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[jay whiting]

Hello all, as your aware i have been doing a project car now for some 11 weeks or so. Is it possable to get a valuation of it in its current state. Specs are as follows:

Engine:
1275 rebored to 1310 (+0.40)
High comp slipper pistons with rings
Metro head for the large valves
New valve guides, valves and stem seals (not ported)
copper gasget
New mains, ends and thrusts
New cam (line bored)
High press oil pump
High flo water pump
New followers
Duplex chain
1275 gearbox 3.44FD

Rebuilt subframes (front fitted with new top arm bearings, swivles, discs, bearings, 8.4" discs) (rear fitted with new not recon radius arms, bearings, back plates, cyilenders and super fins) Both frames fitted with polly bushes (as is the whole car) Braided brake lines all round, New brake lines else where.

Body:

New wings
New sills (not cover)
Whole new boot floor
New heal board
New floor pans
New rear vallence
New close pannels
New scuttle under trays
New door skins and door bottoms (both sides)
New door steps (both sides)
(all pannels are from the heritage company)
New MK2 bonnet

New Optimise headlining
New chrome bumpers
Over riders front and rear
Mk2 rear light conversion (new)
All door, boot and windscreen rubbers are new
New screen rubber fillets
New inner and outer door/ window seals

Twin tanks
Facet electric fuel pump
New fuel lines
New HIF44 carm
Water cooled inlet
LCB large bore (heat wraped)
New single box stainless RC40 sytem

New 52D vacumless dizzy
electric ignition

Cooper 130mph speedo
All Austin Cooper badges

12" minilights

The car is now Taxed, tested and is currently in highbuild primer. It will be going for a full respray in 1 months time to be placed in Pagent blue with a OEW roof. Pics of the project can be found hear: http://www.theminifo...howtopic=168633

Thanks in advance for looking.

[WRLondon]

lol
hate the colour scheme atm but seems very blue!
atm i'd say within the region of £1000
but having it painted nicely will defo up the value
looks really nice

[Mini Mad Drakeley]

i would estimate £2000

[jay whiting]

Thanks for the replies. As for the Midas, i had advertised it on the midas owners club 3 times, i had it on ebay countless times, i had it in the TVT twice with not so much as a sniff of interest. I then re advertised it on the Midas owners club site as FREE to collector and even phoned the Midas factory in Clanfield and told them it was FREE and again no interest. It was this point when i decided or rather the wife decided she would like a mini in the family so thge best thing for it was to use parts from the midas as donor parts, Front sub, engine, steering rack radius arms and brakes being as they were all new when i built the midas and had only done 40 odd miles since. The midas was a bit of an impuls build and the reality of it was that it was to low for me to drive (my head was touching the roof all the time and bumps well you can immagine what happens when you hit one). This left me with a complete body and the rest that wasnt going to be used on a mini project so i cut it up and disposed of it.

I do still however have parts of it in the garage.

Front windscreen (was new when built)
Rear screen and lock (also new when built)
Rear gas rams for rear screen
rear quater windows
Both doors Complete with glass, locks and door mirrors
N/S spare mirror glass (all origional)
Speedo and rev ounter cluster (metro)
Stainless Midas exhaust silencer
Heater box (mini with matrix)
Steering colum (minus stalks) but with ignition barrel
Pedal box (mini modified)
1275 gear box (3.44FD)
Rear coil overs (custom made for me by Spax and done only 40 miles)
Drive shafts

Thats all i can think of from the top of my head so if anyone is interested then make me an offer.

[Midas Mk1]

This left me with a complete body and the rest that wasnt going to be used on a mini project so i cut it up and disposed of it.

Sacrilege!!
Did it have a Midas V5 too?? Dont want to sound rude, but after spending all that time building it, why just cut it up??
There must be about 10 members on the Midas Owners club, last time I went on the site was years ago.
Surely you would have been better putting it on ebay,car and classic, pistonheads, even TMF! Seems such a waste!!
Im not suprised the factory werent interested, they produce Cortez's, im suprised their still going lol .....

I fit in my dads Mk1 fine, im over 6ft , and use the Huntmaster buckets supplied with the kit, I would love to have a pair of Midas'

Rear coil overs (custom made for me by Spax and done only 40 miles)

How much for the coilovers??

Edited by Midas Mk1, 06 January 2011 - 05:07 PM.

[jay whiting]

My last post tells where it was advertised and how many times lol. Make me an offer, cost £230.00 to have made.