedfordshire.
The floor pan has been previously repaired, and annoyingly this clearly wasn't done very well as the repairs have rusted again... Grrrr. The entire boot floor will have to be replaced really. I believe the front sub-frame has some surface rust but is, for the most part fairly solid.
Hmmm, a picture tells a thousand words, eh?
The car:
The Boot (including a spare set of door handles!). This looks more of a mess than it is - there's plenty of good metal here and it's just surface rust. However, there's also a few holes so if it were me, I'd cut the whole thing out and replace it with the repair panel available...
Front and rear valances are rotten...
Floor pan just under the fronts of the doors:
There are some rust blisters under the rear window on drivers side I think, as well as on the bottom of both doors. Thus, we have outer skin repair panels for the doors:
These are brand new and unused. Ideally we'd like to recoup the cost of these at the very least!!! (I've seen they're around £46 on the Mini Spares site)
So... What would be a fair value to ask for?
I have more photos if they're any use... Much of the visible rust in the photos is surface only, but there is still quite a lot of work needed...
Cheers,
Max
