FS:: 1972 Mini with 1998 drivetrain and interior
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1972 Mini with 1998 drivetrain and interior
Year: 1972
Make: MINI
Model: Hardtop
Price: $20000
Mileage: 55000
Color: Anthracite Gray (looks black)
Private or Dealer Listing: Private Listing
Location (Region): Midwestern
Left-Hand drive 1972 Austin Mini shell with the drivetrain, interior, and trim from a 1998 German specification Brooklands Edition car. Engine is a 1.3L Multi-point fuel injected unit, with distributorless ignition. Trans is a normal Mini 4-speed unit. Interior is black leather seating with cream piping in excellent condition. Factory wood dash with six gauges and a Pioneer Bluetooth/iPod stereo. Coil spring conversion with Hi-Lo's. New brakes all around, good tires. Possibly the only Classic Mini with cruise control, this car loves smooth highways and will run 80 mph all day long without missing a beat.
Any body panels with rust were replaced and the car was painted in 2013.
I drove this car on the Hot Rod Power Tour in 2014, from Michigan to Charlotte, NC, to Wisconsin Dells, and back home with NO problems. I drive it to work regularly, and last weekend drove it to St. Ignace and back for Mini on the Mack. I spent 7 years driving Mini's in England when I was in the Air Force, and this is the most reliable one I've ever had. I've had it for 5 years and have put 20,000 miles on it.
I can take and email any photos you want to see. Clear Michigan title in hand.
I bought a business and have other projects going, so this one needs to go.
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It's been registered in at least 3 states as a 1972, the VIN matches the registration, and I find no numbers that don't match that. I bought it as a '72 and can't prove it's not, so I'm selling it the same way.
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Serious question? Every other part of the car is a 1998. Either way it doesn't matter - if its already been titled in multiple states, as is, then the buyer is going to have no problem titling it in whatever state they want to title it in.
#6
Great looking mini classic and good luck with the sale, curious how they registered it because that's not a 1972 mini, I owned one in the UK, maybe its the way the US marked it. GLWS
#7
Yep, that was a serious question. I'm not a mechanic - nor do I pretend to be one - but I imagine it's possible to mate a 72 shell as he described. I was just wondering if you saw something that obviously made it a 98 shell - like some kind of different look or feature.
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Yep, that was a serious question. I'm not a mechanic - nor do I pretend to be one - but I imagine it's possible to mate a 72 shell as he described. I was just wondering if you saw something that obviously made it a 98 shell - like some kind of different look or feature.
Classic Mini's from the late 80's onwards had a VIN number stamped into the lip of the screen scuttle panel, in line with the master cylinders. If there's a VIN number there, or evidence that part of that panel has been cut out, then there's a chance (I'm not going to be more affirmative) that its a later shell (i.e. the entire car is a 1998 but had a VIN plate from a 1972). The problem is that particular panel also suffered horrendously from rust . . so a lot of cars had that panel replaced anyway, so no VIN number stamped anywhere.
To be clear, as a previous classic Mini owner, I would have no problem whatsoever buying this car, since its already been titled multiple times in the US . . in fact I would be even more inclined to buy it if I actually knew that it was a full 1998 that had been re-vined. I know that sounds silly, but why wouldn't I want a car with a Mark 7 shell rather than one with a Mark 3 shell.
I've probably said too much already - apologies to the seller for opening this can of worms
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MiniTigger (08-18-2017)
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Agreed - and thanks for the further info. It does indeed look like a great car.
I'll have one some day.
I'll have one some day.