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One Mini requiring a little TLC - a bargain at 5.5 k

My mate bought one of these old bangers for a fiver in Holmfirth and drove it down to Brixham for a training course we we were on at the Decca Navigator College.
It was used for picking up lump coal by a mate of his.

I borrowed it for a trip back to Norfolk to see the girlfriend that would become my wife, it was a long trip with no M5 and very little dual carriageway.

How times change - we should have bought a Mini not a Morgan

I'm not so sure that a Mini would be a good idea, Sue got a new one in '97 and within weeks it was back for remedial paintowrk around the gutters, by the third piece of warranty paintwork in basically the same area within 6 months...despite the fun we had, we parted company.

Which turned out to be a really good decision as Sue got the first of her two Peugeot 106 GTI, which was amazingly even more fun and a lot quicker compared to the mini.

I bought a new Mini Mayfair in 1985 when I lived in Jersey, two weeks later I took it back as the rust was coming through al over the roof.

The tradegy bit comes when they drop their bill!!

Strikes me that for any average classic (car or bike) that it currently only makes sense to do any sort of in-depth restoration if you have the spread of skills to do most of it yourself .... there's not enough meat in the final valuation to be paying £50+ per hour for what will inevitably be a labour intensive undertaking.

K

Series Land Rover prices reached a plateau a decade or so ago, in fact may have gone down a tad since and there have always been bargains. Some sellers aspire to crazy prices but few are actually sold at such. The number still around and good availability of spares ensures such. The market for noisy vehicles with extremely heavy steering and no synchro on first or second is not getting any larger - even less so for fuel gobbling petrol versions.

SHELLS ARE US...?


A circa 40 min vid which is a bit of an eye opener....?