Amazing to think that was once someone’s pride and joy that had cost the best part of £30k in todays money

I'm all for fixing it up - unless it is rotting away beyond repair that is. Think that just needs some love and attention and a decent car is lurking underneath, Don't really like seeing cars scrapped unless they're completely beyond hope.

It doesn’t look too far gone. I have two old Nissans I’m trying to get back to showroom condition. They’re already in very good shape. It’s a fun hobby. The car just needs to find the right owner.

It needs to be on Arthur Daley's forecourt! 'Mint condition Mini. Drives like new. Low mileage Recently reupholstered and new suspension fitted. You're having the shirt off my back at £7500. '

Hope Jordan has it, and brings it back to reasonable health. Seems a shame to scrap it, looked like a great laugh chucking it around those country lanes! I think it's got a few more miles to give yet!😃

Id love to see it back on the road with an MOT on a small budget. If Jordan does the work himself, who knows how little it can be restored for. Best of luck 🤞

Another amazing video from Berrow Motors. Without looking up on MOT checks etc. and reading other peoples' comments, I'm guessing the mileage on this Indi Blue Mini Cooper is 134,000.

Half that rocking is probably an engine Mount, that would also cause the knock when you pulled away and the jumping out on gear, I expect 3rd and 5th would also have done it from pulling away

I've never owned one of these because of the million common faults they have, but I've driven loads and I love how much personality they have on the road, the rattles just make me smile as I'm chucking them round a roundabout! It's a shame to see one in such a state. If I had the space I'd buy it off you and do something with it on my channel. Oh, and I checked out Car UK, you have 6k more subscribers, I only have 50 lol

It would be a great project car to learn car repair on, I mean the buyer wouldn't make back any money spent on it, but they'd have gained skills and experience, and hopefully have a useable vehicle afterward.

I bought a John Cooper Works one recently, there was absolutely loads wrong with it. Just about finished fixing it now, just got an intermittent fault on the boot release, I know where the problem is just need to sort it. The thing is so much fun it's ridiculous. All the common faults have been addressed and I hope to keep it maintained so I get a couple of years fun out of it. It's tuned to nearly 230bhp and 318nm so it doesn't hang about.

would be a shame to scrap it although with the price of Mini spares unless you can get good used parts the cost will be quite high

I had a couple of these as company cars around 20 years ago, really fun to drive but I can remember the steering rack going on one of them with about 5,000 miles on it! Fair play to Jordan if he can save it, but there's no profit in it if you take into account man hours!

Looks like a well used motor, everything on it is tiny compared to my Disco. Shouldn't be a problem fitting some reclaimed parts to keep the pride down. Looks like a first car for someone who's just passed there test. I call them 'A bumper car'! Nice show. I just found it on utube and subscribed.

Thanks mate. That was fun. I've got an R56. So fun to drive, but not without the effort to get ahead of the maintenance.

It's the kind of car that would do me as a run around. Nothing too much to fix. Top up brake fluid and coolant, polish the crap off the headlights and stick a new window winder motor out of a scrapper in.

I have a 55 plate Mini Cooper and it has done me well , she passed her Mot in April . If they are looked after they are good cars. Plus all of the 2014 mini coopers are being recalled right now so not all the new cars are good to have.

That’s actually not a bad car for the price and mileage. Having had 14 the early ones were far better cars than anything Mini make now. The power steering loss is a very common problem and BMW we’re at one time replacing the motor free of charge. Trouble though was that the power steering would stop working while you were driving!The rattles are most likely bushes on the sub frames etc. That gearbox was not the best as it start to get a bit crunchy over time. The six speed box fitted from I think 2008 was much better. I took one of these to 279000 and it quite likely it would still be going now had it not been redesigned by a container lorry travelling at 60 mph. Expensive things will be the headlining, the brakes and that key. The engines are pretty good but if anything goes it drops a valve on no3 piston. I had that several times and it is an expensive repair. The local garage did one under warranty and moaned like hell. Incidentally I needed an estate car quick a few years ago to help moving house. I bought an Audi A4 for £100. It was brilliant but just about every warning light was on. Still it served its purpose and I sold it for £200! Good luck with the mini.

