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mab01
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Posted: Tuesday May 13th, 2008 10:56 pm |
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"Mini collectors Dream Car, Dry Storage from New for 17 years."
For sale in Ireland. Black with White roof, never Registered (1991)
http://www.carzone.ie/used-cars/Rover/Mini/JOHN-COOPER./1034560/
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hawaiianblue
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Posted: Wednesday May 14th, 2008 09:20 am |
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Think thats been on here before.
Not sure how they can say its a 1991 though, as far as i know all RSP's were built in 1990, and seeing as it's unregistered.
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DaveShreeve
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Posted: Wednesday May 14th, 2008 11:05 am |
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Presume '91 is the invoice date from the main dealer.
It has all the hallmarks of an RSP but was it known as a John Cooper special edition in Ireland, or as described a Mini John Cooper?
We have seen it before but I can't find the post.
Obviously unregistered in '91 but doesn't that apply to every year since?
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hawaiianblue
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Posted: Wednesday May 14th, 2008 01:20 pm |
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tbh RSP's are often refered to as 'John Cooper LE' , 'Cooper LE', '1990 LE' etc etc
The factory parts catalogue even refers to them as 'Cooper LE' So adding John on the front is still acurate really.
I'm not sure how you would stand with registration, i mean could you now register it as an 08 plate? I mean how long do the DVLA allow you after manufacture to register them before giving you an age related number.
I dont think being unregistered makes any real difference to the value, i mean if you had an H reg car with delivery miles surely it would be no different.
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DaveShreeve
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Posted: Wednesday May 14th, 2008 01:41 pm |
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hawaiianblue wrote: I'm not sure how you would stand with registration, i mean could you now register it as an 08 plate? I mean how long do the DVLA allow you after manufacture to register them before giving you an age related number.
I'm not sure either but think there could be a problem. The mini was discontinued, and the Mpi introduced earlier, because the vehicle didn't meet current legislation. I reckon you'd get 2 choices - register as '91 or not at all. If you want to use it I think words with DVLA are needed before spending the cash.
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hawaiianblue
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Posted: Wednesday May 14th, 2008 03:24 pm |
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Thing is on the V5 you have, year of first use and year of first registration. Usually they're both the same obviously.
I think if it was registered as an 08 you'd have problems with insurance companies ratehr than the DVLA, my sister had grief insuring her 1990 'austin' metro.
But i've seen 52 reg MPi's running about.
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rougeleo
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Posted: Thursday May 15th, 2008 11:59 pm |
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| http://mcr.mywowbb.com/forum33/2093.html
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DaveShreeve
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Posted: Friday May 16th, 2008 12:06 am |
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Knew we'd seen it before!
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rougeleo
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Posted: Friday May 16th, 2008 11:44 pm |
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| Had a phone call about a red 97 miler earlier ...a few mint or 'new' RSPs coming out the woodwork
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Andrew1967
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Posted: Saturday May 17th, 2008 01:47 pm |
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| Not sure what has happened to them but a few years back a local Ford dealer allegedly had three unregistered RSP's up on blocks in a heated garage. As far as I can recall he managed to buy all three (red, black and green) when they were first announced.
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rougeleo
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Posted: Saturday May 17th, 2008 03:37 pm |
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I would like to see those 
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Andrew1967
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Posted: Saturday May 17th, 2008 04:45 pm |
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It would be interesting to see if they are still there or what happened to them. Maybe I'll take a drive round there one day in the yellow peril. That might get him talking 
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blickling
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Posted: Sunday May 18th, 2008 09:55 pm |
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| Where's that garage then Andrew, Ludham?
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