Got me thinking when I saw this on another topic

drmini in aust wrote:
sitnlo62 wrote:
In the early to mid 80's I bought a MKII Cooper S from a garage sale in Payne Rd at the Gap here in Brisbane.
Price was $750 dollars.
Eventually wrote that one off on the way to work one day

Dave

Geez, that's cheap, we paid $1000 then for our Mk1. My boss owns it now.

I paid $1800 in 1982 for my unmolested 68 cooper s, still got it but unfortunatley it's now molested

In 1992 I bought the sports850 for $1,000 from the third owner , it was advertised in the trading post as "one for the collector" ... He was right

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in 1981 I sold my MK1 s for $850, and have regretted it ever since.

1 paid $800 for a smashed Mk 1 S in the early 90s. I used most of the good bits in my minimatic. I still have the compliance plate & some bits.

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I paid $350.00 for a 70 Mk2 S in 1977. It was a 1 owner car, unmolested, with handbook, all 5 original rims. The motor was in need of a rebuild and the clutch had gone. He wanted $400.00. Told him it wasn't worth that and offered him the $350. When he accepted I gave him everything I had in the wallet as deposit.

It was sold new in Dalby, Qld, and had been driven to Darwin and back. I sold it in 1990 and bought the Black Mk 1. Regretted selling it ever since, it's still around town and the guy will not sell it. I try to buy it back every time I see it.

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Steve

Fast forward to 1993, 63 Cooper 997 shadow blue and nurburg white in lots of crated bits. Eight hundred dollars from Mansfield in Brisbane.

I thought it was a little overpriced at the time but was happy at how complete it was...

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SooperDooperMiniCooperExpertEngineering

All garage work involves equal measures of enthusiasm, ingenuity and a fair degree of irresponsibility.

I paid $650 about 10? years ago for a 1964 850 fitted with a good 1293A+ Moke motor, Mini K remote box, S disc brakes and twin tanks.
Sold the rolling shell (I replaced the front floors) for $750 + the RH tank for $200, and put the rest into Barney.

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DrMini- 1970 wasaMatic 1360, Mk1S crank, 86.6HP (ATW) =~125 @ crank, 45 Dellorto (38 chokes), RE282 sprint cam, 1.5 rockers, 11.0:1 C/R.

Morris 1100S $40 (1979)
Cooper S $250 (1981)
Morris 1100 $800 (1998)
Morris 1100Auto $650 (2003)

997 cooper - early 90s - $500

I'll give you $250 for it!

[edit] Just saw this.. make that $200!

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Simon

The adventures of an owner builder in the Tallarook Ranges

1968 65 deluxe $750 a fortune then
1969 68 deluxe $900 still a fortune
1970 68 cooper s $1000

Now i won't put down the cars that I have bought and sold just the ones I am keeping
1960 850 $200
1967 moke $50
1978 clubby $50
1970 ? "K" 1275,cooper s close ratio box, disc brakes. $150
1968 cooper S $28-50 the price of a slab of west end draught. This one lives in a shed "somewhere" alongside a phase 3 falcon GT
1970mini minor 1100 eng $150 [ still to pick up]
1961 850 $100 completely original, un-molested [still to pick up]
197--? moke califorinan $150 1275 disc brakes bit rough [still to pick up]
and 6 more 850's and deluxes [still to pick up]

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In 1976 I bought a 1961 Austin 7 Countryman for $150.00, and i still have it.

if you bought that before December Garry, then you've had it longer than I've been alive!!

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did I tell you that I won a trophy?

ill give you $150 for the 850

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1975 Leyland Mini: 1060cc - resto/ ex-hsc project.

In 1992 I also bought a 997 cooper in pieces for $400 , the body was perfect , had been fully restored and was dead straight but in primer (is now Zak's yellow speedster) , somewhere around $2,000 of new parts (with all the reciepts in boxes still , had to keep hiding receipts from previous owner when we were loading boxes as he was starting to do a mental calc on them) and old hard to find trim (still got 4 bits of the 6 stainless seam trims from it plus cooper hubcaps ) plus spare motors , brakes and assorted gear ... I'm still using bits from that one .

David , I'll beat Leighton's offer of $150 for the 850 , I'll swap you the cooper seam trim for it

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