The shocker is that the engine still seems good after so long, they're not known for their longevity, much like the suspension issues. I still want one just to apply all the fixes for known issues before they kill it, be a fun little run around again then.

7:26 - self-closing doors mate, all the rage on upmarket cars :)

I'd fix it up plenty of decent spares at the scrap dealer to sort it out. 30 years from now it will be a classic and be worth a mint again as long as the body work is good the rest is just basic stuff to fix

I'd fix it up. Parts are cheap and readily available and the running gear appears to be relatively sound. 164k over 20 years isn't a massively high mileage, and if you can do the work yourself you won't be spunking a huge amount of cash away sorting it.

Air con was a added extra on the Cooper in those days if I remember correctly.

Hope it gets saved Great little cars for people to learn how to fix up Cheap parts Lots info on the net on advice and help Early 2001/2006 on the way to become classics Some early JCW coopers and GP1 minis selling for well over 15k. Now

I had a Mini One 1.6 version of this era, a 2003 funnily. It was a shockingly bad car. Multiple electrical issues, two wheel bearings at £300.00 each to repair. Gearbox was a nightmare, first the linkage was so bad it would not engage the gear selectors properly, took ages to get into 1st. I had to toggle between first and reverse to get it into gear which took several minutes...the list goes on. A veritible money pit. I paid £1300 when it was 125k mileage, a year later and a louder echo in my purse, I sold it for spares or repair at £250! Huge loss so never again! Such a tragedy as it was a hoot to drive and was well planted on the road, superb handling!

Mileage considering the game rules, I am going for, 130,000 Miles. I’m quite a new follower of your channel. Loving the content mate 😊

I think that little car has got character, needs to be loved. 🚘

That driver’s door has the same auto close feature as the new BMW 7 series! 👏🏻

Looks like you still have a good motor, though the poor thing has seen better days. Lots of cosmetic repairs that could be a bit costly but overall fun project. It does need lots of TLC. I don't know if this post has gone any further since the lasts comments. I'd love to hear how it turned out. Good luck.

Personally that would get scrapped with the amount of things wrong with it

Glad the brakes still worked.

I'm guessing the extended gearstick is to try and replicate the original, which is also unnecessary long. I don't why you would want to, tho

Such a shame to sell it for scrap it would make a great first car for someone who may want a project of restoring it. I live in Australia and i have owned my Ford Focus Zetec from new since 2005. It is only worth $3000 aud but i love my car. I spent $ 9000 on a total dent extration and respray 2 years ago and my car looks brand new now. People say why do you not buy a new car. I do not want to but a car like everyone else's standard kia or hyundhai plastic suv. I like my car it is an extention of me when i drive it.

That looks like Brake Dust on the front wheels, so discs and pads will be negligible & the window mech probably has a tooth missing

At the end of the day it's a 20 year old R51 Cooper - soon to become collectable so I would get the apprentice to give a quick wash/hoover and stuff it away for 5 years and then sell it as a resto project for £500/£1k. I guessed 150k miles. Jordan should make a few quid on it if he doesn't go greenlaning in it.

I just watched this video today, curious what the outcome was. Did Jordan buy it, or did it go to the scrapyard? Does Jordan have a YT channel?

Fine vehicle :-) lol it right suits ya that motor joe 😂 good vid bud

These are great cars a bit of care and a change of wheels ,come up lovely

Good luck to Jordan - I'd try and get it on the road again tbh, I love the colour of it 😁 Great video Joe! 😬

Out of a guess after 2:21 seconds, I reckon about 160k mark from going off the dirt and looks quite rough

Good luck to anyone involved with that Joe! Jaws of the crusher awaiting, surely. Another good video 🤙

That's proper entertainment, thanks Joe 😂😂

That mini has more rattles clunks and squeaks than a milk float full of empties but would still be a great fun to throw round those roads

Not even a Superhero like u Joe could save that mini!!!...😂😂 Scrapper Defo!!!...Great video as ever buddy 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

I am a hopeless sentimentalist and always feel sorry for cars like this all neglected and sad so I would be tempted to at least give it a good clean, scrape that hideous black off the chrome and fix the worst faults. The bizarre thing is I feel sorry for it yet I hate minis!!! My wife had a new cooper s convertible last year and it was garbage. We only kept it a few months - mind you the local BMW dealers were so arrogant and spoke to my wife as if she were trash so we’ll never go there again.

