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Author:  tinymorris1969 [ Thu May 10, 2007 6:27 pm ]
Post subject:  new advise for mini panelvan
i found a 1977 mini panelvan for sale,

its the clubbie body with a roundie front, it has disk brakes, new carpet, new alternator, immob fitted, twin su's on a 1100 motor, 12" mini lites and rego till 8/2007. the colour is purply blue but could use a respray and there are tiny rust spots on the car, he's selling for 2,900 but he will take 2,400.

according to the guy it is a nice lil car and the motor was reconditioned not to long ago ( not sure on kms) he also said he use to be a member here and went on a few cruises with the group, has anyone seen this van?

my main question is would this be a good buy? the buy is maybe for my friend or my parents to use a delivery van for the printing business
Author:  Mike_Byron [ Thu May 10, 2007 6:49 pm ]
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Joe
As described, its worth the money - its only about the right price though. What disc brakes ?? if they are dinky di mini brakes then thats a bonus, if they are modified Hondas or something similar then - well you have read all the other threads. !!!

Sutiable for a delivery van - naw - its not. Its a heritage car and now fairly old. Fun yes but wont last the distance without constant work and repairs. For the business buy a cheapy jap van for $500 - flog it to death then buy another to replace it.
Author:  tinymorris1969 [ Thu May 10, 2007 6:59 pm ]
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yeah true, well i was thinking to buy the van for myself but juz dont know if it be worth my while
Author:  sports850 [ Thu May 10, 2007 7:07 pm ]
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Considerring Tiny seems to be taking up a lot of your time and finances at present are you sure you have the resources etc for a 2nd mini ? It sounds reasonable for the price though but check the brakes as Mike mentioned , also see if you can find out if the motor was rebuilt and by who . A "rebuilt" motor can be anything from a full , proper rebuild by a licenced mechanic to new rings by a backyard enthusiast , either way can be good but the full rebuild will last longer .

I agree with Mike too , definitely not up to delivery duties for a buisiness , especially if your parents have employee's who are likely to drive it hard rather than look after it .
Author:  Mike_Byron [ Thu May 10, 2007 7:11 pm ]
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Cant make up your mind for you but it may be a good buy - it is currently registered and thats a bonus. You have seen and you are learning heaps about mechanical issues with cars and especially minis at the moment.

If I was you I would go to the place with $1500 sticking out of your top pocket so its clearly visible. Walk around the van and note every single fault and quote a price to fix each fault. Deduct that from the asking price saying it only adds to what it ultimately costs to make it a road worthy vehicle. Then take the money out of your pocket and hold it, again clearly visible to the seller. Offer him $1500 and say its all its worth considering the work needed on it. Tell im its not a restoration project for you, just a vehicle need to get reliable quickly. You just simply like minis.
Author:  dove grey 64 [ Fri May 11, 2007 8:16 am ]
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its not that horrible blue van in geelong is it? with the bull bar and bonnet nostrals.
Author:  tinymorris1969 [ Fri May 11, 2007 7:32 pm ]
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dont thinks so man, i like the way u think mike, and i know what ur saying sports850 my resources are struggling atm but if i do by this second mini i can take tiny off the road for a while to do a full resto on him when i have the money, and use this van as a run around cause tiny lately has been giving me nothing but troubles

ill ring the guy up and talk to my parents about it, i want a van cause i like the panelvans juz as much as the saloons i might go see it this weekend and take some pictures and post them up
Author:  sports850 [ Fri May 11, 2007 7:35 pm ]
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Bascially just be careful of getting yourself and your resources stretched too thin trying to have 2 mini's on the road (while they're both registerred) and end up dissilusioned with mini's like others have . If it's all good then it sounds like a good buy but go into the whole thing with your eyes open .
Author:  tinymorris1969 [ Fri May 11, 2007 7:49 pm ]
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well put it this way i pay $245 a month for tinys loan and i pay another $100 for the insurence a month full comp and i pay $600 for rego a yr and i earn $475 a week which is about $1900 a month, thats the sorta figures im playing with at the moment, would it be wise to get a second mini with these figures?

keep in mind that the panelvan may come in handy when i need to do some odd mechanical jobs around with friends and family
Author:  DOZ [ Fri May 11, 2007 9:24 pm ]
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tiny,

I have had more than one car since I was 19. The best advise if you want to head down the path of multiple car ownership is make sure one is not a mini.

When I only had minis, I never had all running together except for the odd show. This meant that I was always fixing at least one of them. I borrowed money and bought a 3yr old suzuki at 21 and never looked back.

Daniel
PS - to make money you need to buy new for depreciation, old cars need maintenance and though you can claim this expense, you can't make money with something in a mechanics shop!
Author:  scotta_74 [ Fri May 11, 2007 9:32 pm ]
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tinymorris1969 wrote:
would it be wise to get a second mini with these figures?


NO! :lol:
Author:  sports850 [ Fri May 11, 2007 9:42 pm ]
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I'm with Doz on this bit as well , Multiple mini's are fun but it does mean a lot more work and money . I had 3 mini's registerred when I was about 23 , the sports 850 was going onto club rego when normal rego ran out in 4 months time , my next road mini had just been registerred and I bought a South African Mini Vanden Plas that came with 6 months rego . The record was all three running properly for a week , normally one or the other needed something or the Vanden Plas spat the dummy and dropped the center main thrust washers again (bad clutch master cylinder ...) . Not long after I bought a 10 year old Ford Courier ute as an everyday car/recovery vehicle and played with the mini's when I had time (and put the sports850 on club rego) . Remember I was also doing 90% of the servicing , maintenence and engine builds myself so while it was very time consuming it was cheaper .

Tiny might well be a fun car to drive etc but he may not be the car to start an all out resto on yet as a lot of things have been changed on him . You might be best to keep him going as your road car and find a fairly original mini that's been sitting in a shed for a while and rebuild it as you have time rather than one you have to chase most of the interior and trim for to get it back to orignal .
Author:  tinymorris1969 [ Fri May 11, 2007 10:56 pm ]
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that is true, i do have another car though that is not a mini but i dont pay the rego or the insurence on it cause i share it with my dad the car is a 94 ford laser that we have owned since brand new and still runs like new to this day, dad will be buying a van for the printing business aswell very soon which means the laser will be a recovery car incase of any break downs, in case of emergancy and i cant use the mini's, tiny i know i said resto lol but i didnt mean for back to original i should of said it better i juz want to strip tiny get the rust taken out and resprayed properly thats all as for the interoir im having it made up by a friend who has offered to make me a new dash and door cards, the van i was gonna use to run around with and juz swap between the 2 mini's has everyday drivers from time to time but if it's wiser to juz keep tiny for now then i might be better off doing that. yeah?
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