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[mab01uk]

World's Apart singer sells vintage Mini Cooper S
"This GPH 1C Mini Cooper S became one of the most famous motors in the Cooper Car Company racing team in the 1960s, along with the GPH 2C and 3C.
Now it has been valued at a whopping £100,000 and could be one of the most expensive minis in the world.

It was driven by the likes of John Rhodes, a British Saloon Car Champion from Wolverhampton, and former rally driver Paddy Hopkirk, who raced it at Sebring International Raceway in Florida in 1967.
The car was also used by former British auto racing driver Warwick Banks."



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Edited by mab01uk, 25 February 2012 - 11:54 AM.

[mininuts]

One of my all time favourite minis

That's some of tonight's lottery win spent then

[onefastmoke]

shhh, don't tell the wife but if I sell the house I can afford it with enough left over to buy a static caravan to live in.

hmm any ideas how to break the news to her

[brum,brum,mike]

im pretty sure there was a spare £100k under the matress somewhere

[giner88]

this may be sound really really dumb but i swear i had a poster of this car but it had a Morris badge on the Bonnet i guess he could of changed the bonnet at some point, or maybe its not even the same car as in the pic.

[Cooperman]

How genuine is this car? It was in my mind that it went to Japan a while back and the plate was retained here on a retention certificate, but that my be heresay.
If it 'the real deal', then around £100k might be achieved, but if it's a replica, then maybe £35k might be more appropriate.
I'll see what I can find out as I think a friend who I'm seeing next weekend might have raced it at some time and may well know what happened to it.