I had a car once that jumped out of gear at 70 on the motorway. Garage failed to diag it. Turned out the box needed oil and it was eating each gear in turn. Eventually only had 4th left

I'd fix it up. Love to see a video if he restores it, the key had me in stitches.

Your channel is a much better watch than car uk imho!

I could never get used to the steering wheel on the right and driving in the left. And shifting with my left hand wouldn’t be easy.

I've had two of these R53's and to be fair they are fairly bullet proof. The Chrysler engines are strong, the gearboxes weak and they rattle everywhere, that aside, everything is fixable and there's still a strong market for them. This car however seems unloved almost everywhere and it's very doubtful there's any kind of profit in it, especially if it's started rusting underneath.

Not worth fixing to sell, but for someone to have a cheap bit of fun who likes a tinker? Why not - parts are easy to find and cheap, Bentley manual is free and there are a tonne of good resources online.

sounds like the engine mounts are shot. knocking and jumping out of gear. could be engine subframe mountings too. mileage I guess 223k. probably worth fixing with cheap used parts

Definitely saveable, and R50s are already future classics.... at some point they'll start getting rare, then rocket in value.

If you think that old car is rough, you should see the old nail that I'm currently driving, which has one advantage over your old banger, in that it has a VW 1.9 diesel engine.

I often joke that my 2002 mini cooper S is worth only $300. Thanks for the confirmation 😂 Visually, your mini looks to be in better shape than mine, mechanically, I believe mine is in better shape than yours. But mileage wise, I’ve got just short of 312,000 miles or 502,115 kilometers so I guess you’re winning there haha

Oh come on dirt just washes off… head lights buff up… and the light trim clips on and off and is replaceabe what’s the motor like ?

Joe you've got a different gentler west country style than Arthur Daley from the North

Self closing doors, that gotta be a feature. ;)

Hi SM, I have a mini same-year same engine, air-con works, starts on the button even in minus 9, just clicked over 211.000

Honestly i think it would be a good csr to learn basic mechanical skills by fixing etc

Need a follow up on the little Mini Joe.

That actuator on my Mini window just cost me 400 quid for one!

fully agree with your assessment, not even a real mini cooper, I wouldn't give 150 pence for it.

The headlining is prone to sagging which could have necessitated its removal.

Drive lands end to John O’Groats. Will it make it??? Can you spend the same value in fuel????

I feel you got yourself a bargain, given the poor owner had put 2 new rear tyres at £100.. In my Mats he basically got £50 for a car that if he held out could easily make £450. Back 20 odd years ago I bought an old 1981 mini on metric tyres in post box red with a noisy exhaust for... Drum roll £3.25 amazing I set to giving a tee cut n polish hoover the interior and paid £20 for new exhaust I sold that car on for £60 crazy, I then added a few quid on top had a MG Montego 2.0EFIfor £150.. used it a bit and sold that for £270. So wish I had kept it. British Racing green with a grey bottom.. Only a few weeks back I was looking at Mini convertibles Either I have lost my mind but £1495 with full mot and a bumper different colour to the car yeah I walked away and sourced more mini convertibles at various prices. Sadly Before Christmas 2022 I bought what I thought was a nice Vauxhall Astra Twin Top in reasonable condition with a full service history private seller £1300 in the hope I'd make money back in June 2023 I put new MOT and had car fully valeted its sadly broke down and I basically dumped it. I bought the 2nd hand part a door switch and I hope this will work and the car returns to how I bought I put new battery on it with all the bits I paid its slowly costing me around £1600 But these cars I feel are worthless as I've seen people selling them beyond base price.. I am lucky because I still own my 52 plate Astra Bertone 2.2 its far from immaculate but still tidy old car.. I will probably keep this car forever along with my 52 plate Mercedes CLK 320 oh did I say I also have a Audi A6 2.7 TDI estate 07 plate I just love this car so much too.. As for the mini Id let someone have the pleasure of restoring the car to its former glory.. Cool video

