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[carlburt78]

this is the mini i recently bought for £360 she runs and drives even though its been in a barn for years,im going to attempt to get her looking good and back on the road ive never done anything like this before so please be patient will post pics of the progress as it happens cheers guys!!!!!!!!!

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[Carlos W]

I think it's worth £360 

 

You'd be better setting up a photobucket account and uploading your pics to there then copying the "img" code into the text for your pictures

[Tamworthbay]

Got some work to do but got to be worth the buying price. Good luck with the project.

[oli8925]

I've seen worse advertised for £1k as good solid Minis.

[carlburt78]

I think it's worth £360 

 

You'd be better setting up a photobucket account and uploading your pics to there then copying the "img" code into the text for your pictures

will give photobucket a go

[bpirie1000]

Deafo worth it mate good purchase..

Good luck and yer in the right place for help....

[AVV IT]

Very few classic minis can be bought for under £400 these days, especially complete running examples that can be driven. So I'd say that £360 is a good buy.  

[carlburt78]

what i like about this mini is that its complete so its just a case of sorting the rust out painting it and putting it back together,  i nearly bought a bare shell 6 months ago so would have needed to buy everything... 

 

i can get my hands on a 1275 engine for cheap, is it worth the upgrade from the origanal 998?

[bpirie1000]

I take it she is on drums...10"rims are so cool..

[AVV IT]

Upgrading to a 1275 is certainly worth doing, but finding a cheap one these days is no easy task, and finding a decent cheap one is almost impossible, unlike 998's that are cheap as chips, as nobody seems to want them.

[Ben_O]

Bargain mate!

looks better than most for double that price. Look forward to seeing it stripped out so we can see what needs doing.

 

Cheers

Ben

[carlburt78]

Upgrading to a 1275 is certainly worth doing, but finding a cheap one these days is no easy task, and finding a decent cheap one is almost impossible, unlike 998's that are cheap as chips, as nobody seems to want them.

i can get my hands on a 1275 for next to nothing not sure about how many miles its done though, but my brother can rebuild engines anyway.... also i was talking to a guy at my sons party and he said he had a mini cooper engine but its in bit, are they a 1275 also?

[AVV IT]

Lucky you!! Assuming he's talking about a 90's Rover cooper engine then yes they are also 1275's. The original BMC Cooper engines from the 60's were 997 or 998cc, but they're like rocking horse poo and therefore very valuable these days, so it's unlikely to be one of them.

[megamini_jb]

Good buy and project