Hi Keith and blimey that certainly would be a full restoration hey!! Would be great to see on the channel but that's obviously your shout hey haha... Good luck if it goes ahead 😊
Hiya Keith-wouldn't know where to start with that, but I would enjoy watching a full restoration if you were to give it a go. Hope you do and hope to see more of Tardis soon too. Keep well mate.
Start with Acid dip, see what is left - all Minis can be saved as all parts are available even Mk1 body shells - seen Somerford Mini turn around real rust buckets which make this barn find look good - Or in typical mini owner style, bucket load of filer an cheap paint job or rat look
By the time you buy Heritage panels and duration of the rebuild, it's probably more viable to buy a new shell but that's 10K straight away. There ends being very few parts to salvage from an old Mini like this. It will probably sell for silly money and cost 20K to get it back on the road.
Hi Keith that is a project and a half I suspect it’s going to go for silly money, and will need a significant wad of cash to restore it properly. I agree with some of the other comments where the documents and authenticity is what’s pushing up the price. These cars are becoming rarer and harder to find, the only winner here I think will be your mate when he sells it. I’m watching to see what happens my wife suggested my finger was hovering to close to the blue button but this would be beyond my abilities and pocket🙁 I think Mark should buy it👍👍👍, I’d send him a fiver to help😎 Take Care Stay Safe Everyone Regards Dave
Thanks Dave, The fiver will go a long way. 😂 The cost to buy, build and restore is too much for little or no return, especially that it will lose it's originality that could help command higher sales offers. Like you say, there is only really one winner here.
Wow mate she’s a little crispy but being that old you have to forgive the old girl. The rules state every mini cane be saved it’s just a matter of how much saving is required. Would make a cracking series for you or mark though
Question for you Keith & Mark, which brand produced the most Mini’s? As down here there were the Morris Mini and then Leyland, where as from watching you guys there are Austin & Rover, not sure if there were any brands used on Mini’s there?
I'm not sure of the exact answer. The highest sales figures were between 65-75 so I'm guessing Austin. There is a good article here www.aronline.co.uk/cars/mini/essay-mini-production-many/
When I read the title I thought it was the start of Mark's next project. It would be good to see you to tackle a full restoration but do you have the room in your garage to do the work
@@classicminiworkshop You could store it in Mark's garage just sneak it in and cover it with a tarp I'm sure he wouldn't notice it with the mount of Mini's he's got 🤣
OK the cynic in me wants a word: Someone will buy that wreck to use the V5 and number plate and part out the rest. They will attach the V5 to a later car and ship it to the US where it will fetch silly money and keep the number plate as a Private number worth more than the car. I hope some enthusiast does get hold of it but I very much doubt it.
@@paulrobinson3528 Not on Minis up to '96 I think it was. The chassis plate is a removable plate just rivetted on. Even the engine numbers are rivetted to the block.
@@1chish You have misunderstood me my friend. I'm on about the car number plate. Don't know where you live but here in the UK a number plate can be non transferable, meaning it has to stop on that car. This is handled by the DVLA. A friend had a car with the number plate of SH04CKY, looks like it spells "shocky" which was the cars nickname lol. The funny thing was he was an electrician. He wanted to put the number plate on his new car but DVLA wouldn't let him do it. The car was scrapped a few years back.
@@paulrobinson3528 I am British. Not sure about your friend's difficulty but privately owned registration numbers can be used. Its quite a big business. I have a friend who has transferred her owned number to 3 different cars. Each car retained its original registration number and when she sold it the DVLA reverted the number back to original. This is part of the overall DVLA guidance: www.gov.uk/personalised-vehicle-registration-numbers/take-private-number-off Note the part about applying to take off a number. It costs £80. Remember every 'private' number started life on a real vehicle or was never issued by DVLA. I once built a Triton bike from scratch and got an age related number from DVLA once they inspected the chassis and engine numbers. It was a number that had not been issued before.
@@1chish So being british you know what i'm on about but on the V5 logbook it actually stated reg number not transferable!! Shame as he wanted to keep the reg.
I think for me that's got to be a re-shell, which aren't amazing to start with. It's all the rust i can't see that would concern me if i/we restored that. By re-shelling it, you lose all that originality, body numbers, no original engine too just de-values it for me. The overall cost to buy, buy shell, restore what parts you can, paint and new engine outweighs what is would be worth when finished. Now i do love my minis and own them to drive and have fun in, but they are also investments and this for me isn't a viable investment, so i'm out. 😂
Lovely early Mini definitely worth saving!👍
Well worth saving this one - a no brainer (it's only metal). My Mk1 was not quite as bad but not far off - what a great find.
That's gonna need a hefty budget, but will pay you back easily and be worth it in satisfaction factor alone 👍
Hi Keith and blimey that certainly would be a full restoration hey!! Would be great to see on the channel but that's obviously your shout hey haha... Good luck if it goes ahead 😊
Hiya Keith-wouldn't know where to start with that, but I would enjoy watching a full restoration if you were to give it a go. Hope you do and hope to see more of Tardis soon too. Keep well mate.
