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#1 redadvantage

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Posted 27 August 2011 - 03:01 PM

hi there right im just after a rough valuation of a friends 1987 austin mini advantage

she has owned it 3 years now and done about 10 miles in that time! (bought as first car and has just sat there since basically)

doesnt currently have an MOT but i will be putting it through one! its done 12 miles since the last mot in 2008 so should be ok if not we will get whatever is needed done to get a full ticket onit

i have had a good look around it myself

and have to say its not in bad condition compaired to some iv seen

from what i can see it does need a light restoration to make perfect obv!


front subframe! in vgc has had a replacement
rear subframe not so good but is still solid!

genaral floor pan condition again looks in vgc! have had a good jab around and no areas are showing excessive corrosion! again before she got it it had just been all re under sealed and wax oiled!

engine currently a non runner however it started first time every time but it has sat without a start atall since jan 10 so i will be getting this going first

interior is a velour beige interior with alloy plated dash unfortunatly someone has cut the rear parcel shelf at some stage and fitted speakers

front wings (just starting to go in useual place where the wing joines the a piller both sides) has not yet come through the paint work

doors bottom of both doors again starting to bubble

other than this its not that bad bodywork wise atall!

also had a new fuel tank before she bought it aswell and iv just replaced the fuel line where someone had CUT the old one and been pinching the fuel from it! (silly people..... another 5cm and they would have found they could have just pulled it apart at the joint and saved me the bother of removeing the tank and replaceing the line lol)

will upload a couple of pics asap


so basically

1987 advantage
red/white roof
steel wheels
53k miles
12 months mot (will have)
needs light restoration to be 100% mint again


with this car its hard to just put a value on as they seem to go for all kinds of prices

so thaught id let the experts have a say

cheers rob

Edited by redadvantage, 27 August 2011 - 03:02 PM.


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Posted 27 August 2011 - 03:13 PM

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Posted 27 August 2011 - 04:05 PM

An original advantage would be all white, with grey accessories and trim... so it's either been completely stripped out, interior replaced and resprayed or... the rest I'll leave to your imagination...

about 1200 give or take with T&T.

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Posted 27 August 2011 - 07:03 PM

funny you should say that actually!! as i wounderd why most of the interior was white!

il have to try and do some digging into it and see what i can find

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Posted 27 August 2011 - 07:07 PM

just checked and yep it has had a colour change! and is an advantage!

shame someone problalby de valued it by changeing it from the origonal colour!

just done a hpi check onit!




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