Highlights
- Just 29,435 miles on the clock
- Only three owners from new
- Current owner for 13 years
- Fully documented history
- Original and unrestored
The Appeal
When Alec Issigonis first penned the Mini, back in 1956, little did he realise what a cultural icon his economical super mini would become. By pairing the compact car with a sporty engine, the Cooper models were born which dominated the racetrack against much more powerful opposition and can still be seen today still dominating the track at events like Goodwood Revival.
Films such as The Italian Job further added to the Mini’s legacy and made it a lasting star of the silver screen.
The final flourish for the Rover Mini was the Cooper Sport models which are easily distinguished by their Platinum Silver roof, flared colour-coded wheelarched and upgraded interiors with Nickel Silver leather seats with black detailed edge panels and an aluminium turned dash.
This matching numbers Cooper Sport must have been one of the final flagship models to roll out of Longbridge when production ended in 2000. Registered in 2001 it is an unrestored, low mileage, three-owner car with an impeccable service history in fabulous condition. It’s definitely one for the Mini collectors.
The History and Paperwork
- V5C in owner’s name
- First owner from 2001 until
- Full service history stamped in the original Rover booklet up to 27,073 miles
- Extensive folder of invoices to back up service history
- All original book packs and folder
- Two keys and one alarm fob
- Last MoT’d in Sept 2010 at 28,777 miles, garaged since then
- The current owner will get it freshly MoT’d
- Has covered just 635 miles since 2010
The Interior
- Black and Platinum Silver leather seats are in superb condition
- Black doorcards are in perfect condition
- Alloy drilled doorcard handles are all original as is the aluminium gearknob
- Original Mini Cooper Sport two-tone airbag three-spoke steering wheel in good order
- Full width turned aluminium panel with glovebox looks stunning
- Chrome bezeled original gauges
- Original Mini badge on glovebox lid
- Sendai MP3 player fitted in original dash slot
- Cream-coloured dials offset the aluminium dashboard well
- Carpets immaculate as protected by branded overmats
The Exterior
- Solar Red paintwork is in excellent order
- Front wing lines are perfect and door shuts are even
- Roof paintwork looks like new
- Glass looks original – has factory chassis number still on front and rear screens
- Original Cooper Sport badging
- Underside is very solid and looks in excellent order
- Front spotlight, headlight and indicator lenses are in excellent condition
- Tail-lights and foglamp lenses all uncracked and in good order
- Twin outlet exhaust added (original back box will be supplied with car)
- All alloy wheels are unmarked and do not have external wheel weights on them
- Four matching Dunlop tyres in 175/50-R13 size (dated 2000) are probably the originals and have ample tread
- Spare wheel is a steel wheel shod with an original 2000-dated Pirelli tyre in 145/70-12 size
The Mechanics
- Engine bay is in unrestored condition commensurate with age
- 1275cc 62bhp fuel injected engine with Rover ECU for reliable running
- Four-speed manual gearbox
- Said to drive well without any issues
Summary
This is a real gem of a Mini in low mileage, unrestored condition with a low ownership and a stack of invoices in a neat folder. It’s a perfectly preserved bit of 2001 Mini nostalgia and one of the very last models to roll out of Longbridge in top-of-the-range spec. It’s ready to go into a Mini collection, or simply to enjoy an unrestored car from the pen of Issigonis.
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