1/1000

 

With the help from JABowders and others here on NAM, my wife and I were able to get a new plaque made. My wife has been awesome in helping replace the missing mc40 stuff.

Here is a picture in the car.
My phone takes some crap pictures, but here is a straight on shot before I threw it in the car.

 

http://atcm.co/S2PVDP/174A3DEF

In florida. 35,000 miles for $9,900. Debadged. They have it lised as a base S.

http://atcm.co/S2PVDP/17315EF5

$6500, 76,000. Missing wheels badges and ****. In ohio.

http://atcm.co/S2PVDP/1708CBA5

$6500 103,000 in baltimore. Different wheels, missing lights and badges.

http://atcm.co/S2PVDP/17205845

$6990 102,000 Missing badges, houston


Went on an autotrader scavenger hunt for mc40's. If you just search for red 2004 coopers and look for chrome mirrors they are almost always mc40's.

 

Found a wrecked MC40 on eBay being sold for parts..

(Pulled the link, it is no longer available.)

Yea, I have contacted them for a few of the parts...

Motor on!

 

can anyone help me...
i own a mini cooper S mc40 but i don't know the commemorative edition number of my car.

the vin number is WMWRE33424TD88846

IT HAS 30,000MILES

I LIVE IN HONDURAS CENTRAL AMERICA

 

Wow super low miles and rare to see in central america.

 

I can tell you that it is above My #211 but I do not know how much...

I wonder if we should start a list of known cars by Build Date, VIN and Plaque number?

Here are mine:

3/2004, WMWRE33484TD86146 = 24

4/2004, WMWRE33494TD87404 = 211

https://www.northamericanmotoring.co.../ppuser/151005

Motor on!

 

There is an MC40 Registry website which has a list of plaque numbers and location of the cars. It appears that the site has not been kept up to date with many of the links not functioning. The site does have the official press release introducing the MC40 and some photos.

http://mc40.com/

 

spotted one in the Cape Saint Claire area. Who are you!? ;p

sorry for the stalkerish photo, someone was behind me and didnt want to hold up traffic.




This is me. I wave to you every time I see you, but you never wave back.

:(

 

How sad... Hit a deer with Mini. I was able to drive away but the deer went to deer heaven (?). Anyway, the insurance company wants to "total" the car for $5,400 in damage to the front (lights, spots, grille, bumper, bonnet, radiator, AC evap.). They say "the VIN says it's just a Mini Cooper S." To what I said no way fat man: It's a limited edition model with $7K of factory add-ons. Plus a JCW Tuning Kit #4535 at $5K in 2004. Black wheel arches and and lower bumper have also been painted Chili Red to match the body. Not a bit of black on this one. Aarrghhh!

My only "proof" of Mini being an MC40 is the original dealer window sticker, plus the JCW Tuning Kit certificate, the #59 of 1000 Paddy Hopkirk number plaque, and the MC40 decals. We'll see if they change their mind. Apparently there is NO WAY to link the VIN to a MC40 model. Anybody else run into this recently?

Anyway, this little go-kart-on-steroids has been a friend for 72,000 miles. Hoping to have Mini for another 100K or more. My 1964 RR Silver Cloud III is not nearly as much fun tho it does turn heads.

 

Maybe the Insurance Company will let you settle and pay the difference out of your own pocket if you want to keep it... as long as the damage is not beyond repair and only expensive... and you could offset the cost by doing some of the last bits yourself. Let the Shop check/repair the frame and body and paint work, and you can do the replacement of the lights and trim...

Best of luck with whatever you end up doing.

Motor on!

 

I hope you can get it worked out with the insurance, sorry to hear that, it sometimes takes a back and forth call / fight to get things done. Good luck.

 

OK my fellow MC40 Owners... I am appealing to your sense of pride in owning a great car and asking you to help me in an exercise in futility.. I am trying to build a MC40 Registry in order to help possible figure out what sequence number cars are that are missing the commemorative plaques.

