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[Roger Redford]

Hi there.

Need a bit of advice on selling my Mini. It's a 90 Mini Flame, but highly modified... has 1430cc engine, bored and stroked with offset ground crank, webber carb, lightened flywheel, oil cooler, twin tanks, MG Metro brakes to name but a few.. £1000 respray in metallic black 18 months ago, wax-oiled, 12inch superlites, custom interior...

Only poroblem is I bought it off my dad, and there are no receipts to prove any of this... the guy he bought it off had the receipts but I can't track them down. to further complicate matters, the logbook is till showing the car as a 1275, what is was prior to all the engine work being carried out. Only done 11,000 miles since rebuild too.

How am I best to go about selling it?! My dad is being about as much use as a chocolate fireguard, saying I should hang on to it as it'll only go up in value, but I need the cash, and it's only sitting in the garage gathering dust... I'd prefer to go back to bikes too.

The car is a real headturner, and was due to be featured in Mini Magazine after he Wirral-Llandudno run in 2004. My dad reliably informs me it IS 1430cc but i know it'll be difficult to prove this without paperwork, and I'm a novice when it comes to 60's engines. Certainly goes like stink, but not being too clued up on car engines of this era i can't comment more.

What's my best plan of attack?

Any boffins or afficionados willing to give some advice?

Cheers

[Senile Old Git]

You might be better asking a moderator to move this post to the For Sale section and adding some photographs.

I think you will just have to sit down and decide what you think the car is worth, traditionally highly modified cars do not return the money that has been spent on them. As you have no supporting invoices for the work done, most buyers will value the car primarily on its structure, appearance and how it currently drives.

Remember cars with long MOT and tax will attract higher values as it gives the buyer comfort factor. If no current MOT exists and you feel it may be an uphill struggle to get it tested you could consider breaking the car for parts, but it is a real ball ache breaking a car from home!


A really clean mini Flame that is standard would be worth around £1200, so that is your benchmark really, some people want highly modified cars, so will value higher, many like myself want to see standard unmolested examples, so would not value the modifications with high regard. Also modified cars remove a high percentage of buyers as these cars attract premium insurance rates.

You Dad may be right, hang onto it, as I feel you will not realise a value that YOU think its worth.

Good Luck anyway!