Two Minis for the Price of One. Our Mk1 Barn Find and Finnish Mini Van Come Home!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 พ.ย. 2024
- Matt had seen a 1967 Austin Mini Van listed for sale and when he went to look at it, there was a 1967 Austin Mini Cooper S in the same storage warehouse and it had been there for over 30 years. It seemed like a shame to let that Mini continue to sit, so we got the contact information for the owner from the seller of the van, lucky for us they're brothers, and we gave him a call.
After a little bit of talking and a small miracle the owner, Billy, agreed to sell it to us! We decided to bring the MK1 and the Van home the same day, since the van was advertised as 'running and driving' and it would be a cool little adventure. When we test drove the Van inside the warehouse, we found the brakes were a bit sticky but they worked and we could work around that during the drive easy enough.
In this video we liberate the cars from their storage and get them home!
We found the van needed a bit of work after all, and the MK1 is full of all sorts of goodies! We dig into that in next weeks episode.
Come along for the ride!
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Good on ya boys! Once you buy one mini you can’t stop!
Wow two very rare awesome Minis ! 👍👏
I'm so excited to have a van again, and my first MK1! going to be a fun adventure getting things going!
@@MisfitMuttsGarage It sure is! No doubt that these early Minis are getting rare so it's great to see some being saved.👍
Great finds. The vans are really sought after now and if that is a genuine Cooper S also very valuable. Looking forward to seeing the progress.
it's technically an 850 with all the Cooper S bits brought over into it from a wrecked Cooper S that the owner had. So while it's not technically a Cooper S, it's about as close to it as can be!
I was parked next to this van at "British by the Sea" in 2019! I love it!
For real? That's awesome! We'll be at Lars Anderson this weekend.
Very nice. I saw where the car was and said looks like a classic old Rhode Island mill complex. Then I saw the Rhode island plates.Yeah, little Rhody! (i'm in Bristol)
These both came from Bristol!!!
@@MisfitMuttsGarage Small world! Great find.
You mentioned a "Billy" I think I might know who that is ... I am thinking it is a guy who has done a lot of MG and English car work over the years. I think he drive an old Volvo most of the time.
@@juanm2188 YUP! that's Billy! His Volvo is an Amazon 122 and is so cool!!! I was a little disappointed I didn't get to see it when we picked up his MK1. We still have 1 car from this storage waiting to come home! very hush hush!
@@juanm2188 you don't happen to be the owner of the red mini and vanagon that lives down town by the water?