I have started the list whit my own cars and I have added the few VIN numbers that have been posted here in the Owners Club.

I am looking for known sequence number cars with VINs and build dates (found on the drivers door jam information plate)

I have tried to extract information from the MC40 web site (www.mc40.com) but since it is an older site very little information can be retrieved.

So with your help, we might be able to put together something that can help out members looking for the identity of their cars, thanks for your help.

Motor on!

 

Nice, I would also post the long list version ( text version ) in the text box also, incase the attachment does not load down the road.

 

hello were can i get the magnetic door 37 decals??

 

PM Sent...

Motor on!

 

OK... so here's the rest of the story. 1st call from insurance: "We looked it up and with $5,400 in repairs your Mini will be totaled." Then, after they looked at my proof of MC40 and JCW kit they sent me a check for the repairs stating that they "WOULD repair it." But never told the body shop. After 2 weeks I called the body shop to which they replied that the insurance company was going to "total the car." This is where it gets really interesting. In a two minute call the insurance man said "we totaled it" then he said "we'll fix it and all the hidden damage" followed by "How did you already get a check for the repairs?" Confused? I was! So I summarized what I had just heard and they actually agreed to repair the MINI MC40 good as new! Whoo wee. I'm a happy camper again. #59 will be back on the road soon.

 

Good news. Need to keep these limited edition cars on the road.

 

Finally going your way. Congrats and good new indeed. Allot of insurance companies don't know about the rare options or models on MINI. But they do know about more common main stream cars, some of the time.

 

I am number 971 of 1000. I did the JCW suspension and engine upgrade at the dealer when I got the car. Lots done to it since then. 18,000 miles on it. Where do we get a set of decals. I am fine for now, but eventually it would be nice to have an extra set.

 

The problem with forums is that the information you need may be there, but it is buried in 100s of posts. Best bet is to go to the top right corner of the thread, click on Search This Thread, and type in the information you wish to find.

But, to be quick and to put all the information in one post, below is a listing of sources for renewing the markings on the MC 40. Thanks to all those who originally provided this information.

Monte Carlo and license plate decals:

Mason Humphrey | Account Representative
3M Original Wraps
3M Center, 225-3S-75 | St. Paul, MN 55144-1000
Office: 651 575 5668
mhumphrey2@mmm.com | www.3M.com

Firestorm Graphics can manufacturer the magnetic number panels:

http://www.firestormgraphix.com/viny...45d572b945556f

Minimania has the GB chrome letters. They are stainless steel, rather than plastic and are a slightly different, squarer font, but really look much better than the original ones.

http://www.minimania.com/part/DAM100...-self-Adhesive


Rorie, you may have the lowest milage MC40. You need to post pictures. We like pictures. My car, with new decals and number panels:

 

18,000 miles Wow, congrats. . We need pics

 

Hey guys, I'm 18 I just purchased a 04 mini and after doing some research I found out it's an mc40 number 182 out of 1000 to be exact, sadly the decals are gone but other than that she's in tip top shape

 

So I just picked up #54 on Saturday for $2500. It has 160,000 miles, but only 62k since adding the JCW package. The #1 owner told me it needs a water pump and rear brakes, so I took it straight in for the repairs.

Fast forward to today and I get a call from my mechanic that the car needs a new motor.. It's been over heated too many times.

For $5,000 I get an 08 S motor w/ 40,000 miles and everything needed (thermo, water pump, radiator, etc....). They are also doing the rear brakes and some suspension work. Total this repair is going to be $6k.


My question for the forum......is this car worth the money, or should I sell as is or part it out?????? How does the new motor effect the collectibility of the car?

Thank you.

 

Just a reminder the '08 motor is a Turbo and the 04 is a Supercharger... more than likely you will also need to replace the ECM and the main wiring harness...

But I have not done this type of swap so I don't know everything that needs needs to be done to complete the swap.

As for collectability... it would be the only Turbo MC40 I know of.

Motor on!