92 rover mini British open classic

[damien4884]

I'm asking as a kind of market research, to show my wife..............

So here goes:

92 British open classic, 102k, gold seal engine fitted at some point in history. Just had new inner and outer sills (genuine), Heelboard (genuine), repair to boot floor and genuine rear valance fitted and painted. Had non genuine wings and front panel fitted a few years back and looks ok from a small distance but gaps aren't 100%

New outer cover on sunroof, 13" superlight style wheels, good interior (new carpet)

New rear brake assemblies, new discs and pads and rebuilt callipers, new ball joints on front, serviced and fresh MOT.

I would say it's solid and very usable with a few minor jobs needed to make it 100%.

What's it worth?

[MkX]

May 16, 2016 16:43:38 GMT damien4884 said:

I'm asking as a kind of market research, to show my wife..............

So here goes:

92 British open classic, 102k, gold seal engine fitted at some point in history. Just had new inner and outer sills (genuine), Heelboard (genuine), repair to boot floor and genuine rear valance fitted and painted. Had non genuine wings and front panel fitted a few years back and looks ok from a small distance but gaps aren't 100%

New outer cover on sunroof, 13" superlight style wheels, good interior (new carpet)

New rear brake assemblies, new discs and pads and rebuilt callipers, new ball joints on front, serviced and fresh MOT.

I would say it's solid and very usable with a few minor jobs needed to make it 100%.

What's it worth?

You probably need to post some photos to give people a better idea.

[MkX]

In the absence of any pics I will guesstimate based on description & cars currently for sale;

There is a two-owner, 10K miles, always garaged example on for £6K which appears to be a very nice car;
Mini British Open Classic




There are less impressive examples claiming to be British Open Classics on with dealers for up to £11K !

Re. The Gold Seal engine, it would be nice to know at what mileage this was installed in the car, also whether it was a zero miles unit when it was put in, (it could have been bought 2nd hand). The genuine* Gold Seal units had a pretty good reputation with some claiming that they were better than the original engines. If it was fitted new, with proper maintenance & respectful use, that engine might have 70-100K miles left on it.
*There were 'mickey mouse' Gold Seal wannabees out there that often weren't good recon jobs.

The electrically operated Webasto sunroof was a selling point but also bit of an Achilles heel in these cars and often stopped working after a few years, I assume yours is working OK & not leaking?

Survival rates:-
Last quarter of 2015 showed 175 on the road with 298 SORNed, (this out of the 1,000 produced for the UK market).
HowManyLeft
Safe to assume that many of those 298 will never get back on the road.
So, they're not that rare but I'd guess that within a decade you'll probably find the number on the road down into double figures.
The Mini in all its guises has always been cult & held its value well, I think this limited edition has all the makings of a good usable, enjoyable classic.

Based on your description of a car that needs tidying and has had some less than perfect work done I'm guesstimating the value to be in the region of £3K to £4K but it could be that you're being overly critical of the panel-work, etc. (Will be able to give a better idea with pics).

By the sounds of things a lot of the expensive work has been done so it's a good basis for 'rolling restoration'.
I think it would be worth keeping on top of things & gradually improving the aspects of the car you're not happy with.
I think that even with the mileage shown, if you got this car into really good condition in all areas, (perhaps with original spec. wings & respray), in 10 years it could be worth in the region of £10K?