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#76 pierres

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Posted 23 January 2013 - 05:16 PM


Anything 'Works', coachbuilt, prototype, development, limited edition etc etc is by definition going to be rare.
Therefore, I would suggest that things like the ERA, LAMM, Cabrio, Cooper 35 (only 200 made) or oddball stuff like the beach cars or the Goodwood Union Jack cars are ineligble for the title of "Rarest Mini" due to the fact they have always been and always will be rare.

My submission:
Standard City E with no modifications.

They have been the basis of so many projects that there are none left.


i agree, i cant remember the last time i saw a "totally standard" mini city E, well actually i can, my old boss had a std city E a few months ago, 12,000 miles from new....it got stolen 2 weeks after he got it and its never been seen since!

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Posted 23 January 2013 - 06:08 PM


The After Eight was a limited edition for the French market - they were a fairly common sight over there in the 1990's.

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Should it have been "après huit"?

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Posted 23 January 2013 - 06:20 PM

Or "après Vignt" !

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Posted 23 January 2013 - 06:23 PM

that double gold coachline looks 70's........and naff!

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Posted 23 January 2013 - 06:55 PM

I think the hot rod too twin cam mini

#81 minimaxie

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Posted 23 January 2013 - 07:17 PM

Was about to say the Broadspeed GT but Surfblue beat me to it, generally wish they made more of them. Have never seen one in the metal :(

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Posted 23 January 2013 - 07:18 PM

Red mayfair 998's

#83 alicetheauto

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Posted 23 January 2013 - 07:20 PM

Just checked, the humble city e has dropped by 90% on the road since 1998. 15 years, from 19,000 to 1700. That's made me a bit sad. But at least yesterday I made one more road legal.

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Posted 23 January 2013 - 07:33 PM

The rarest should be the number left/number made so if they only made 35 but 30 are still left, they are not that rare!!

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Posted 23 January 2013 - 07:58 PM

The rarest should be the number left/number made so if they only made 35 but 30 are still left, they are not that rare!!


(Number left/number made)x100 only gives the percentage that are left, which wouldn't represent a rarity value.
30 out of 35 is rare, whereas 1700 out of 19000 is not so rare.

Edited by tomtaylor1994, 23 January 2013 - 07:59 PM.


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Posted 23 January 2013 - 08:24 PM

What about the export Knightsbridge mini?

The gold one :P


The Knightsbridge was a surprisingly well supported model - almost squares up with the Mini 40 (~200 total), almost entirely exported to North-Western Europe save for about 5 or 6 in the UK. BRG, Black and Sienna Gold.

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#87 Artful Dodger

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Posted 23 January 2013 - 08:34 PM

Oh cool 8). So surely a uk registered mini is very rare? :P

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Posted 23 January 2013 - 08:46 PM

There are two other RHD if IIRC. V203 LOE (The other press car) V208 LOE (Nev_Payne) and I don't know who owns the W-Reg one, the photo is taken outside Minispares in potters bar. So its been in London at some point or another.

and W Reg one that Minimaxie saw outside arsenal.

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Posted 23 January 2013 - 09:00 PM

Is pretty much how I figure it too. That Knighty's on Flickr and I've pulled that photo up a few times. Not a known Mini fanatic online sadly.

Edited by nev_payne, 23 January 2013 - 09:01 PM.


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Posted 23 January 2013 - 09:22 PM

Is pretty much how I figure it too. That Knighty's on Flickr and I've pulled that photo up a few times. Not a known Mini fanatic online sadly.


I'll keep an eye out for it in and around london, If I see it I'll leave a note saying please sign up to TMF and speak to Nev_Payne :P




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