Best place to find an R53 Cooper S

[BilderBurger]

Slightly odd maybe, I'm selling my Porsche & getting back into a Mini. I had an amazing, fully loaded R53 before the current car & wish I'd kept it. I've had drives of newer Minis since then, but for me, the 53 is the peak in aesthetic terms & that alone is sufficient to excuse all the mechanical shortcomings for want of a better phrase of the old girls, compared with the newer versions.

Clearly they're getting a bit leggy now & the usual places, MT, Ebay etc. is needle in a haystack territory, so, any tips on where to keep an eye out for a good one? TIA.

[BilderBurger]

I'd go as far as a 15% pulley, after that I lose interest.

Thanks guys, the search is on. I'm killing my Porsche using it to commute through thick traffic, so the idea of a cheap & cheerful S to smoke around in is appealing. Plenty of tempting px clearances out there for me to get my spanners on too.

Edited by BilderBurger on Saturday 10th February 16:58