Anyone have a 1275 Mini-Cooper S for sale?

My brother is looking for one. He wants a 1969 or earlier with the sliding windows.

Geez, me too. Wouldn't it be nice?

And probably a bunch of of others here too! Put the offer up and see who wants to bid the highest.

A Heritage-certified real one or would a replica do? Big difference in prices. A real 1275 Cooper S is good condition gets pricey. I haven't seen one for sale lately, but the last ones I saw a few years ago started at $20K.

Maybe Tim will be selling the CMS project car when it's done?

In reply to Ian F:

He wants an authentic one just like he owned many years ago. He figures around $25 K can get him the right car and has the money in his pocket. Interesting to see what Tim wants for their car.

Check out DJ's Minis in Shelby NC. He has a dealer license in the UK and US. He is pretty reasonable and finds what you want and does all the work.

In reply to 84FSP:

Thanks. I'll pass that on to him.

This one was on the Mini Mania site:

http://www.minimania.com/cars4sale/12999/1961_Austin_Mini_SEVEN_Sedan_1098cc

Not exactly what he's looking for, but it looks pretty nice.

In reply to Gary:

That is nice but he absolutely wants a slider window 1275 Cooper S. He won't even be interested in a 1970 with the roll up windows. He had one years ago but sold it for a psalm and has been kicking himself ever since.

I don't know the exact year, nor the overall condition yet, but a friend of my co-workers has a Cooper S sitting in his garage that he is looking to sell. I can say for certain that its a restoration project and that its a genuine Cooper S. If your brother is interested I can get more info for you.

Rod

I may have a lead on one. I'll post in this thread once I hear back from a guy I know. He has a cooper S ex-police car.

Ok, the cop car was sold a couple years ago, but he knows of a '67 S that is not the original color and needs floor work. I think that one is in the $15-16.5k range.

In reply to TR8owner:

PM sent.

I haven't even driven mine yet. That will happen this week, as we button the last few things up. I have never had a line of people trying to buy one of our project cars, like I have had with this Mini. Sadly (or happily depending on if your are buying or selling) these things have skyrocketed in value the last few years, and a matching numbers, concours quality 1275S like ours is probably worth north of $40,000. Still, I did not buy it and build it to sell it. I just thought it would make a fun project car and I always thought they were kind of cool. This one was a lot of work though and I probably have nearly that much in the darned thing.

In reply to Tim Suddard:

That's sort of the values I was thinking, but wasn't 100% sure. A friend of mine had a 1275S with his ex-wife. She (a MINI "Motorizing Adviser" and therefore considered an "expert" by the lawyers) valued the car at $25K when they were splitting up assets during the divorce. This was about 10 years ago, and we thought the price a bit strong back then, but may have been prophetic. Either way, she valued it so high, he took the house instead (they had no kids). It was a later model with roll-up windows, however. Nice car. I got to drive it a little bit while he still had possession of it. Hooked me on wanting a Mini.

The VIN on mine verifies it as a genuine Cooper with a 997 dual-SU engine (little bugger loves to rev), but a pre-purchase inspection by Heritage in CA indicates the shell is later. I bought the car to drive, so such things don't concern me, so I'm happy. Eventually I want a larger, more torquey engine so it's not screaming so much on the hwy and will have enough idling power to run A/C.

Either way, contacting Heritage might be worth a shot. Although I remember them recently posting on Facebook looking for a Cooper S for a customer, so maybe someone already has...

In reply to T.J.:

Thanks. I'll pass that on.

In reply to Tim Suddard:

I'll let him also know about your car. He might go that high for a high end restoration.