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[Artful Dodger]

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This just wouldn't happen at a meet, say an IMM.. Would all be smiles as waves

Peeps should stop being such a bunch of knobs... Did your parents never teach you if you don't have anything nice to say don't say anything at all?

Congrats Steve, the donation is great, you a great guy.

[adampat84]

Glad it is sold.. wonder who it went to? The Story only get richer!

[Black.Ghost]

I hope it ends up restored and on the road and not in a museum. I think it's a good price and the price a classic British car should sell for, accessible to the true enthusiasts and not just people that want to get somebody else to restore it for them and then sit it in a garage and win concourse's with it because it does 5 miles a year driving around show grounds after being trailered there in a closed trailer.

 

A true piece of Longbridge and certainly British motoring history sold for £1400, somebody got a real bargain. What a time to have £1400, I'd have snapped that up without having to think about it. 

 

Memories of what we used to be, and a symbol to the things that made Britain the wonderful motoring country that it is, reminiscent of a time that we were the best, when MGA's were racing at the Sebring 12 hours in Florida, The Mini Marcos was at Le Mans and John Cooper moved the engine from the front of a Formula 1 car to the back and recreated the single seater race car to the familiar design we see today. 

 

Priceless

The sentiment is nice Craig. The reality is its all mostly just history now. Britain is not the same, motoring in the UK doesn't have the same romantic appeal it did back then. Which is a shame but everything has moved on somewhat. 

[danm]

It's sold. The end.

 

New owner, new start, new thread.

[Ethel]

It's great that it got rescued and it's great it made some money for a good cause.

 

I only hope the auctioneers will be contributing some of their fee to the charity too, they've benefited from the publicity as much as anyone.

 

 

 

Now, what happened to the engine & gearbox? - I wonder what publishing rights has Dan Brown got tied up with the Davinci Code, mmmm 

[TheMiniDream]

Fair play to whoever grabbed the self a bargain aha. I was one of the people that gave Steve. S**T. But would actually like to it restored that's why it was brought out of the tunnel wasn't it??

[JustSteve]

I would quite happily have given Steve more than £1400 for it...  Bit late now though 

 

 

 

I honestly thought it would go for so much more, although not quite as much as he wanted. 

[AVV IT]

More importantly, does anybody have any idea who actually bought it?

[JustSteve]

More importantly, does anybody have any idea who actually bought it?

 

Would love to know also. if it's sold to a mini enthusiast then I'd have thought we'd know by now, as somebody would have piped up I'm sure? 

 

Probably gone to somebody that's not actually 'in the scene' I reckon. Unless the owner's just keeping it a suprise until they're ready to unveil it (I hope  )

[AVV IT]

I cannot belive that in this place, no one knows anything about the identity of the new owner! Surely somebody here knows some one, who knows someone, who's heard something about this by now? (Even if it is actually nothing more than a completely unreliable suposition/rumour/ pack of lies etc!)

[sport2000]

Probably wont say!!
Might be too much abuse..

[Tamworthbay]

The condition was too good for Shifty so I think we can rule him out.

[TheMiniDream]

Is there seriously nothing on this?? Is it staying In the country? Does it have any major plans like a restoration? Someone, anyone?

[tractor]

Seeing all the **** that got thrown at Steve I can understand why the buyer wants to stay anonymous

Trac

[Shifty]

The dude that wanted a consortium to buy it is hinting that he's got it, no pictures or proof yet.

 

Although steve did say that he wasn't the buyer.