If the Mini has no structural corrosion issues it is worth sorting out IMO.

gearbox keep popping out and crunching will mean gearbox will need replacing due to synchro being worn out

has jordan got a channel , would love to see this fixed strange as im not keen on binis (prefer original mini)

Lee your passenger side urgently needs to be sorted out the left hand side of the car is starting to come loose and theirs something hanging down from underneath the car l would pull the car into a lay by and call for a recovery vehicle

Considering it's value is £150 and due to the amount of things that need sorting on the car, it is not worth it, better for scrap value. If it was just cosmetic it would be worth it but combined with the mechanical and suspension issues, it is just another run of the mill Mini R53 Cooper.

I just discovered this channel its awsome so far My guess is 34,421 miles 😅😁

I thought the Mini Cooper's popular Chilli Pack included air-con.

Some people love these Minis (but not me - thought they were overrated even back in 2001). I'd guessed the mileage at 170k so wasn't a huge way out. Some cars aren't built to last - Best Motorised Wheelbarrows speciality.

I had an 02 reg Cooper, done 189,000m, still ran well and immaculate original condition, this one's a scrapper,should get £200-£250 at the moment.

Ready for the scrapper with so little mileage ?

That's done half the mileage of my same-age BMW 530i, yet how has that Mini managed to deteriorate so badly?

I broke my key as well which was also superglued 😂

You just know some less than reputable dealers would have this straight on Autotrader, “ideal 1st car, looks and drives superb”😂

That sinking feeling when you realise you should NOT have lowered the window!…..

That looks an absolute bargain at £150, you couldn't even get a set of tyres for that price. I'm interested to see what happens in this video "Roll VT"

Nothing I had a 2002 Mini with 187k on the clock that went to scrap man!

I've got an 09 Cooper... Excellent car!

Had exactly the same problem with my old MG ZT key. The car looks like a scrapper to me...too much money to put it right and it'll never be worth more than £800+ anyway.

Ouch, she is very, very tired. How many miles? 150K? No power steering? At least you don't have a whining pump.

My experience of minis that era, was they had their share of rattles and shakes..so it could be made servicable if yr doing the work yourself…as a project..but not for profit.. ps What was the scrap value??

That’s what Lee would call a Ripper Lol !

That's a high specification self closing door 😂

Ok,so I was a bit high at 190K. It would have been interesting to see underneath ,because one would expect a high mileage car to have some rust issues from all the road salt it would have encountered. When I saw that it had no headlining I felt that it wasn't worth doing at that point and that was before we saw it jumping out of gear. There is no cure for high mileage and yes it could be improved ,but I pity the next person that buys it after it has been "improved ". BTW, I know mechanically it's unrelated, but my 1st girlfriend bought a cheap early mini which was a bit lively at the back. It turned out that the rear subframe wasn't really attached to anything! She had definitely been had 😮

Bit of a shed but for 150quid can you complain 🙈

I understood they were Peugeot 205 engine n box with the rear axle rust issue that Peugeot’s of that era got … 🤔

Engine mounts (and worn synchromesh) cause jumping out of gear

you cant go wrong at £150 even scrap value should be at least £200 or more

Seems those minis are shite from the word go . I never had a problem with my 1979 mini van and its still about now . When i worked for the parsonage board one of the vicar's had one of the first batch of Cooper's to come out of Oxford factory. Red with a white roof . He didn't have it long as he smashed it up .

I wouldn’t mind taking it off your hands I could do with some of the parts on it for my mini

Scrap it defo lol. Meaning to ask anyone in the know I love in northern Ireland what do I need to do if I import a car from GB when paying for a car from a dealer and paying VAT on it?

All the things you found wrong with your Mini we would expect to find when they came out, new, from the factory when they were made by British Leyland back in the day.

Think the only person who would buy that now would have been Trigger!

they will lose money trying to fix the mini and when people test drive the mini they will notice gearbox is fecked and suspension components are shot and you can now buy mini 2002-2006 for easily little as £700 with low mileage then that and mot without the amount of issues that as 🤣

Why didn't give it a simple soap wash with a bucket?