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Andrew1967
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Posted: Saturday October 28th, 2006 05:43 pm |
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Hmmm...seems a bit odd, perhaps he was slowly changing it to Tartan Red. 
There is some green on the top of the inner sill behind the drivers seat.
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Glen Ponder
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Posted: Saturday October 28th, 2006 10:37 pm |
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| Bit of green poking out from under that Karobe too.Weird how the yanks will seemingly pay top dollar for restored and sometimes questionable cars, yet here we have an original '64 'S' going for hundreds not thousands. Worth re importing that one.
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Glen Ponder
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Posted: Saturday October 28th, 2006 10:50 pm |
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Could look like this when it's finished,
http://www.minimania.com/web/id/6767/ClassDetail.cfm
Love the comment about the 'sticker on the airbox' .
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uvj59
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Posted: Sunday October 29th, 2006 10:00 am |
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the australian 1071 on minimania looks good value however at £7500...
has anyone on here had any experience with importing cars from abroad!!
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uvj59
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Posted: Sunday October 29th, 2006 11:07 am |
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| also, how would one go about registering a car, like the 's' from america with no body/engine numbers? would it go on a 'q' plate?
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Glen Ponder
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Posted: Wednesday November 1st, 2006 09:53 pm |
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I re imported an 'S' a couple of years ago from California and it worked out fine.I did have the advantage of have my cousin look over the car in San Francisco to make sure it wasn't a ringer.
It does work out pretty expensive. Basic import fee by ship 'roll on, roll off' was around £600. The car definately has to be driveable though, otherwise you'll need a container. The costs then start to add up with various admin, landing fees, road transport fees and then the duties...the chancellor will want 10% of the whole import costs plus 10% of the purchase price all plus Vat !!
Unfortunately the days have gone when a 'historic vehicle' was exempt from such duties, thanks to our car loathing 'administration'. Any exemption nowadays will only apply to a car with a famous history/famous previous owner, or a car with a tiny production run, ie less than a dozen of it's type in the world ! I think either the Inland Revenue want you to spend your money within the UK , don't want you buy cars at all or just see an opportunity to rake in the cash.
My car , which still has all it's original panels, did get a big dent on the bootlid during transit so my advice is to make sure you have plenty of good clear photos of the car prior to shipping to enable any successful claim to be filed if the car does get damaged (apparently quite common ).
I would imagine that U.S car on Ebay would get an age related plate, would be dateable, and is RHD so probably was UK registered. Original but patchy condition cars like that should be a viable import cos you will pay little duty on it and buy cheap,however a restored car , that's gonna hurt the wallet unless you tell Customs it was a gift !  I didn't say that 
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mk1
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Posted: Thursday November 2nd, 2006 12:18 pm |
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"Unless you tell Customs it was a gift !"
Unfortunately that won't help. Anything over £36 even if it is a gift is sybject to all the taxes and tarrifs refered to above.
M.
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Glen Ponder
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Posted: Thursday November 2nd, 2006 05:18 pm |
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Yeah, you're right matey, though I didn't try it anyway.
I'm sure this will have a knock on effect on the UK classic car scene,still lots of cars being exported, few imported outside of the EU, it's bound to have a shrinking effect.Just as well the Japs aren't buying too many nowadays. There are quite a few old Coopers on the road here that have come from over the pond in the last ten years or so, don't think there'll be many joining them in the future.Got to be good news for the old 850 though ! 
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Alasdair Brass
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Posted: Thursday November 2nd, 2006 06:04 pm |
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Hi guys,
A few years ago, Mini Cooper's were leaving our shores for Japan in droves. Now, a number are coming back. It seems that it is too expensive to have them pass the stringent Japanese Gov't. emissions test, or whatever they have, and dealers here have seen the opportunity.
