An elderly relative has just given me a an Austin Mini 1000 City E, First
Registered in April 1986 and with only Nineteen Thousand miles on it. This
is genuine since it comes with old MOTs. Only one previous owner and she
bought it from new.

It has been in a dry garage for the last three years and has only done 887
miles since it passed its MOT in 2004. It currently starts and runs without
any trouble.

Since I'm a bit short of cash at the moment I would like to sell it
straightaway, but am unsure whether to sell it as it is (some surface body
work in places, see car front on website photo):

http://i5.tinypic.com/6jakcph.jpg

Or to try to smarten it up myself. I dont have experience of doing work like
this and don't really know how much time and work would be involved. So I'm
wondering if it would be better just sell it as it is. I've looked at
various other sites to try to find out how much to sell it for, but cannot
find anything in a similar situation to compare prices. Grateful for any
advice on this. Thanks.

"ian" wrote in message
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An elderly relative has just given me a an Austin Mini 1000 City E, First
Registered in April 1986 and with only Nineteen Thousand miles on it. This
is genuine since it comes with old MOTs. Only one previous owner and she
bought it from new.

It has been in a dry garage for the last three years and has only done 887
miles since it passed its MOT in 2004. It currently starts and runs
without
any trouble.

Since I'm a bit short of cash at the moment I would like to sell it
straightaway, but am unsure whether to sell it as it is (some surface body
work in places, see car front on website photo):

http://i5.tinypic.com/6jakcph.jpg

Or to try to smarten it up myself. I dont have experience of doing work
like
this and don't really know how much time and work would be involved. So
I'm
wondering if it would be better just sell it as it is. I've looked at
various other sites to try to find out how much to sell it for, but cannot
find anything in a similar situation to compare prices. Grateful for any
advice on this. Thanks.




How much would you like to get for it? I would estimate that if you put it
on EBay as it stands it would still fetch £500 to £800. These little cars
are getting highly sought after.

On Wed, 21 Nov 2007 10:27:49 +0000, ian wrote:

An elderly relative has just given me a an Austin Mini 1000 City E, First
Registered in April 1986 and with only Nineteen Thousand miles on it. This
is genuine since it comes with old MOTs. Only one previous owner and she
bought it from new.

It has been in a dry garage for the last three years and has only done 887
miles since it passed its MOT in 2004. It currently starts and runs
without any trouble.

Since I'm a bit short of cash at the moment I would like to sell it
straightaway, but am unsure whether to sell it as it is (some surface body
work in places, see car front on website photo):

http://i5.tinypic.com/6jakcph.jpg

Or to try to smarten it up myself. I dont have experience of doing work
like this and don't really know how much time and work would be involved.
So I'm wondering if it would be better just sell it as it is. I've looked
at various other sites to try to find out how much to sell it for, but
cannot find anything in a similar situation to compare prices. Grateful
for any advice on this. Thanks.

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Your potential buyers are likely to be Mini enthusiasts and they generally
prefer to get a car in original condition (i.e. not bodged) so that they
can judge the true condition. Try selling as it is - Ebay is a good place
to try but make sure you put a reasonably high reserve on it.

If you're new to Ebay try following the last few minutes of a few auctions
to see the final prices which usually bear little relation to the early
bidding.

Cic.
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"ian" wrote in message
...
An elderly relative has just given me a an Austin Mini 1000 City E, First
Registered in April 1986 and with only Nineteen Thousand miles on it. This
is genuine since it comes with old MOTs. Only one previous owner and she
bought it from new.

It has been in a dry garage for the last three years and has only done 887
miles since it passed its MOT in 2004. It currently starts and runs
without
any trouble.

Since I'm a bit short of cash at the moment I would like to sell it
straightaway, but am unsure whether to sell it as it is (some surface body
work in places, see car front on website photo):

http://i5.tinypic.com/6jakcph.jpg

Or to try to smarten it up myself. I dont have experience of doing work
like
this and don't really know how much time and work would be involved. So
I'm
wondering if it would be better just sell it as it is. I've looked at
various other sites to try to find out how much to sell it for, but cannot
find anything in a similar situation to compare prices. Grateful for any
advice on this. Thanks.


Don't try to "smarten it up". Most buyers will prefer an unmolested
original car and decide themselves what needs doing. Personally, I've
always been suspicious of part-resprayed cars - you just don't know what's
underneath the paint. Much better to buy warts'n'all, then you know what
you are in for.

Geoff MacK

"ian" wrote in message
...
An elderly relative has just given me a an Austin Mini 1000 City E, First
Registered in April 1986 and with only Nineteen Thousand miles on it. This
is genuine since it comes with old MOTs. Only one previous owner and she
bought it from new.

It has been in a dry garage for the last three years and has only done 887
miles since it passed its MOT in 2004. It currently starts and runs
without
any trouble.

