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[sledgehammer]

May require the dreaded IVA test - although it hasn't had a new shell - if that one can be pulled out (will need roof & other panels)

would it be registered as a new vehicle ?

one bonus - it wouldn't rust in the usual places - as mud hasn't been thrown up into the arches - & no rain on it

I suspect a lot of condensation type rust thou

[666junky]

Pics because it hasn't happened.. ;)
Anyone with this exclusive access would take photos. Think about it, all the Urban X'rs who have been down there have taken photos and they don't even care for the car, just the environment they are exploring.

Someone with the sole interest of going to view the car would take pictures, perhaps even take a little souvenir as evidence for all us non believers.
If this car is really out of the "2 x 4" gap or whatever it was quoted at then its a massive thing.. companies would be involved at the least in getting it out.. More than one person would be in on it and evidence would show this.

I don't doubt that maybe your family worked there, it was a big factory with a hell of alot of workers.. Its just these claims and comments don't add up.

[666junky]

i think the tunnels are a no no i am having trouble getting in legally at the minute as for the mini ...who knows what will happen .....what would it be worth if it was out this was my original question its the last one in longbridge ....who would like the last one ...i would

thanks for all the replies this is what i was really after was a public opinion and i have to say it is pretty evenly split and thanks for the offer of being "dobbed in"
.The mini was left down there 30 odd years ago i remember seeing it in tha late 80s when i working in the cabs working on mini drive shafts i knew it was there everyone knew it was there and nobody wanted it ..it had been dumped ..no iconic graveyard ..no moisture testing ...just dumped ....a bit like the factory and the thousands of men who was dumped on the scrap heap.....ime not going to get all political about it but i will say this again ...nobody wanted it..............
except me ....the mini will be restored at a cost to myself and like all the other pieces i have retrieved ......LEGALLY I HAVE TO ADD....they will go on display to show the world what everyone else was willing to throw away.......

the last mini left longbridge at 5.45 pm on the 8th of november 2012 it will be restored to its former glory i am doing this not for any personal gain as its going to cost me a fortune to get done i am doing it for the memory of all the thousands of people myself my mother and father being just 3 who helped to make this car what it was .....i await your comments

Contradiction a little? Look at the date of the first comment..

Edited by 666junky, 17 November 2012 - 02:19 PM.

[megamini_jb]

Do yourself a favour and LEAVE IT ALONE!! you probably won't even follow through with the restoration then how silly getting it out would that have been?

Edited by megamini_jb, 17 November 2012 - 02:27 PM.

[Bungle]

as the car has never been registered i guess you would need a heritage certificate to prove it's build date

the car then should be registered with a age related plate, just like importing a car from out of the country

[megamini_jb]

Someone is telling porkies

[sledgehammer]

quote ... the last mini left longbridge at 5.45 pm on the 8th of november 2012 it will be restored to its former glory i am doing this not for any personal gain as its going to cost me a fortune to get done i am doing it for the memory of all the thousands of people myself my mother and father being just 3 who helped to make this car what it was .....i await your comments

If you have - best of luck

I look at it this way - another one saved

[DeanP]

I originally thought maybe he means the 18th November.... but then that hasn't happened yet, as today is the 17th.

[stevem4323]

No its out believe me pics to follow

[stevem4323]

And yes sledgehammer another one saved from the scrap heap

[sledgehammer]

nice one - all legal ? -

- if not don't post pics - don't want some dobbin you in it ;o)

[stevem4323]

All legal

[megamini_jb]

Fair play pal if you do have it. Still think it should of stayed but best of luck with it.

[Lee_bash]

How did you get it through the small gap?

[sledgehammer]

So it could be the last mini shell released from a Rover factory ?

and I couldn't see the point of it being left to rot to nothing