Year: 2003
Make: MINI
Model: Coupe
Price: $1500
Mileage: 147730
Color: Silver
Private or Dealer Listing: Private Listing
Location (Region): Texas

This car has been sitting for the last couple (3?) years. It needs some work, but otherwise is a great buy for the right person. I bought it from the original owner.

What makes this a very-unCooper-like Cooper? Glorious, naturally-aspirated power and plenty of it. It's one of the quickest R50's on the planet. And, it sounds AMAZING. Lots of parts on it that I have zero interest in removing (so don't bother asking). It's got a few door dings, but still looks great. Sold as is.

This has a later model, R53 6-speed Getrag transmission that the original owner swapped in several years ago. He did a write up that's been shared hundreds of times and is still used for this process today. While swapping it in, he also used a JB Racing lightweight flywheel, Cooper S clutch and pressure plate, and installed a Quaife LSD. While this seems like it would make things confuzzeled to service, it doesn't - everything on the car is R50 EXCEPT the gearbox and associated parts attached to it (clutch slave, piping, shift tower), axle shafts, and shift cables (which are R53 bits).

The original owner replaced the water pump, alternator, belt tensioner, belt and battery. Tie-rod ends, control arm, and a-arm ball-joints replaced in late 2011. Serviced with synthetic from Day 1 (which was almost exclusively Royal Purple).

Performance - Custom Thumper Performance cylinder head that's ported/polished/decked, Crower NS2 cam, ARP fasteners, aFe cold air intake, Milltek header/cat, Magnaflow cat-back, all tuned by RMW. R53 Getrag 6-speed conversion, Quaife LSD, JB Racing lightweight flywheel, stock Cooper S clutch and pressure plate.

Suspension - KW Variant 1 coilovers (great on the street), IE upper offset strut mounts, H&R 19mm rear swaybar, Powergrid swaybar endlinks, TSW x-brace, Powerflex rear a-arm bushings, lots of Powerflex elsewhere.

Wheels/Tires/Brakes - Texas Speedwerks BDM BBK, SS lines, TSW rear rotors, Porterfield R4-S pads all around, wheel stud conversion, uber-light wheel nuts.

Appearance - Whalen Shift Machine (hey, why's this thing have the 6-speed pattern? ), functional front splitter, rear-end aero mods, silver De Zavala flag on the roof (needs refreshed, CooperFlags did it originally), Cravenspeed shift well cover, 50th anniversary mirror covers.

Audio - Sony head unit w/ built-in iPod connectivity (cable in glove box, charge and listen, head unit controls iPod!) and USB drive plug in front, plays MP3's, Pyle component speakers in the doors, Pyle 6x9's in the rear - it thumps.

 

hi do you have any more pictures?? how is the condition??

 

I don't have more pictures at the moment. The condition is quite good - no dents, no real noticeable scratches at all, the inside roof was re-done. It'll be a fun car for somebody.

 

What work would you say this car needs on it?

 

 

be interesting to hear what kind of power it's making... and why has it been sitting for 3 years, known problems etc...