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[edi57]

Mini Equinox - 1996

Condition: Very Good
Price: £5200
Location: Newmarket, Suffolk
TAX: N/a
MOT: 12 Months (I will take it for it's test this week).

Overview of Features

Standard 1996 Equinox with the exception of the following main items:

- KYB Dampers
- Hi-Lo's all round
- Maniflow Eshaust Manifold
- RC 40 Backbox
- Three Clock Instrument Cluster


My father originally bought this car for my younger sister in 2005 shortly after she passed her driving test. She drove it for a couple of years but had a minor accident in it around December 2007. She was in town, the roads were wet. At low speed, the car ahead of her applied his brakes hard, my sister tried to brake too but she touched his rear bumper. His car was totally fine but the mini had a minor amount of front end damage which required 1 new wing, 1 new front panel and 1 new bonnet plus a front end re-spray. After the work was done my sister decided that she didn't want to drive the car any more, so it sat around in the garage unused.

In early 2009 I decided that I'd like to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the mini in some way. I decided that I'd take the Equinox on the Brands Hatch to Nurburgring Run. I got really enthusiastic and decided to give the mini a thorough tidy-up ready for the run in August/September 2009. I put a huge amount of effort and quite a lot of money into the car. It was absolutely faultless on the way to and from Germany and it has remained 100% reliable.

It's a shame to sell it because I have had some great times with the Equinox and it's a brilliantly sorted car. I'm confident that if you were to come and have a drive of it you would be highly impressed with how 'together' the car feels.

I've wanted to sell the car in as close to standard specification as I can as I know that buyers often prefer a standard car.

Items that I have removed, which I will sell separately are:

- MiniSpares Minilight Wheels and Yokohama A359 Tyres
- Maniflow De-Cat Pipe
- K&N Air Filter


Therefore with the above removed, the car is looking as below:

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Here is a more detailed specification/list of work that I did before the BH2N trip:

Interior
Three Clock Instruments (Includes rev counter, original speedo was kept fitted with correct mileage)
12v Cigarette Lighter Socket

Engine
Extra Bottom Gearbox Steady Including Polyurathan Bushes
Polyurathan Bushes Fitted to Engine Top Steady
Maniflow Exhaust Manifold Fitted (correct item for injection models)
RC 40 Exhaust Back Box Fitted
Luminition HT Leads

Suspensions
KYB Dampers
New Rubber Suspensions Cones (Genuine - at a cost of about £140)
Hi-Lo's all round (Genuine items for height adjustable suspension)
Heavy Duty Adjustable Tie Rods
New Tie Bar Bushes
New Lower Arm Bushes
New Track Rod Ends (Genuine)
New Swivel Pins (Genuine)
New Front Wheel Bearings (Genuine)
New Rear Wheel Bearings (Genuine)
New Rear Subframe Bush and Bolt Kit
New Top Arm Rebound Rubber

Brakes
New Cylinders Fitted to rear (Genuine)
New Rear Brake Shoes (Ferodo)
Stainless Steel Pisons Fitted to Front Calipers
Front Calipers Refurbished including new genuine seals
New Front Discs
New Greenstuff Brake Pads
Goodrich Braided Brakes Hoses All Round
New Master Cylinder Cap (Genuine

Exterior
New Window Seals for Front and Rear Window
New Silver Insert Strip for Front and Rear Window
New Windows Seals for Rear Side Windows

Other
New Fuel Filter

There is probably more, but the above is all that I can find from notes that I have taken etc.

Since all the above work has been done, the car has covered no more than 4000 miles. The current mileage is just over 44700 Miles

MOT Mileages:

27/03/2010 - 43230 Miles
23/09/2008 - 41217 Miles
20/11/2006 - 38015 Miles
19/11/2005 - 36506 Miles

Below are some pictures of the car on it's trip to Germany and a picture of the underside (it has a green painted subframe). Just to let you know, all the stickers for the BH2N run have been removed.

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If there is something that I've not covered, please feel free to ask me a question or give me a call (07872017720). You'd be very welcome to view the car. I am free most week-day evenings and weekends.

Ed

[edi57]

I've just thought of another point that I should mention:

Since I've owned the car, it's always been kept garaged. I've only used it in the summer months (it hibernates in the garage during the winter), so it's been kept away from salt.

I keep it in a lock-up away from the house, but for viewing I can bring it to the main garage by the house where you'll have access to lamps and jacks etc to take a thorough look at the car.

Ed
07872017720