Adeee, my question is:
How much do you have to spend on a free car before it's worth more than you paid for it?

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Too many cars, and too little time.

How I got my Cooper S.....

I used to walk past a timber fence that you could see a mini behind. One day the gate was open and I asked the bloke about the mini in his yard. $200 later the Cooper S was mine.

1 year later after searching for a mini- bought molly of some one in melbourne over carsales.com
got my job as a checkout chick-about a month before i bought molly
bought her only from photos and what they said. $1500
a bit more $ and she was roadworthy.
now i am very happy

need more money and more minis.

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Sunday Morning Mini Sprint http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtGuzqBQ32Q my "rendezvous"

74 Clubbie first one when out with driving instruction on my L's asked what sort of car I wanted and told him of a mini so went round to a mate of his and bought one for $ 280 drove around like I stole it, busted the motor and sold it.

77 Clubbie current work in progress out of the trading post $ 450

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Owner: 77 Clubbie
Motor: 1415cc Madmatt Stroker motor
Bodywork: Work in progress
Interior: OK no mods not even a radio, yet!
Pictures will follow, eventually!

I suppose it wouldn't quite count if i said "Bib Stillwell Mini Garage" in South Yarra..

Hmm..

Moke.. Saw it on EBay, it didn't sell so I got in touch with owner from Brisbane and made an offer...

'77 LS.. The For Sale section here in Ausmini ..

was offered my 71 clubby from dads mate then sold it to chris and marcello

then saw my current leyland (74) out the front of someones house

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ausmini member #10
(22:42:45) 5 years later..........

Well its a long story. It all started on a sunny sunday afternoon, whilst traveling home from the local fishtank shop I drove past a house withthe mini in the front yard with a for sale sign on the front. I took the ph no rang him up went and looked at it the next day offered him a g less than he wanted rings me the next day says ok so i end up with a 850 with what i thought was a 1100 found out after getting it checked it had a 1275 so bonus

I bought Cooper S (Barney) off ausmini, offered money and he took it, almost changed his mind.

I bought Clubby Van (Jerry) off my husbands boss after harrasing him for a while.

Nursemini

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Barney's owner Cooper s
Jerry's owner Clubby Van

I found mine in the trading post,
Went for an inspect,
And left them with an offer, of which a week or 2 past and they had not replied to me.
And on the day that they rang and said we accept the offer,
I was meant to be going and likely getting an HT with a powerglide,
So i would have been happy with either vehicle,
But i got stuck with a mini

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Sir Namibian CAMEL of MONGOLIA !!!
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Nursemini and I have a few now..
Mini Ha-Ha- (`70 MiniMatic):
I bought it off my boss for a bottle of Chivas Regal. It was a garden ornament at his mate's place, their kids had jumped the roof so it looked like a fish pond.
Knocked it back out, got the motor running, it had Retreat but no forward gears. So I replaced the forward clutch in the box.
Anyhow by the time it went on the road it sported a 1310S motor, box and brakes from a dead GT. Now has a Morris 1300 auto block bored to 1360, with S crank and rods.
I bunged the 998 'matic into a `75 Blue Clubby, it is probably still running, somewhere.

Barney (67 Pretend S):
Bought it off a friend who had done a bare metal 2 pack respray and full retrim on a 66 Deluxe and hung all the Cooper S ornaments on.
It had a 1098 and Honda Civic brakes- now has 1293A+ and S brakes.

Jerry (77 Clubby van):
Bought this off my boss too. Awaiting respray and retrim. Motor will be Barney's old 1098, or maybe the 1412 stroker..

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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.

Ok , only the current one's , Moke was on the side of the road and replaced a written of 89 corrolla I had , sports850 was in the trading post after the smurf blue 76 clubby was written off , the Nota fang was also from the trading post after I'd chased it through 4 previous owners and lost track of the last owner till it was advertised , the 69 van was from a mate who used to be in Goulburn who sold it to help fund his round Oz bus/camper .

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1968 Morris Mini Deluxe - Snowdrop - late 16th birthday gift from my Grandfather. Bought in Gosford NSW 1990 from local paper, roadworthy and registered for $1200. I leaned to drive in it. Sold it in 1991 for $1300 to buy a Gemini (dumb!!). Now resides in Newcastle somewhere.

1970 Morris Mini K Panelvan - Skippy - Purchased Dec 1996 out of the Trading Post from a guy in Clifton Springs. Took me 3.5 years to restore it.

1969 Morris Mini Moke - Mopoke - Swapped a Morris 1100S for it and some other bits in 2002. Now almost road-ready.

1965 Morris Mini Panelvan - Trixie - Free if I hauled it out of a paddock in Cobram Vic. Rough body from years of use as a paddock basher. Still sleeping in a corner of the shed.

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Brett Nicholson
Greendale (near Ballan) VIC.
1971 Morris Mini Moke
1966 Austin Mini
1965 Morris Mini Traveller
1973 LR Series 3 88
2007 LR Freelander 2

I was talking to a lady at my old job (i knew her for 4 years at the time)..... one day I mentioned that I loved minis and wanted to get back into them...... she said "my husband has one in the shed which he doesnt even look at anymore.... and we need the shed space...... do you want to take it away for me?"....... Ended up offering em 200 bucks for it because I felt guilty taking it for free.

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[NATHAN] -- Sold everything mini related and am back in big beautiful BMWs

Bought Mars from Carsales.com... looked for over a month on here but noone was selling. Test drove 3 minis, 2 failed RWC the other was Cheezel. Mars was the 4th test drive, as soon as I heard the exhaust note I new I wanted it