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[mab01uk]

South African - Wolseley 1000

Wolseley Front end ......Mini back end:

http://www.gumtree.c...930910006593409

 

 

 

[baggy33minis]

I have family in randburg and Malawi.There are some great early cars out there.My dad took me to a tea plantation where he knew the manager and we drove round in a lovely moke.Then he took me to a friends garage where there were several mk 1's sitting there in mint condition.The owner was telling me that they were all of the road for the same reason.The dirt roads had destroyed the rubber seals in the brake cylkinders and clutch seals and he couldn't get them.I offered to send them over but he never got back to me.Then I found an immaculate clubman estate shell at the side of the road.I had the chance to buy it for 150 quid but at the time the shipping costs were too much.Would of loved it.I keep thinking I should fly out there and just have as many as I can get shipped back.

[Jared Mk3]

We had the chance to buy one of these at one stage, for cheap too, but didn't have the space _ looking back, we should have bought it and just kept it!!   They don't often come up, along with Coopers and the occasional 'S'. This one is slightly overpriced, but it's definitely worth it if you have the money. You find Minis in all sorts of places out this side.

[Jakemorrismini]

That is actually quite nice p

[Jakemorrismini]

How much is it in ££ though? Haha

[Jared Mk3]

About £4400 at the current exchange rate (which is killing me slowly).

[Jakemorrismini]

Wow that's a lot of money for a Wolseley!

[mab01uk]

A very rare Wolseley though.

Edited by mab01uk, 18 February 2014 - 07:43 AM.

[Jakemorrismini]

Same as my mk2 auto though really rare but doesn't unfortunately mean it's worth a lot, only worth what people are willing to pay, speaking to a guy last night about it and he was saying that unfortunately it will probably be bought to re shell a cooper or a cooper s (I'm selling it) as it doesn't matter how rare it is, it's not worth as much as a cooper or cooper s

Sorry just realised I have gone off subject! Haha

[Jared Mk3]

A very rare Wolseley though.

 

Less than 500 of them saw the light of day - probably even less now . . . Essentially, there were more Cooper S cars sold and made here in SA than those Wolseley 1000's.

Edited by Jared Mk3, 18 February 2014 - 12:37 PM.

[Archived1]

Oooh I really like that!

 

If that was a couple of grand it would be worth bringing it over here.

[mab01uk]

"Possibly the one and only Austin Mini with a boot in England, Imported to UK from South Africa by previous owner in 1980 a very rare classic indeed."

http://www.carandcla....uk/car/C465852

 

(I believe the Elf/Hornet body panel tooling went to South Africa for these hybrid Mini's when UK production ended in 1969)

Edited by mab01uk, 19 February 2014 - 12:32 AM.

[baggy33minis]

Same as my mk2 auto though really rare but doesn't unfortunately mean it's worth a lot, only worth what people are willing to pay, speaking to a guy last night about it and he was saying that unfortunately it will probably be bought to re shell a cooper or a cooper s (I'm selling it) as it doesn't matter how rare it is, it's not worth as much as a cooper or cooper s

Sorry just realised I have gone off subject! Haha

I have a 69 auto mk2.Bought it because it was the year I was born.Done 50 miles in it in about 7 years.I just have it sat about.The plus side is that it has never been welded in all those years.Its rock solid with original panels.It may not be a cooper but a mk2 with a shell this good will always be  worth money to someone .I have thought that one day it will probably end up going to someone who will use it to reshell a cooper aswell.Mine is island blue and has covered 50k miles with 3 owners in 40 odd years.

 

sorry I know its off topic but here is my mk2

http://www.flickr.co...N07/8207821300/

Edited by baggy33minis, 19 February 2014 - 01:39 AM.

[Jakemorrismini]

Same as my mk2 auto though really rare but doesn't unfortunately mean it's worth a lot, only worth what people are willing to pay, speaking to a guy last night about it and he was saying that unfortunately it will probably be bought to re shell a cooper or a cooper s (I'm selling it) as it doesn't matter how rare it is, it's not worth as much as a cooper or cooper s
Sorry just realised I have gone off subject! Haha

I have a 69 auto mk2.Bought it because it was the year I was born.Done 50 miles in it in about 7 years.I just have it sat about.The plus side is that it has never been welded in all those years.Its rock solid with original panels.It may not be a cooper but a mk2 with a shell this good will always be  worth money to someone .I have thought that one day it will probably end up going to someone who will use it to reshell a cooper aswell.Mine is island blue and has covered 50k miles with 3 owners in 40 odd years.
 
sorry I know its off topic but here is my mk2
http://www.flickr.co...N07/8207821300/

That is gorgeous! Where do you live? If close enough could I come and see it in the flesh?

[Jared Mk3]

"Possibly the one and only Austin Mini with a boot in England, Imported to UK from South Africa by previous owner in 1980 a very rare classic indeed."

http://www.carandcla....uk/car/C465852

 

(I believe the Elf/Hornet body panel tooling went to South Africa for these hybrid Mini's when UK production ended in 1969)

 

That looks like quite a nice car! You're correct in saying that the body presses came out here. These are what the initial ones looked like and there were around 3700 made. There were plans for a Clubman fronted version too, as well as upgrading both to a full SA-spec 1098cc over the 998cc. They really are unique cars, with prices slowly climbing for decent ones.

 

I also noticed in the car from the classified, it has the later type Clubman style doors, not the early Elf/Hornet type doors like my car has.

Edited by Jared Mk3, 19 February 2014 - 06:40 AM.