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[Sam14]

If anyone ever offers you a MK1 Cooper S shell and its original....you got the nearest bank and you get a mortagage because it would be the best investment. If you own one, hold on to it. Wait a couple of years cause they are going to be hitting values of a high end sports car....

[minimissionary]

Just like a packet of fags, in 10 years time you'll have to sell a kidney to buy one.

[se_juggles]

i know but id never sell it if i had one it would be restored back to original down to the tinyist of details and then garaged and every now and again id open the garage look at it and touch myself..... i mean ummmm yea :s did i say that out loud???

[mini-man-dan]

Mr Bonnet was also selling an 'ex works ' rusty sump guard for £250. I thing I'm going to weld a few bars together and leave them to rust for £250!

[Beej123]

I saw a pair of VERY tatty bmc mud gards that had a £200 sticker on! Haha

[mini-man-dan]

And just to clarify the £7500 car was a 93/94 mini 35 painted the wrong colour. The 9k one was the cooper s

[sledgehammer]

This Ex-Works Rally Mini bonnet from LBL606D went for about £1500+ on ebay in 2010.........
It had come from a chap who's dad in the 1960s and 70's worked for a scrap dealer in the Oxford area called Heborns, and they had the contract to dispose of scrap from Special Tuning.

was that at special tuning Abingdon (mg)

If so I was born at the Warren hospital , next door in 1966

and my Uncle used to own a scrap yard in Abingdon

[TfcIan]

The only problem with investing in a Mk 1 Cooper S is that you'd in 20 years time or whatever, you'd know that if you held on to it a few more years it would probably be worth even more, then even more after that...

There was a Mini being sold outside, with a reg plate being sold seperately for £1500. Reg was M1 NYG or something like that.

That rotting shed outside was worth nothing. I think he was trying to sell the doors and stuff separately wasn't he? I can't see anybody taking that thing on as a project, way too much work there, the vehicles documents is what the owner is trying to sell, not the vehicle.

Autojumble was rubbish today, I thought. Hardly anything interesting at all and silly prices for common parts. Mini spares didn't seem to have much there, too. On the other hand, I did manage to order some rear seat covers, so I can finally get rid of the horrible brown seats Now I need to go on mini spares website to order what I couldn't get at the show...

[Sam_1688]

A burger for £4.30

[A362 TTU]

A burger for £4.30

you had the cheese then!

[sledgehammer]

A burger for £4.30

did it have John Cooper / Paddy Hopkirk stamped on it ???

[Sam_1688]

Yip, I got my grill buttons for £4, 30p cheaper

[RossKnight]

A ticket for £10

[se_juggles]

A ticket for £10

ive been waiting for someone to say this knew it was coming! haha

[Sam_1688]

A ticket for £10

I got my for £9