1969 French Mini value
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1969 French Mini value.
I've been asked to put a value on this French Mini.
Believed to be a 1969 car and one owner from new.
It has 56,000 kms.
The grille is inside the car.
The car has no paperwork.
Owner passed away some years ago.
The car came as part of a house purchase.
It is near Nice.
I've no idea what it might be worth.
Can anybody advise please?
I've been asked to put a value on this French Mini.
Believed to be a 1969 car and one owner from new.
It has 56,000 kms.
The grille is inside the car.
The car has no paperwork.
Owner passed away some years ago.
The car came as part of a house purchase.
It is near Nice.
I've no idea what it might be worth.
Can anybody advise please?
Good ol' El-Paso Beige - used to have one that colour in the late 60s.
Car is worthless, no paperwork.
Get it over to me in the UK and I'll give you a grand in cash.
Then I can look under the seats and interior and boot to see if any documents are in there. You'll be amazed what people hide in cars!
I'll also add that as part of the grand deal I promise to give you back all the French francs I find inside it!
Seriously, that's no mileage at all for a car that age - 35k miles?
Body looks good ('looks' is not the same as 'is').
I'd be cleaning that now! ie I be all over it like mayonaise on a bologna sandwich.
Car is worthless, no paperwork.
Get it over to me in the UK and I'll give you a grand in cash.
Then I can look under the seats and interior and boot to see if any documents are in there. You'll be amazed what people hide in cars!
I'll also add that as part of the grand deal I promise to give you back all the French francs I find inside it!
Seriously, that's no mileage at all for a car that age - 35k miles?
Body looks good ('looks' is not the same as 'is').
I'd be cleaning that now! ie I be all over it like mayonaise on a bologna sandwich.
80quattro said:
That's a MK3, and a very early one if its a '69. Shame its not a MK2, as they're worth more.
If its complete and original, the engine turns and its fairly solid, its probably around £2500 factoring in LHD isn't very desirable in Blightly.
Yip agree with that , but I’d bet if you stick it up for sale looking like that (barn find) it would make a lot more If its complete and original, the engine turns and its fairly solid, its probably around £2500 factoring in LHD isn't very desirable in Blightly.
TooMany2cvs said:
That's very useful - thanks..dandarez said:
Good ol' El-Paso Beige - used to have one that colour in the late 60s.
Car is worthless, no paperwork.
Get it over to me in the UK and I'll give you a grand in cash.
Then I can look under the seats and interior and boot to see if any documents are in there. You'll be amazed what people hide in cars!
I'll also add that as part of the grand deal I promise to give you back all the French francs I find inside it!
Seriously, that's no mileage at all for a car that age - 35k miles?
Body looks good ('looks' is not the same as 'is').
I'd be cleaning that now! ie I be all over it like mayonaise on a bologna sandwich.
Looks more like Antelope to me than El Paso Beige, a are colour only available on early Mk3s. I had a Mk2 Cooper in El Paso which was a much warmer shade.Car is worthless, no paperwork.
Get it over to me in the UK and I'll give you a grand in cash.
Then I can look under the seats and interior and boot to see if any documents are in there. You'll be amazed what people hide in cars!
I'll also add that as part of the grand deal I promise to give you back all the French francs I find inside it!
Seriously, that's no mileage at all for a car that age - 35k miles?
Body looks good ('looks' is not the same as 'is').
I'd be cleaning that now! ie I be all over it like mayonaise on a bologna sandwich.
Nice looking car with potential
P5BNij said:
dandarez said:
Good ol' El-Paso Beige - used to have one that colour in the late 60s.
Car is worthless, no paperwork.
Get it over to me in the UK and I'll give you a grand in cash.
Then I can look under the seats and interior and boot to see if any documents are in there. You'll be amazed what people hide in cars!
I'll also add that as part of the grand deal I promise to give you back all the French francs I find inside it!
Seriously, that's no mileage at all for a car that age - 35k miles?
Body looks good ('looks' is not the same as 'is').
I'd be cleaning that now! ie I be all over it like mayonaise on a bologna sandwich.
Looks more like Antelope to me than El Paso Beige, a are colour only available on early Mk3s. I had a Mk2 Cooper in El Paso which was a much warmer shade.Car is worthless, no paperwork.
Get it over to me in the UK and I'll give you a grand in cash.
Then I can look under the seats and interior and boot to see if any documents are in there. You'll be amazed what people hide in cars!
I'll also add that as part of the grand deal I promise to give you back all the French francs I find inside it!
Seriously, that's no mileage at all for a car that age - 35k miles?
Body looks good ('looks' is not the same as 'is').
I'd be cleaning that now! ie I be all over it like mayonaise on a bologna sandwich.
Nice looking car with potential
Must add too, it's a good job this thread has seemingly reached conclusion.
Why? Another thread on here on the worth of some Classic car mags has all been closed. I'd answered the guy enquiring what to do with them by suggesting he put them on Ebay, and several others gave suggestions. I was intrigued when I just noticed the thread closed (in fact, now more than one thread.
Why were they closed?
(apparently) no adverts, wanted or 'how to sell' threads are allowed in the forums.
What's this thread then, if it's not asking 'how to sell' - ie what's it worth?
Still, as said, it's reached conclusion now.
threespires said:
The "owner" has just emailed me to say she has an appointment with a solicitor on Monday to see if ownership can be transferred to her. Apparently she cannot sell the Mini until she legally owns it, which seems reasonable.
Let's hope she succeeds. So far preferable to the people who buy a place, open the garage door or look in the barn and then pick the mobile up. 'Is that the scrappy...'The colour is almost certainly Bedouin - Antelope is more of a 'packing tape' beige brown. I'm guessing the car has tobacco coloured trim.
1969/1970 with toggle switches and centre key start.
LHD doesn't detract from the value much. I would imagine living in Nice, garaged and with 35'000 miles it will be unrusty. A good wash and polish, get it running (won't take much), two new bumpers and an MOT test - 5 grand with paperwork. Although it would be a pity, that would make a lovely Mark III Cooper S. Good 69-73 Mark III shells with the small tunnel have just vanished.
A weekend with T Cut will transform that. Get it bought.
1969/1970 with toggle switches and centre key start.
LHD doesn't detract from the value much. I would imagine living in Nice, garaged and with 35'000 miles it will be unrusty. A good wash and polish, get it running (won't take much), two new bumpers and an MOT test - 5 grand with paperwork. Although it would be a pity, that would make a lovely Mark III Cooper S. Good 69-73 Mark III shells with the small tunnel have just vanished.
A weekend with T Cut will transform that. Get it bought.
While visiting friends I came across this lovely Mini. Yes, it is a 1959 so an early car, it was bought like this for rebuilding at auction so it set its own price level, and the proud new owner want it built to show condition. As seen, with the rest in boxes, it was sold for the princely sum of £18,000 and another £40,000 is to be "invested" to bring it up to the level the owner requires. Behold, the £60,000 Mini!
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