"Bargain" Mk 1 on eBay

[Bertam]

Nice looking but $75k? They must be mixing magic dust into the water down there?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mini-Classic...-/331755038714

[buddylove]

and they can't even link it to any real pedigree... Whoever buys that is a ....

[Jerry]

It's a nice looking car, but 75K?? The license plate should read WTF987 rather than WYF987. Ridiculous.

[Bertam]

The "only" thing that might be used as price justification by the seller is the FIA paperwork, a requirement to run older vehicles in many of the sanctioned historic rallies.



Cars with papers are sought by wealthy "gentleman racers" and can increase a cars value by half or similar.

Still an insane price for what is likely a bitsa though..

[Bertam]

and they can't even link it to any real pedigree... Whoever buys that is a ....

..hedge fund manager?

[Dixminion]

According to the E-bay description it IS the rare hatchback model. Makes it worth every penny.

Don

[BIGSHOT]

Good catch, Don. Must be the Deluxe model.

Also, the photo of the underside tells me there may be $75,000 worth of undercoating on those sills and floor pans.

Dan

[Bertam]

I'd say those switch extenders have to be worth at least $5k on their own....