Regards
Al
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uvj59
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Posted: Thursday November 2nd, 2006 08:49 pm |
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i hope we dont get hit by the sort of legislation the japs have...its happening in germany to:
"European regulations Munich wants to ban all cars from the city which produce more than a set amount of ultrafine dust. Especially diesel cars have a bad reputation in this view, but also classic cars and older. Classic cars which can't comply with the new regulations will be banned from the town of Munich as from January 1, 2007"
where next?
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Glen Ponder
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Posted: Thursday November 2nd, 2006 09:23 pm |
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Who needs imports,this looks cheap enough......!
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/MORRIS-MINI-COOPER-S-RED_W0QQitemZ260048418408QQihZ016QQcategoryZ43123QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Ahem...despite the fact it's a reshell and is two different shades of Tartan Red !
Amazing that folk will bid from photographs, in fact last time I sold a car I had NO viewers, these so called auctions are a bit of a joke really aren't they ?
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Alasdair Brass
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Posted: Thursday November 2nd, 2006 09:38 pm |
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We are very lucky in New Zealand to have a national Vintage Car Club that represents all collectible cars, right through to 1977. There is also "The Federation of Motoring Clubs" who speak for one make clubs and others not catered for by The Vintage Car Club, who have a secondary voice. Because of this, we have a very strong influence and a united voice when it comes to legislation and, so far, dispensation has been granted for collectibles from emmissions regulations. I guess living in a small country has some benefits.
Regards
Al
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Alasdair Brass
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Posted: Thursday November 2nd, 2006 09:41 pm |
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Glen Ponder wrote: Who needs imports,this looks cheap enough......!
Nice car, shame about the solenoid bracket!
Al
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Glen Ponder
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Posted: Friday November 3rd, 2006 08:28 am |
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| And we wonder why nobody's taking their 'S's to Bulee anymore !? We're all frightened to death of lifting the bonnet !
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frogeye
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Posted: Friday November 3rd, 2006 09:20 am |
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| Not me ! I now only have 15 psi oil pressure ! I keep staring at it ......
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UWD 672G
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Posted: Friday November 3rd, 2006 09:42 am |
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Alasdair Brass wrote: Glen Ponder wrote: Who needs imports,this looks cheap enough......!
Nice car, shame about the solenoid bracket!
Al
Excuse my ignorance chaps but whats the deal viz the solenoid bracket . . . . . ? Is it a genuine S or is it not???!!!
Confused of deepest Warwickshire!
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Glen Ponder
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Posted: Friday November 3rd, 2006 11:29 am |
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No big deal UWG, I'm no expert on solenoids but I think the solenoid should face upward at 12 o'clock, so the bracket's 'wrong' on that car (as most are ! Even in Parnell's book !) . Let's not get our knickers in a twist over a bracket, it's a small detail . The car looks genuine enough to me, though pictures are no substitute for a good old rummage around the car !
Said this plenty of times before but I'd be more impressed with a car that has an interesting continuous history especially with most of it's original bits, trim etc, than a detail perfect concourse work of art built from a logbook (with the right solenoid bracket ! ).
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UWD 672G
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Posted: Friday November 3rd, 2006 02:48 pm |
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Calm is restored in the UWD... household  !
Was only wondering as I've seen it mentioned before somewhere. Nice looking car whatever it is anyway . . . . I dare say it ticks all the right boxes for quite a few folk whos dream motor is a Mk1 S and as you say you'll never know until you go and have a look.
Nidge
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Mk 3 S Meister
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Posted: Friday November 3rd, 2006 04:25 pm |
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Actually, the more you look at it the worse it gets.
The one oil cooler pipe that you can see doesn't look right (where is the other?) and the chassis plate looks very bright and shiney and it all looks rather freshly 'restored'.
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Alasdair Brass
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Posted: Friday November 3rd, 2006 06:16 pm |
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Hi Guys,
I wasn't attempting to make a negative comment about the authenticity of the car, just pointing out a fault as mentioned in the October MCR magazine by John Kelly. As Glen said, more cars are wrong than right on this detail, incuding my own until last week!
Regards
Al
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