I would like to know your views on what a regular (non-californian) Moke is worth?
I will give some parameters but can just approx (round off to nearest $500 i guess)

A fully restored moke with canopy and rollbar

A mediocre one, doesnt need to have canopy or rollbars/bumpers, basically just running, drivable and registrable

A crap one that would need full restoration, but is 95% complete, many panels cut and welded, engine in unknown condition but 100% complete.

One that is basically a bare husk with engine in pieces. Unknown body number, No rego papers,One that would need inspection once finished.


Thanks!

Prices seem to be cheaper in SA, but from what I've seen in WA:

$8,000-$12,000
$4,000-$7,000
$1,200
$200

Value for money, either of the first two categories are the best value for money. Forget about the last one.

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Too many cars, and too little time.

He speaketh the truth. Mokes are deceptively expensive to restore.

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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

Yeah I'm afraid of that. Is that because of the amount of bodywork needed? Isn't the Engine, subframes, suspension the same as a regular Mini?

Yeah that pretty much is, but the real Moke problems are in the body design. IMO they are designed to rust, much more so than a Mini.
Particularly along the bottom and sides of the tub, and in the firewall.
Fixing there ain't easy, I sold 2 on to avoid the dramas.

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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.

something I'm interested in too, I'd like to do a little wheeler project eventually

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Basil - 1978 Leyland Mini, Brooklands Green, bit of a bitsa, and a park brick in the boot.

It's not so much the bodywork that is the issue. It's all the little unique Moke bits that are usually stuffed that really add up:

Screen, frame and side screens
Top and Bows plus all the little fittings to hold it on
Seats (used are expensive and few non standard seats fit)
Bumpers (often damaged so good used ones are rare)
Roll bar $300 second-hand upwards
Rear trailing arms on a big wheeler
Dash parts
Wiper motor

But is is worth it. Oh yes! IMHO nothing is more fun that cruising on a warm summer's evening in a Moke.

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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 have restored a few cars now, I have cut and butt welded many patch panels over the years. For someone like me, would a moke be an easy project? I think most of the panels are dead straight and easy square shapes/bends?
Where does it rust around the firewall, is that a hard spot to weld ?

If you're asking a complete ready for rego moke, i'm selling mine with a NSW blueslip.

It's a 1966 Little wheeler

PM me if you're after some more info cookie

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You're so square
Baby I don't care

Ummmm... nothing is more fun that cruising in a Moke - PERIOD..!!

Some of my most memorable times have either been 1- in the freezing cold or 2- in the pouring rain..!!!

+1

I tried to commute to work at least one day per week this last winter and had a ball every time. The best days were the freezing cold, but bright frosty mornings.

Tim

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1951 Morris Commercial J Type Van
1955 BSA C11G
1961 Morris Mini Traveller
1969 Triumph TR6R
1977 Leyland Moke Californian

I'm not going to lie

Coming home from work at 4am in the moke during winter is a great way to spend an hour
Just bring a scarf



You get looks in a moke
But when you're doing 100 and it's less than 15 degrees out, you really get looks

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You're so square
Baby I don't care

I drove home from Ballarat once with the top down and it was 8 or 9 degrees C. I was wearing a beanie, gloves, motorcycle goggles and a warm parka but the lower part of my face was freezing.

I had to resort to driving with one gloved hand over my nose and mouth. That was not much fun.

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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

Yeah, really long trips in the cold can be a bit grim, especially if you aren't prepared.

My coldest ever trip was luckily a short one. I left uni at 2:00AM and when I got to the Moke it was covered in frost, including the steering wheel, seats and both sides of the windscreen. I scraped a little circle to look through and drove home really fast.

Tim

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1951 Morris Commercial J Type Van
1955 BSA C11G
1961 Morris Mini Traveller
1969 Triumph TR6R
1977 Leyland Moke Californian

i thought the subframes were different (albeit slightly).
i have a front subframe here, refurbished it and then was told i shouldn't use it in my mini haha as it was meant for moke