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Car Forum / MINI / June 2005'New' real Mini?
Hi guys Ann just returned from Waitrose (Tilehurst,nr. Reading, UK) having returned to Ronnie to find an apparently brand new Mini with latest style of number plate parked alongside. She didn't have time to hang about and wait for the owner. Presumably a one off built with sufficient percentage of new parts around a Heritage shell, sva'd and registered as a new car. Or is somebody out there re-manufacturing? Regards, David Betts davidb@minilist.org The Mini Gallery: http://www.ofoto.com/I.jsp?m=64635537103&n=1366070334 It could have been an older one that has been stored & just registered, I saw a 1984 mini once that was stored for years & never registered, with 0 miles on it, this was eligabe for a new plate. Steve. > Hi guys > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > The Mini Gallery: > http://www.ofoto.com/I.jsp?m=64635537103&n=1366070334 Its wood and pickett isnt it making new minis to order from about £8000 depending on spec, think they manufacter them on a kit car production basis, so are given new number plates, particularly if the engine is a new one and chassis and body are as well. Jono (Wokingham, nr Reading, UK) > Hi guys > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > The Mini Gallery: > http://www.ofoto.com/I.jsp?m=64635537103&n=1366070334 >Its wood and pickett isnt it making new minis to order from about £8000 >depending on spec, think they manufacter them on a kit car production basis, >so are given new number plates, particularly if the engine is a new one and >chassis and body are as well. Thanks, could well be the answer. As I've often said, there are probably more Minis being restored/re-created every year than are being scrapped. Eight grand doesn't sound bad.. Regards, David Betts davidb@minilist.org The Mini Gallery: http://www.ofoto.com/I.jsp?m=64635537103&n=1366070334 >>Its wood and pickett isnt it making new minis to order from about £8000 >>depending on spec, think they manufacter them on a kit car production basis, [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >The Mini Gallery: >http://www.ofoto.com/I.jsp?m=64635537103&n=1366070334 see the bottom line on their webpage: http://www.woodandpickett.com/ FWIW, Theo van den Bogaard Look at this, I dont like late minis but I would make an exeption for this :-) http://scaleracing.com/v-web/gallery/album22/DCP_0018 Steve. >>>Its wood and pickett isnt it making new minis to order from about £8000 >>>depending on spec, think they manufacter them on a kit car production [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > FWIW, > Theo van den Bogaard Hello Steve, Nice car, but not my cup of tea, I never did like the last of the coopers as I think they lost there identity and all looked alike, although they are a mini in every sense of the word, and they drive very well,,,, for me they just don't have what the other minis have,,, individuality and personality (ps) how is the 68 "S" doing these days Fitzy > Look at this, I dont like late minis but I would make an exeption for this > :-) [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] >> FWIW, >> Theo van den Bogaard ermmm, you dont want to know :-) trying to negotiate a px with it against a 1991 cooper converted by john cooper garrages to an S when it was new, its also got twin tanks fitted at the time think its the 85bhp S+, got to get it all checked out, Steve. > Hello Steve, > Nice car, but not my cup of tea, [quoted text clipped - 35 lines] >>> FWIW, >>> Theo van den Bogaard Sounds nice, keep us informed Steve, Peter > ermmm, you dont want to know :-) trying to negotiate a px with it against > a 1991 cooper converted by john cooper garrages to an S when it was new, [quoted text clipped - 43 lines] >>>> FWIW, >>>> Theo van den Bogaard The deal has just fell through, did a round trip of 420 miles only to find a car with serious corrosion, the idiot told me it has a little rust, but otherwise was very good, on arrival & a look underneath saw something which needed so much renovation it would have been cheaper & quicker to re shell it, very rusty a panels, both doors had holed at the bottoms, wings rotten, front panel had a large hole big enough to put your fist through, there was a hole in the drivers side footwell, bubbles appearing in the front for corners, so I told the guy what I thought of him :-) & came home, now this is where the fun starts, great really or I would have never found the bargain of the week, a 1975 mini cooper in pretty good nick, one of the last real 1275s, erm they never made coopers in 1975, well this was, a 1300 export innocenti body made in Milan & assembled in Belgium, looks nice up top, someone has fitted oversills though, so will have to see what happens, its got nice minilife wheels with 145 narrow tyres on, needs some work so will not be on road straight away, Steve. > Sounds nice, > keep us informed Steve, [quoted text clipped - 48 lines] >>>>> FWIW, >>>>> Theo van den Bogaard Good find! I have a similar story. I just bought an Innocenti 1300 - being delivered Saturday. First "proper" Mini I've owned since I had to sell my 1972 Authi 1275GT - in 1975. You do the math. I love my 2004 MINI "S" I bought a year and a half ago (fast, fun, and practical), but... I'll get the 'new' Mini in a couple of days. The old owner is delivering, so then I can start sorting things out. Mechanically, it's very good - engine is strong, brakes and suspension tight. Straight body, no rust/bondo I could find with eyeballs or a magnet - it's been garaged and in California for a long time. But paint looks good only from a distance, the hood is bent, there are a couple of dents, and there appear to be cracks in the roof at the corners of an aftermarket sunroof. Half the instruments don't work. But I got a good price, I look forward to fixing it up, and I'm going to be reliving my lost youth again Real Soon Now! >now this >is where the fun starts, great really or I would have never found the [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >its got nice minilife wheels with 145 narrow tyres on, needs some work so >will not be on road straight away, They look nice inside, other than the sills this is very nice, think I will have to put an uleaded head on it though, no rust up top which is good, & the interior is A1, Steve. > Good find! I have a similar story. I just bought an Innocenti 1300 - > being delivered Saturday. First "proper" Mini I've owned since I had to [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] >>its got nice minilife wheels with 145 narrow tyres on, needs some work so >>will not be on road straight away, Better luck this time Steve, Fitzy > They look nice inside, other than the sills this is very nice, think I > will have to put an uleaded head on it though, no rust up top which is [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] >>>its got nice minilife wheels with 145 narrow tyres on, needs some work so >>>will not be on road straight away, yeah, hope so :-) Steve. > Better luck this time Steve, > Fitzy [quoted text clipped - 38 lines] >>>>so >>>>will not be on road straight away, |
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