Im having a huge dilemma, i think my love for my MK1 Cooper S is fading, i've owned it for nearly 10 years, i picked it up today from getting it tuned from Mini Classic, it has a fresh Graham Russell 1330 in it, but i don't know what it is with it but i no longer have a passion for it.

We have gone through a lot together, i have won NSW & Australian Motorkhana Championships in it, Won the 2007 Hay mini nationals in it.

It has all the good stuff in in & is a genuine matching numbers 67 Cooper S. It's a ex Bathurst car from 1967 also.

It's not like it costs me much money being on club rego, ony about $150 a year.

I have along with this car, a Mk2 Cooper S, a Clubman GT, 1/2 ownership of Scrapper 2, and a doll of a 71 Clubman i bought a few weeks ago.

So do i keep it & not love it? Do i sell it & use the money to pay off my XR6, my truck & our credits cards?

I just don't know what to do, heres pics of it, im after opinions please.

Doogie

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I won Hay once, here's the pic to prove it..


Hay, it's not about the car, it's not about the venue, it's about the people that come here. Peter Dwyer, Mayor of Hay NSW.

Donate it to the Lee Family Trust

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David L


My greatest fear in life is that when I die my wife will sell my Mini and tools for the price I told her I paid for them!

Will the donation be tax deductable?

Doogie

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I won Hay once, here's the pic to prove it..


Hay, it's not about the car, it's not about the venue, it's about the people that come here. Peter Dwyer, Mayor of Hay NSW.

Whats not to love???

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Mellow Yellow 1976 Leyland

are you bragging or asking for advice?

Spaceboy is trolling again.

Keep it, you just know that in the future you'll regret letting it go.

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One should never skimp on the zip ties.

im with speedy Doogie, its a beautiful car that is costing next to nothing to keep it every year... ofcourse it is hard to show it some loving when you have a few other cars going, but i reckon you should hold onto it mate... you'd miss it too much when it was gone...

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Here am I sitting in my tin can far above the Moon
Planet Earth is blue and there's nothing I can do...



“A turbo: exhaust gasses go into the turbocharger and spin it, witchcraft happens and you go faster.” - Jeremy Clarkson

Park it in someone elses garage for a couple of weeks and see if you miss it.
(obviously someone that you can trust, ie: nobody on this forum )

foster it out for a year or two i know a loving family here in victoria with lots of other minis to keep it company or else you could sell the xr6

Hi,
I'd keep it. Fifteen grand doesn't go that far or pay off much. Once it's gone you can't buy the memories back.
KaKa

Stop your your Bitchen and Braggen you know how good it is and the fact it does everything you want it do for you
If you get rid of it you will kisk yourself and will be misirable soon after and will pine for it and we will have to pay for it
I'm actualy thinking the oppisite to Morris 1100 and let some one on Ausmini store it and let you sweet for 3 months not knowing what is happening with it.

You don't reliase what you have till You have lost it
If you want pain and want for it again I'll take it for a rap on a Khana for you..Promise i won't Bend it

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Stop Licking the Dog...I Don't Care Who Started It

Doogie,
I know the feeling well, having owned Mini's for 30 years there suse are times when I have thought I would finish with them and sell the lot. It hasn't come to that yet and for one reason or another doubt it ever will.
Sure something else might be the flavour of the month for a while (your XR6 for example, but then they are like Bums, everyone has one) but you will always want to come back to the Legend.
If you sell it you can't go back, just take a deep breath and put it aside for a while.
I had an XB GT Hardtop when I was 21, that was 25 years ago and still regret selling it to this day and think about it more than I care to admit.
The beauty of a car is that we can put it in the corner for as long as we like while we play with somesthig else and it will never complain!
wish I could do that with...... well you know!!!!!

Dave

Oil call your bluff...yes, just like the smoke out of a lucas loom, you have lost the passion...only thing to do is to get rid of that evil little thing as soon as possible

(I can have an empty trailer in front of your house within a matter of hours)

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"Show me the Mini!"

time for a engine conversion i think a little toyota or nissan donk would look hot in that engine bay

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1974 Moke - 998cc
76 Clubman B16a2 Vtec AWD Turbo 12.9@105mph
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9PW49e1hYs

what are you crazy......its a classic,worth ten xr6,s.i know what i would do...sell the ford,sorry matey,just telling it like it is..

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First you get the money,then you get the power,then you get the Mini.