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PAUL BEAUMONT



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Location: Barnsley S. Yorks

PostPosted: Wed Nov 01, 2017 2:25 pm    Post subject: Oh I do like this! Reply with quote

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/AUSTIN-MINI-MINI-1000-VAN-BARN-FIND-White-Manual-Petrol-1979/162732270983?hash=item25e3996587:g:4dMAAOSwjvJZVjDN
especially as, according to their Ts&Cs it comes with

in screen price
3 months warranty/mot and tax
fully valeted prior to sale. Very Happy
He! He! He!
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victor 101



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Location: East Yorkshire

PostPosted: Wed Nov 01, 2017 4:43 pm    Post subject: Re: Oh I do like this! Reply with quote

PAUL BEAUMONT wrote:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/AUSTIN-MINI-MINI-1000-VAN-BARN-FIND-White-Manual-Petrol-1979/162732270983?hash=item25e3996587:g:4dMAAOSwjvJZVjDN
especially as, according to their Ts&Cs it comes with

in screen price
3 months warranty/mot and tax
fully valeted prior to sale. Very Happy
He! He! He!


and you can call for a test drive. Very Happy
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alastairq



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PostPosted: Wed Nov 01, 2017 6:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Very Happy Very Happy Very Happy Very Happy
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badhuis



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PostPosted: Wed Nov 01, 2017 7:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Distant friends do have one in green, from 1981 if I am correct. Bought new. I used it when I moved house back around 1993. They wanted to sell it then but I urged them to keep it. I have not seen it for a couple of years though.
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mikeC



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PostPosted: Wed Nov 01, 2017 7:56 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I wonder how many people think they are going to get that vanity plate - it's not on the DVLA database, and looks suspiciously like a South African number to me!
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Rootes75



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PostPosted: Thu Nov 02, 2017 8:24 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I like small vans but still when I see prices like this am a bit surprised. I know they are sought after but it seems everyone is cashing in these days.
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lowdrag



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Location: Le Mans

PostPosted: Thu Nov 02, 2017 10:05 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

While on the subject of Minis, I came across this one in the south of England a couple of weeks back.

IMG_1383 by Tony Brown, on Flickr

It's a 1959 850 with a substantial amount of bodywork still to do, and came like this with the rest in boxes. So, dear friends, I ask you the following:-

1. How much did he have to pay to buy the wreck at auction, and

2. How much is it going to cost when finished?

I'll be interested to see your replies, and I'll write back with the answers in a day or two, giving you time to ponder.

PS This apparently is going to be a show car to the highest standard (Did Austin actually do that in the day though?)
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PAUL BEAUMONT



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PostPosted: Thu Nov 02, 2017 3:02 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I suspect that the answers here might be surprising. If it is a 1959, it is presumable the early "lightweight" shell - characterised by the door steps being in one with the sides. About 30 years ago I bought one for spares and, after cannibalising it did very nicely selling the shell!! I could not understand the interest in it until I was told!
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badhuis



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PostPosted: Thu Nov 02, 2017 7:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

On the pics it does not look bad at all. No rotten gutters (difficult to mend), no rot under the headlights where they usually go, no rot on the lower flanges, the front end of the RH sill looks still solid. Maybe the scuttle rust is worse than it seems? In all, I definitively would not call this a wreck - more like a good survivor. Not many new panels needed.

1. How much did he have to pay to buy the wreck at auction, and
Depends on if it is complete, assume with registration papers? Often it is the little things that are just a bit different to later cars. If the condition of the shell says something about the condition of the other parts (very good, seats no rips etc), then up to 3-5K.

2. How much is it going to cost when finished?
Impossible to say. Depends on how old it is (one of the first hundred / month?), and how the restoration is done. If strictly to 1959 standards and as new, then maybe in this crazy time with inflated classic car prices up to 40K. Could be done much cheaper keeping all the original parts though.
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lowdrag



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PostPosted: Fri Nov 03, 2017 6:25 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

A good guess badhuis. Firstly a lot of new metal has already been let in but as can be seen there is still a lot to do. I found it hard to believe that he had paid £18,000 at auction as it stands but all that means is that someone underbid £17,500. It isn't a very early car but it is a 1959 though so the first year of production. But you are spot on with the restoration cost so behold the £60,000 Mini 850! And to think that I paid less for a Lynx D-type!
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