Kind of the opposite here in North Yorkshire UK. More and more barn finds are being restored now they fetch up to £50k for certain years and many find their way to Matthewsons auctions around the corner from me in Pickering. Even appaulingly rusted old wrecks are being restored, especially now you can buy new heritage bodyshells.

Your both wrong you can get reproductions that are safer lighter and better corrosion resistance coating and no hidden behind panels or cracks and rust I’ve dissected lots of cars to pro-form surgery with my welder and dent hammer lol no matter what sand blasting you use or acid dip the only way to get it really perfect and not to come back is cutting all the rust out that means all of it even the little dust hell from sandblasting one side of the car to the other it can flash rust without a flash rust coating applied before tac down and first coat of spray these modern reproductions are in every way better in every shape or form as long as you buy quality parts but money doesn’t dictate quality some really expensive brands suck while other not bottom of the barrel but cheaper ones may be far better do your research but you can build one of these new with a electric conversion and decent suspension brakes brand new wiring bushings fresh seals all the little things that make a mini nice and not rust bucket fuck the original ones from fuel delivery to head gaskets to timing chains rattling valves knocking bottom ends exhausts to fall off gas engines suck bro it’s not history that should be remembered it’s history that should be forgotten and erased im going to cut up every sexy body classic I get my hands on and ev swap it with quality serviceable parts retarded gas owners stuck in 1960 be like everything else lasts forever on ev drivetrain but the batteries cost 15 grand Well news flash I got for free natter of fact it paided me my whole setup came out of a model s salvage title I only used one motor sold the other one sold some body parts interior and wheels and front clip I ended up getting paided 1200 to harvest what I needed minus a controller and pirate software to trick the motor into thinking it was running in the regular car under a different controller retards be like that sounds to hard for me to learn naw bro it’s ten million times easier and simpler to troubleshoot and service way less moving parts and things to break as far as pricey batteries go and battery failure goes I got one battery on my current mini but I had a Land Rover defender with two that if the battery completely failed you could switch it over and avoid a flatbed 9/10 times a battery problem is a usually a burnt individual cell that’s not more then 100 to flux a new one in and in 7 years of electric driving that only happened once cheap fix compared to a head gasket or if a oil journal clogs spark plug wire comes undone coil fails when gas blows up it blows up major and costs thousands when electric fails throw some chump change at it that only happened to me once and it could have been my error installing or making the battery packs but just like I carry two glocks I’m going to ride with two batteries doubled up

I built my mini classic for 45k and it’s better then new but a less bling bling one could be accomplished for 35 to 40k everything brand new down to bolts and bushings glass everything now harvesting a vin to register it or register it as kit car good luck the only thing on my mini that’s not new is a vin plate that is was titled and registrated to lol but I had no choice all my sheetmetal rotted so I had to replace it haha

Yeah our cars are unique to Australia. First with wind up windows, first with 1098cc, two screw taillights etc. I have a 1970 Mini K and love it.

hello from SA

@@abraarasmal7583 Hello from Germany 😊

yes to loud hard to hear him talk.

That became standard for the Cooper S in ‘65 or most likely ‘66. Prior to that, twin tanks was an option

Yup the wheels are reverse and very wrong but nice car nevertheless

@@bluefloyd6058 Yes - quite nice. I can't be sure about the wheels, but the bigger S-disk were standard then but broader wheels were an option at the time. I am not even sure that a tachometer was standard, but wouldn't it be? As for the oil cooler it was an option in 1965 but later became standard.