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[Old Bob]

Buying everything new I would hazzard a guess at £15,000 for a 'new' classic. But, even that might be optimistic!

Bob

[Mad Max]

Infinate answers to that one mate :)

[Ryang556]

Depends how far you go and what you do with it, most mini's you see on the front of miniworld started as a little restore then turn out to be some sort of monster haha

[giner88]

well you can buy a brand new shell for like £5,500 so thats a good bit of the work done straight away. can you get brand spanking new engines though?

[bcjames]

You can get new mpi engines.

I think 15k as a minimum for all new parts. All those little bits soon add up.

[roofless]

my 're-build' of a Mk2 which has in all reality become more like a 'new build' of a Mk2 adds up to around £9000.00 at the moment.....

so far we have a re-maufactured shell ( slightly cheaper than a heritage shell but at least its a mk2 )
front and rear subframes fully built up
braking system fully built up and partially installed
steering
loom and all lights, switches, and ancillaries
wiper motor and stalks, steering column and cowl
engine partially built
whole bunch of final trim pieces in the cabinet - door handles, locks, wiper bezels etc.
glass and rubbers

yet to do:
paint
final assembly
interior including dash, door cards, rear inserts etc etc
finalise engine and install
audio
alarm
spots and indicators
window fittings and chrome bits
tax and test
it looks like the final price for a fully built, fully trimmed mini with a decent engine is around £14,000.00 but that's with every single component brand new except for the roof, engine block, and a few bits that have been reconditioned to the state of being like new - steering arms for example. It could have been a lot more, and I guess I could have saved a bundle on certain things.

[jb93]

Can't you buy a new one off Wood and Pickett for something like £25,000?

EDIT:£26,000 http://www.woodandpi...rs-for-sale/17/

Edited by jb93, 13 February 2012 - 09:51 AM.

[Ryang556]

Can't you buy a new one off Wood and Pickett for something like £25,000?

EDIT:£26,000 http://www.woodandpi...rs-for-sale/17/

That's beautiful

[racingbob]

dont forget to add your time to that

or someone elseses

i know my car was rebuilt and rewired from stripped shell and took the guy

almost a year, weekends and some evenings

[giner88]

[an initial deposit of £1,250 will secure your numbered place on the build list]


someone must be buying them if theres a list? clearly i need to change my Job, i can barely afford to keep my mini on the Road let alone fork out £26,000 for a new old one

[M J W J]

Dig-mini over on the 16v mini site built a shell out of panels. Including a spot welder I think it cost him about £2500 to build the shell. The shell was to re-shell a vehicle though so most of the parts can be transferred from the old one. His is also using an Allspeed frame and will have a Vauxhall engine.

http://www.16vminicl...ead.php?t=22488

[coopdog]

Can't you buy a new one off Wood and Pickett for something like £25,000?

EDIT:£26,000 http://www.woodandpi...rs-for-sale/17/

That's beautiful

wow that car is amazing

[Mini_Magic]

It will cost you exactly £9,367.24.

[dave1293gt]

It will cost you exactly £9,367.24.

+Vat ?