Start with Acid dip, see what is left - all Minis can be saved as all parts are available even Mk1 body shells - seen Somerford Mini turn around real rust buckets which make this barn find look good - Or in typical mini owner style, bucket load of filer an cheap paint job or rat look
By the time you buy Heritage panels and duration of the rebuild, it's probably more viable to buy a new shell but that's 10K straight away.
There ends being very few parts to salvage from an old Mini like this.
It will probably sell for silly money and cost 20K to get it back on the road.
I agree
Hi Keith that is a project and a half I suspect it’s going to go for silly money, and will need a significant wad of cash to restore it properly.
I agree with some of the other comments where the documents and authenticity is what’s pushing up the price. These cars are becoming rarer and harder to find, the only winner here I think will be your mate when he sells it. I’m watching to see what happens my wife suggested my finger was hovering to close to the blue button but this would be beyond my abilities and pocket🙁
I think Mark should buy it👍👍👍, I’d send him a fiver to help😎
Take Care Stay Safe Everyone Regards Dave
LOL, I agree. It's one I can afford to buy but not afford to restore!
Thanks Dave, The fiver will go a long way. 😂 The cost to buy, build and restore is too much for little or no return, especially that it will lose it's originality that could help command higher sales offers. Like you say, there is only really one winner here.
Wow mate she’s a little crispy but being that old you have to forgive the old girl. The rules state every mini cane be saved it’s just a matter of how much saving is required. Would make a cracking series for you or mark though
Question for you Keith & Mark, which brand produced the most Mini’s?
As down here there were the Morris Mini and then Leyland, where as from watching you guys there are Austin & Rover, not sure if there were any brands used on Mini’s there?
I'm not sure of the exact answer. The highest sales figures were between 65-75 so I'm guessing Austin. There is a good article here www.aronline.co.uk/cars/mini/essay-mini-production-many/
Hang onto your penny's !....Great and interesting video though ...made a change.
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When I read the title I thought it was the start of Mark's next project. It would be good to see you to tackle a full restoration but do you have the room in your garage to do the work
It would have to wait outside until next year. Luckily there wouldn't be much left to go rusty LOL
@@classicminiworkshop You could store it in Mark's garage just sneak it in and cover it with a tarp I'm sure he wouldn't notice it with the mount of Mini's he's got 🤣
@@stephenstokes8318 🤣
That would be a fantastic addition to the channel. Hopefully it works out and you end up with it 🤞
@@christopherkelly6903 I couldn't agree more
Wonder what the reserve price is?
5k I believe
Omg, that’s in a right state, is that saveable?
Just, I reckon.
I've seen worse, got to be worth a bid just for the heritage
OK the cynic in me wants a word: Someone will buy that wreck to use the V5 and number plate and part out the rest. They will attach the V5 to a later car and ship it to the US where it will fetch silly money and keep the number plate as a Private number worth more than the car.
I hope some enthusiast does get hold of it but I very much doubt it.
I know what your saying. Can't the plate be permanently attached to the log book and not transferable???
@@paulrobinson3528 Not on Minis up to '96 I think it was. The chassis plate is a removable plate just rivetted on. Even the engine numbers are rivetted to the block.
@@1chish You have misunderstood me my friend. I'm on about the car number plate. Don't know where you live but here in the UK a number plate can be non transferable, meaning it has to stop on that car. This is handled by the DVLA. A friend had a car with the number plate of SH04CKY, looks like it spells "shocky" which was the cars nickname lol. The funny thing was he was an electrician. He wanted to put the number plate on his new car but DVLA wouldn't let him do it. The car was scrapped a few years back.
@@paulrobinson3528 I am British. Not sure about your friend's difficulty but privately owned registration numbers can be used. Its quite a big business. I have a friend who has transferred her owned number to 3 different cars.
Each car retained its original registration number and when she sold it the DVLA reverted the number back to original.
This is part of the overall DVLA guidance:
www.gov.uk/personalised-vehicle-registration-numbers/take-private-number-off
Note the part about applying to take off a number. It costs £80.
Remember every 'private' number started life on a real vehicle or was never issued by DVLA. I once built a Triton bike from scratch and got an age related number from DVLA once they inspected the chassis and engine numbers. It was a number that had not been issued before.
@@1chish So being british you know what i'm on about but on the V5 logbook it actually stated reg number not transferable!! Shame as he wanted to keep the reg.
Looks a lot like that’s at your garage already ahahahhahahhahaha
I think for me that's got to be a re-shell, which aren't amazing to start with. It's all the rust i can't see that would concern me if i/we restored that.
By re-shelling it, you lose all that originality, body numbers, no original engine too just de-values it for me. The overall cost to buy, buy shell, restore what parts you can, paint and new engine outweighs what is would be worth when finished. Now i do love my minis and own them to drive and have fun in, but they are also investments and this for me isn't a viable investment, so i'm out. 😂
what a piece of tinworm good luck to who ever buys it there's a 1960 here in Jersey 10 times better than that for 10,000 complete with all parts
I’d say give it a miss
at £3,900.00 already .....!! already well over priced for a log book and ID....
what a pile of crap! not sure its worth saving.