Did / Will Barry Buy this ?

[ramjet]

11 hours ago, ChrisJ said:

Bit of t-cut required on this e-type  £12.5k

 

Coupla' days..............

[Barrykearley]

Bit of g3 cutting compound will sort the worst of that

[Barrykearley]

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F183442636189

[pete]

Love the 'dry stored'

[Barrykearley]

Yeah - you can really see how it’s benefitted from that

[KAS-118]

15 bids though - and all of £91.00 - so its already £90.00 overpriced 😜

[GTK]

He's willing to break it though. 

 

That'd be a shame. 

[silverfrost]

Last used in 1986 !   That makes it all ok then lol 

[swindon_alan]

Just to be slightly less p*ss taking, I have two proper (I refuse to say "classic") Minis, one 1979 and one 1983 and the price they would fetch if I sold them is ridiculous. So even as a project I bet this one will go for a surprisingly high amount. You can get everything for these, complete body shells, subframes, almost every component. Every year the supply of Minis for restoration  is getting scarcer and even Barry should not sneer at this one...

[GTK]

I wasn't poking at the car, I started my car obsession with [edit] proper Minis, I still own one and always will. It's more how the seller has worded the description. 

For the record I think Minis are shockingly underpriced in relation to how nuts the classic car market has gotten. But I'm not complaining. 

 

[silverfrost]

The good thing about the mini is that so many had been produced over the years, which will always keep prices sensible,  good money for fully restored ones like any other classic. 

Most young lads years ago bought one and plenty cut their knuckles on them as their first project/car to be used when they passed their test. 

Fun cars to drive and can be made to go plenty quick .

As you said Alan,  you can build a brand new one with every bit still made today,  wish that was the same with the Esprit lol. 

 

 

[Barrykearley]

7 hours ago, swindon_alan said:

Just to be slightly less p*ss taking, I have two proper (I refuse to say "classic") Minis, one 1979 and one 1983 and the price they would fetch if I sold them is ridiculous. So even as a project I bet this one will go for a surprisingly high amount. You can get everything for these, complete body shells, subframes, almost every component. Every year the supply of Minis for restoration  is getting scarcer and even Barry should not sneer at this one...

I’ve seen log books and chassis plates for minis exchange hands for over £500. Make it a mk1 cooper and it’s at least double that. 

So doesn’t in one but surprise me that one - I know where a fair few minis are local to me in similar states

[ramjet]

Don't know what they cost over there, but expensive over here I think?

[KAS-118]

Yeah - they're quite expensive really https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/list/33/mini+cooper/

Although not as bad as the £75k David Brown Mini Remastered version https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-review/david-brown/mini-remastered

[GTK]

ah c'mon now, those are relatively early cars in pristine nick. Even a hands off kinda guy can buy a decent basis for fifteen hundred quid and make it look like that with change from ten k.

[swindon_alan]

1 hour ago, GTK said:

ah c'mon now, those are relatively early cars in pristine nick

 

5 hours ago, silverfrost said:

Fun cars to drive and can be made to go plenty quick .

Hmmm. The '79 is totally original, 34k miles from new and the '83 is an MG Metro Turbo engined project.

I guess I have the best of both worlds then!

[ChrisJ]

EV anyone?

[swindon_alan]

It was kind of you to float the idea Chris. I'm sure that Barry will be a round soon?

[100th_Idiot]

He'll milk it for all it's worth.

[Barrykearley]

[swindon_alan]

**** me!!!!! It's a younger Barry in that photo!

[100th_Idiot]

Be very careful what you wish for.

[Barrykearley]

Here’s one for you @swindon_alan

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F123413918288

 

[Escape]

That doesn't look too bad. The doors remind me of a Vector. It would have been better as a wedge design, the rounded front and rear wheelarches don't seem to match the angular doors. And the interior layout is terrible...

[swindon_alan]

Ha, no thanks Barry! What is going on with that interior though? Oh my.