Since I'm a bit short of cash at the moment I would like to sell it
straightaway, but am unsure whether to sell it as it is (some surface body
work in places, see car front on website photo):

http://i5.tinypic.com/6jakcph.jpg

Or to try to smarten it up myself. I dont have experience of doing work
like
this and don't really know how much time and work would be involved. So
I'm
wondering if it would be better just sell it as it is. I've looked at
various other sites to try to find out how much to sell it for, but cannot
find anything in a similar situation to compare prices. Grateful for any
advice on this. Thanks.


Sell as is

Have a look here for some idea

http://www.miniownersclub.co.uk/sale.htm

"ian" wrote in message
...
An elderly relative has just given me a an Austin Mini 1000 City E, First
Registered in April 1986 and with only Nineteen Thousand miles on it. This
is genuine since it comes with old MOTs. Only one previous owner and she
bought it from new.

It has been in a dry garage for the last three years and has only done 887
miles since it passed its MOT in 2004. It currently starts and runs
without
any trouble.

Since I'm a bit short of cash at the moment I would like to sell it
straightaway, but am unsure whether to sell it as it is (some surface body
work in places, see car front on website photo):

http://i5.tinypic.com/6jakcph.jpg

Or to try to smarten it up myself. I dont have experience of doing work
like
this and don't really know how much time and work would be involved. So
I'm
wondering if it would be better just sell it as it is. I've looked at
various other sites to try to find out how much to sell it for, but cannot
find anything in a similar situation to compare prices. Grateful for any
advice on this. Thanks.


put it in for an MoT, don't try to do any bodywork, put on ebay and say the
status of the MoT whether it is a pass or a fail and list any known faults,
describe it honestly and wait for the bids, I would guess at 500 to 1000, if
the mot is a pass then 600 up

Mrcheerful

Mrcheerful ("Mrcheerful" ) gurgled happily, sounding
much like they were saying:

put it in for an MoT, don't try to do any bodywork, put on ebay and say
the status of the MoT whether it is a pass or a fail and list any known
faults, describe it honestly and wait for the bids

Agreed. If I was wanting to buy something like that as a project, I'd
want to see the raw state, rather than have to try and guess what's
hidden under a bodge.

ian wrote:
An elderly relative has just given me a an Austin Mini 1000 City E, First
Registered in April 1986 and with only Nineteen Thousand miles on it. This
is genuine since it comes with old MOTs. Only one previous owner and she
bought it from new.

It has been in a dry garage for the last three years and has only done 887
miles since it passed its MOT in 2004. It currently starts and runs without
any trouble.

Since I'm a bit short of cash at the moment I would like to sell it
straightaway, but am unsure whether to sell it as it is (some surface body
work in places, see car front on website photo):

http://i5.tinypic.com/6jakcph.jpg

Or to try to smarten it up myself. I dont have experience of doing work like
this and don't really know how much time and work would be involved. So I'm
wondering if it would be better just sell it as it is. I've looked at
various other sites to try to find out how much to sell it for, but cannot
find anything in a similar situation to compare prices. Grateful for any
advice on this. Thanks.

If you don't have experience of doing work like this, then my advice is
not to try. There is nothing more depressing that working on a car and
discovering that undoing the shoddy work of a previous owner takes
longer than what would have been necessary if they hadn't touched it.

You are likely to get more for it if you leave it as it is and describe
it honestly than if you do work on it and it doesn't look quite right.

But it would be worth the money to have an MOT certificate, pass or
fail, in terms of a buyer knowing exactly what he is letting himself in
for. And if it passes, the buyer has the option of driving it home,
which will make a significant difference to the price.

Jim

ian wrote:
An elderly relative has just given me a an Austin Mini 1000 City E, First
Registered in April 1986 and with only Nineteen Thousand miles on it. This
is genuine since it comes with old MOTs. Only one previous owner and she
bought it from new.

It has been in a dry garage for the last three years and has only done 887
miles since it passed its MOT in 2004. It currently starts and runs without
any trouble.

Since I'm a bit short of cash at the moment I would like to sell it
straightaway, but am unsure whether to sell it as it is (some surface body
work in places, see car front on website photo):

http://i5.tinypic.com/6jakcph.jpg

Or to try to smarten it up myself. I dont have experience of doing work like
this and don't really know how much time and work would be involved. So I'm
wondering if it would be better just sell it as it is. I've looked at
various other sites to try to find out how much to sell it for, but cannot
find anything in a similar situation to compare prices. Grateful for any
advice on this. Thanks.


Leave it alone and sell as is! I'd maybe like it myself, but lack of
garage space says otherwise

--
Abo

Adrian wrote:
Mrcheerful ("Mrcheerful" ) gurgled happily, sounding
much like they were saying:

put it in for an MoT, don't try to do any bodywork, put on ebay and say
the status of the MoT whether it is a pass or a fail and list any known
faults, describe it honestly and wait for the bids

Agreed. If I was wanting to buy something like that as a project, I'd
want to see the raw state, rather than have to try and guess what's
hidden under a bodge.

Plus, as the OP doesn't have experience of this kind of thing, it could
well look worse afterwards.