But would it fancy you as a keeper?!!
I had two girlfriends in the ’80’s with Minis (not at same time), both had been advised by their fathers that women should only have small cars!!!!
I have a mk1 gti as well as my mk2 but currently it's just a shell with a big old roll cage fitted. Love the early golfs.
It’s true body rust was a problem but that was normal for all cars in the sixties and seventies. Many minis were going around with the two subframes held together with expanding foam and Isopon. The MOT testers used to stick a screwdriver up through the valence to check them. My first vehicle was a mini van and it suffered badly from damp on the electrics. Didn’t need heavy rain for the HT leads to arc. It could stop even on a slightly damp day and I always seemed to have a dodgy battery! When I was younger and fitter I could push it on my own and get enough speed to jump in and bump start it. In spite of all these things the all metal mini estate was a perfect dual purpose vehicle for me. It had room for my equipment behind the back seat or could be a proper little van with the seat down. Of course it was also my everyday car that I could run for a week on ten bobs (50p) worth of fuel. There is no comparison between the analogue cars from that era and absolutely every aspect of a modern vehicle but I was no less proud to be mini owner than I am to be T6 owner.
I used to have a 3.0 ltr one of these, estate.....until my wife wrapped it around an underground parking support steel pillar...then it was in a right state!
That’s a shame re your estate, they are great cars, very useful, there is quite a fan base for Saab's in general, mine (the Dame Edna style ) is slightly less loved than the older models, but it’s fab, very comfortable, a cracking steer, goes like stink and doesn’t cost the earth to buy or run. Top Q car.I used to have a 3.0 ltr one of these, estate.....until my wife wrapped it around an underground parking support steel pillar...then it was in a right state!
A nice car by all accounts.
precisely why iv'e held on to the 3 door
Looks immaculate.
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