$25k rusted Mini Cooper

http://www.thedrive.com/news/24660/someone-just-paid-more-than-25000-for-this-rotted-1965-mini-cooper-s?fbclid=IwAR0IrhkqHRCtXZUph0R6kiSScCyUs56omi1ik3z58sXxLD2S4ypJUgmzF8Y

This is scary but if if anyone wants an original Mini Cooper your going time have to pay through the roof regardless now.

In reply to MotorsportsGordon :

I almost posted this but I didn’t understand the story behind the price...

So, basically, somebody just paid $25,000 for a set of authentic 1965 Cooper S VIN plates.

Reshelling a car is 100% legal in the UK. Heritage mk1 shells are Readily available and early Cooper S cars are valuable as any truley iconic car with a genuine motorsports heritage should be.

I get it. I wouldn't do it myself but I understand.

Duke said:

So, basically, somebody just paid $25,000 for a set of authentic 1965 Cooper S VIN plates.

Every now and then you'll see a cowl panel cut-out selling for similar money on eBay, because it has a desirable VIN to build a car around.

So basically, it's a British HemiCuda?

Floating Doc said:

So basically, it's a British HemiCuda?

Nailed it.

Unless this car has some type of race provenance it makes no sense. A quick google turned up several Cooper Ss around 40K