hi, I'm Rhys and i have finished my GCSE's earlier this year. my parents were so happy with my results that they said that they will buy me my first car. the day after collecting my results, I set out to find a mini. at first i wasn't really bothered what mini i got as long as it was a proper mini and it was mine but i started to think about money. I only have a limited budget and i thought that if i got a standard City or Mayfair then i could end up spending and spending until I'm happy with it. So i decided to get a limited edition and restore it to original condition as it would hold it's value more, i finally decided on a thirtieth anniversary edition as i loved the interior and the other differences to the standard model such as bigger fuel tank, rear heated window and servo assisted disk brakes. after three long months of searching magazines, local car dealers and scrawling the internet I finally came across this sorry looking mini thirty. it was on eBay with no reserve but it had a lot of interest in it. my dad phoned up the seller to arrange a viewing and to see how much he wanted for it as it was down in Cheltenham which was 2 hours away, he said the first person to offer £950 could have it...3 hours later me and my dad were driving back up the M5 in my first car.
driving back i started looking through the log book and history and found that the mini is called CLIFF and he was exported from production (i don't know to what country yet but i'm on it, if any one can help me with this then it would be appreciated), he was then imported back to the uk in 1998 and so the rust isn't too bad for the age of the car, he has never had a panel replaced which is exactly what i wanted so that i am not trying to fix peoples previous bodges. i am the seventh owner and he has done 100,000 miles.
i am planning on doing a full restoration to original condition.
updates all week as the restoration has been going on for around 4 months now so watch this space.
what do you think?
cheers
Rhys
