Highlights
- Only 17,600 verified miles from new
- Current enthusiast keeper since 2007
- MiniSpeed engine rebuild 8,000 miles ago
- Only dry use and stored in dehumidified garage
- Owned since 2007 with 3 previous registered keepers
- MOT valid to July 2025 with no advisories
- One of the last built and amongst the best
The Appeal
You can always tell a well kept car. The clues lie in the details: the stickers recording classic car events in the windows, the polished and even paintwork, the absence of wear to the interior. The original radio and mats.
This Solar Red and Silver Cooper Sport has all those things. Owned by a serial Mini enthusiast since 2007, it has covered less than 18,000 miles from new, a fact verified by the run of MOTs dating back to the first one.
It is a genuinely special car and one of the last built. It even shares the specification and colour scheme of the very last factory Rover Mini.
The vendor sent the car to specialist MiniSpeed when he bought it in 2007 to rectify an engine fault. This resulted in a partial rebuild - it has only covered 8,000 miles since. Always stored in a dehumidified garage, only ever used on dry days and equipped with a long, advisory-free MOT to July 2025, this is one for the Mini enthusiast. Of which, we know, there are a great many so don’t miss out.
History and Paperwork
- First registered 12th April 2000
- Four registered keepers
- Current keeper acquired the car on 16th October 2007
- Original AutoTrader advert from purchase
- Haynes manual
- HPI clear
- Every MOT from new to verify low mileage
- Paperwork from MiniSpeed confirming partial engine rebuild at 9,000 miles
- MOT valid until 14th July 2025 with no advisories
- 17,595 miles showing on MOT test and now on 17,600 miles
- Few MOT advisories through time
- Regularly maintained by the current keeper who is a mechanical engineer
- Totally standard, with every MOT available
- Always stored in a dehumidified garage by current keeper
- Current keeper is a Mini enthusiast having owned three over 25 years
- Only every used by current keeper in dry weather
The Condition
- Popular Solar Red and Silver colour scheme, identical to the last Mini built
- Cooper Sport specification with Sport Pack wide body and cosmetic upgrades
- Very good condition bodywork and paintwork as can be inspected in photographs
- Waxoiled and always garaged so underside presents very well
- No structural MOT advisories
- Factory original car including spot light covers, floor mats and radio/cassette player
- Vendor advises there are few stone chips to front
- We are also told there is a small dent on the roof
- Side window stickers hint at enthusiast ownership and car’s interesting history
- Factory standard, late-model Cooper Sport interior with black and silver leather
- Interior is highly preserved and unmodified with few signs of use or age
- Dashboard retains its engine-turn effect dashboard and cream-backed dials
- Interior fittings including headlining and trims all well kept
- Factory jack included alongside a puncture repair kit
The Mechanics
- 1,275 cc MPIU Cooper Sport engine
- 4spd manual gearbox
- Verified low mileage of 17,600 miles from new
- Engine partially rebuilt by MiniSpeed in 2007 at 9,000 miles
- Maintained and serviced by the current keeper who is a mechanical engineer
- Good history file showing MiniSpeed work and other parts acquired
- Vendor tells us that it drives exactly as it did when new;
- He described it as “an absolute joy”
- No reported running or driving issues
- No mechanical or running gear advisories on curent MOT
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