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[stardude]

i have a thing for buying old rare alloys!

had a set of 5x10 cosmics, but now sold them.
have 10 6x10 cosmics
have also just bought a set of very rare astrali alloys that are coming up brilliantly! and will be for sale soon

[tadleysimon]

ill happily bring them over for you if you pay for the doors, coming over in 2-3 weeks

freaker

thanks but they have already sold, im looking into converting my existing doors at the mo.

I bought a glass washer bottle of ebay not to long ago, they're pretty hard to find. shifty.gif

christ, they are hard to find, well done you sir.

had a set of 5x10 cosmics, but now sold them.
have 10 6x10 cosmics shifty.gif

ive got 2 sets of 10x5 cosmics that ill need to get shot of to make way for my 10x6 cosmics that are in the pipeline, wink wink Rosslin Racing

[crazycoleman118]

a glass washer bottle went on ebay for £300+!!! the other day

Edited by crazycoleman118, 21 August 2010 - 10:04 AM.

[tadleysimon]

they literally are rocking horse poo tho...

something ive never hunted for as it would be no use to me, but i love seeing them fitted to some cars,

ita amazing that any are still about really

[CanadianMiniFan]

Mini special wheels arnt that rare are they. I'v seen loads. Their was about 3 lots I saw for sale at MITP plus all the ones I see on ebay. They normally only go for around £40-50 as well. I really like them when their all paint black. Looks really tidy. If I see some local at the right price I'd be temped.

I'v been after a pair of the Inno headlamp rings for ages although I'v never found any for sale. If you look in the new mini world theirs a pic of them in their on page 36. They are a bit more square and I think they just look that bit nicer. Another thing I almost bought at MITP where some of the side indicators of a Canadian mini. They had a reflector on them as part of the light unit. They were only £6 for the pair as well. I just thought I better get the things I really needed first.

Haha, thats a bit funny, here in Canada, everyone wants to get rid of those side marker lights, like the smooth look. search up our late '70s bumpers too.

[project mini chris]

I have 2 Genuine cooper S Steels
Nimbus grey Bumpers, headlight rings and grille (very hard to find now!)
Just sold a genuine ERA Turbo exhaust on fleaby

[1984mini25]

mini special wheels arnt rare no, but you try finding the wheel nut covers and centre caps

There was a trader at mitp selling the nut covers NEW and i've got a pot full (same as used on the 25) of old nut covers if anyone tries to nick mine.

Edited by 1984mini25, 22 August 2010 - 04:39 PM.

[tadleysimon]

o thats intresting, ive got a set of nut covers but wouldnt mind some centre caps

[leaky]

Yea I same the but covers as well. Si I'm pretty sure it the same guy you got your MPI heater pipes from in Newquay. He had a massive red thing full of them. I'v not seen mini special wheels caps before. What they look like?

[liirge]

Yup love the rare parts!
Got some BWA Alloys the other day...for the sum of £10!!

[tadleysimon]

i know who u mean jon but he deffo didnt have mini special nut covers.

and what are bwa alloys?
got some piccys?

[liirge]

Yup, never really see them around:

5x10

[Wright&Wright]

I've got an original genuine AA badge for the front grill that is nearly unrecognisable as yellow

Not entirely sure how rare these are, but I haven't seen many knocking about?

[Boycie]

As said, anything Inno is very hard to get now!

Might sound a bit stupid, but I'm after some genuine engine mounts. The remanufactured stuff transfers far too much NVH through the body into the car when you have early, solid-mounted subframes. They're probably fine for rubber-subframe cars though. The new/ pattern ones I bought last year were awfull compared to the 35 year old originals lol.

Missed out on some genuine Rover ones on eBay recently.. there must be loads out there somewhere?!

[l_jonez]

mini special wheels arnt rare no, but you try finding the wheel nut covers and centre caps

i didnt realise they where rare, i thought no one would want them so threw a whole set out 2 weeks ago