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Oldest unrestored Mini to make £15,000 at auction
Oldest unrestored Mini up for auction
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The MKI Mini's 848cc engine has just 30,041 miles on the clock and even has records of servicing work - there's a brake service label stuck to the car's doorjamb showing routine maintenance at 19,742 miles.
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25/04/2012 16:33
In 1962 I used to drive an old Ford Anglia in the North of Scotland. The old type with the inward sloping rear window. It broke down regularly three time a week but it could always be fixed and got running again. I carried a hammer in the boot for when the started motor jammed, which it did regularly. I even drove it clutchless for a week. Almost anything could be fixed at the side of the road and the narrow cross-ply tires were fantastic in snow. No heater, no radio, no ABS, power steeringbut it drifted amazingingly around corners on full oppisite.
Dont tell me old cars are rubbish. Break down in one today and you are basically stuffed unless you have a computer programme and a laptop with you.
25/04/2012 18:13
When you drove one of these, you had a constant smile on your face. Say no more !
25/04/2012 14:53
It`s not a car - its living history. This car completely changed how mass market cars were made and they are still great to drive.
25/04/2012 15:34
Working at the Oxford Factory 1959 watched the New Mini not yet released road tested I had one for a couple of years a early model Austin Seven Badge on the boot, floor starter, sliding windows a car thief joy Happy Days JB-Bristol
25/04/2012 18:06
this wee mini has more charm than the new ones. why dont they make a new version of the old mini, they were much more fun to drive.
25/04/2012 17:52
what a little gem :)
25/04/2012 15:29
Be interesting to know what the plate was worth....
Nice project for the right person though.
25/04/2012 20:25
Only wish i had 15k. Everything on that car can be either rebuilt or Replaced, and any clown who says its a pile of tatt, Has no soul, and simply shouldnt be aloud on a british road. True British icon of a bygone year, when we "THE BRITISH" actually made things, and felt proud of what we made!.
Just hope it stays in the uk, and doesnt end up in **** land 
25/04/2012 17:43
Hi all what a car if i had the cash i would purchase this car, chance in a lifetime a one in a million and yes i have owned 6 mini great cars..
25/04/2012 17:20
Does it have full service history ?
25/04/2012 16:29
it's like every thing else in life it's worth what somebody's prepared to pay for it.
I had 2 mini's a great little car.
25/04/2012 14:48
Iconic or symptomatic of British industry - neglected and under invested...This car was a world beater from an age when we were world beaters , but times change and we can't live on past glory
25/04/2012 19:29
that number plate must be worth a good bit,and i agree that the old cars maybe back in the sixties and seventies were far better and much more interesting,you could always recognise the cars back then but not so much now as they all look the same.
25/04/2012 15:31
this brings back memories of my pea green mini that i bought for £50 many years ago . that also had an 850cc engine , now i wish i kept it
25/04/2012 16:31
As for the cam belt they are chain drive
25/04/2012 16:21
awsome, such a classic
25/04/2012 15:41
buy it, restore the engine but keep all the grime, have it running at least, sort out the flat tyre and you basically have what people in the car rat scene would die for. so yeah, considering the price theses still can go for in mint condition, id say its worth it for a piece of automotive history.
Getting it running with out sorting out the rust or body work issues would be the way to go, then just display it as a working but unrestored vehicle
25/04/2012 15:58
Do you know if the timing belts been done?
25/04/2012 15:35
Britain still ruled (metaphorically) the world when this car was built. I'd want to restore it but recondition all the parts wherever possible.
25/04/2012 19:29
minis are one of the best classics to invest in as you can get all the parts sill plus there is alot that you can do with a mini aswell as being gud fun to drive as a mini owner myself i would recomend one any day lots of top celebs have owned them aswell
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