Wednesday 14th May 2008

Last Mini Cooper For Sale

The final Mini Cooper Works S could be yours for £22K

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End of a legend

The last original Mini Cooper Works S ever built is to go on sale at auction.

The 2000 car is expected to fetch up to £22,000 at the Coys ‘Brands Hatch’ sale and it was initially sold by John Cooper himself.

At the time it was parked next to his personal Mini, the famous MY 5UN, outside the office and originally cost over £23,000.

The last 500 Coopers had a silver/grey roof panel and bonnet stripes, but this particular car had them painted on rather than being decals.

The interior is red leather and the dashboard is engine-turned aluminium.

There is a quick-shift gearbox and the fast road spec engine is protected by an alloy sump guard.

The car has just 7,000 miles on it and loads of history, including a letter signed by Mike Cooper certifying it is the last of the line.

Estimate is between £16,000 and £22,000 and the sale takes place on May 25^th.

[stockhatcher]

a MY 2000 car showing a 51 plate?

[Bungleaio]

There are a few on a 51. Its model year and manufacture date are 2000 but it was registered in 2001.

I would love to own that.

Edited by Bungleaio on Wednesday 14th May 12:34

[cowellsj]

stockhatcher said:

a MY 2000 car showing a 51 plate?

Must have been held unregistered for a while, I saw an Escort Cosworth on a Y or 51 plate not long back for this reason.

[Horse_Apple]

Anyone know where you can see pics of the interior or what the performance spec is?

[Harry Flashman]

Love these. Want one as my London runaround - would need to fit air conditioning, though.

[gmackay2]

if i had the money i'd definitely buy that!!! what a cool proper wee mini

[PhantomPH]

Surely the MY 5UN plate quoted in the story is not a legal plate? Or is that the story?

[Fire99]

'Classic' Mini's are great but £22k thats alot of money. But i guess it was the end of an era for a car that IMO pretty much rewrote the rulebook on motoring for normal folk back in '59

[Horse_Apple]

Fire99 said:

'Classic' Mini's are great but £22k thats alot of money. But i guess it was the end of an era for a car that IMO pretty much rewrote the rulebook on motoring for normal folk back in '59

You could probably buy the second from last for about £5K?

[Horse_Apple]

Horse_Apple said:

Fire99 said:

'Classic' Mini's are great but £22k thats alot of money. But i guess it was the end of an era for a car that IMO pretty much rewrote the rulebook on motoring for normal folk back in '59

You could probably buy the second from last for about £5K?

Slightly out: http://www.classiccarsforsale.co.uk/classic-car-pa...

[vpr]

Well it looks like its going rusty now after being left in the rain.

I thought the last car was red and was held at BHM?

[AdamMX-5]

PhantomPH said:

Surely the MY 5UN plate quoted in the story is not a legal plate? Or is that the story?

Yeah, I was thinking that. Anyone know what that's all about?

[bradmitchell]

I have been using a Mini as a runaround in London as of late, and can safely say its the most fun i have had in ages, the car is for sale if any of you lot want it...? never had so much attention in a car..!!

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/246650.htm

[crewzy]

I sale my COOPER S SPORT but in France cheaper than this unique modele:

http://heritage.squad.free.fr/The_crew/Mr_X/Cooper...

with full additional option (only on the engine handling parts)

10 000 euro (cheaper than the UK price)

But in France, the year was 2000 and not 2001. My modele was produice in October 2000 (during the last month of production i thinks)

[gezkc]

AdamMX-5 said:

PhantomPH said:

Surely the MY 5UN plate quoted in the story is not a legal plate? Or is that the story?

Yeah, I was thinking that. Anyone know what that's all about?

Could be a typo - perhaps the plate's M1 5UN...

Edited by gezkc on Wednesday 14th May 13:18

[chris_w666]

Can anybody tell me how to justify to the girlfriend that we now have no savings because ive just bought a mini?

I want I want I want I want.

Thats one lovely motor car.

[L100NYY]

gezkc said:

AdamMX-5 said:

PhantomPH said:

Surely the MY 5UN plate quoted in the story is not a legal plate? Or is that the story?

Yeah, I was thinking that. Anyone know what that's all about?

Could be a typo - perhaps the plate's M1 5UN...

Edited by gezkc on Wednesday 14th May 13:18

still wouldn't work,

so perhaps it was

M1 FUN or
H15 FUN

Edited by L100NYY on Wednesday 14th May 13:35

[Bungleaio]

vpr said:

Well it looks like its going rusty now after being left in the rain.

I thought the last car was red and was held at BHM?

The last mini ever produced was indeed red, this is the last ever works S produced, these were standard cars taken to john cooper garages and then converted to S works with a new cylinder head, exhaust and air filter (there may be a couple of other bits too) these upped the power to roughly 90bhp (up from 63). These cars were then sold by the garage. Alternatively you could take your standard car to them and they would convert it.

[minisloth]

Unfortunately it's just a bit out of my price range. Would be cool to own though.

[[TW]Fox]

I've got a pic on my phone of one on an 02 plate.