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ZakGT and I viewed this Mini last year and it was totally rotten. The head gasket was supposedly gone and the only salvageable parts seemed to be the interior, glass and wheels. The bodyshell was completely unusable as there was rust where I'd never seen rust on a Mini. Anyway it was sold to this guy who told me this morning he didn't replace any metal just treated surface rust. Note that he doesn't include any photos of the roof and tops of the pillars.

http://cars.donedeal.ie/vintagecars-for ... ct/6969024

This thing is a basket case and is only fit for scrap/parts. Without replacing a lot of structural panels, this thing would crumple in the event of a collision.


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very fast 1.3 fuel injection engine.
Statements like this on donedeal set off the aul bullshit detector, the place is full of spoofers like that trying to sell scrap.
Leaving a car in primer out in the open is also a fairly good sign of a cowboy.
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97 but not an mpi?
Politics is just cheap television.
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Dylan8660 wrote:97 but not an mpi?
i have a '97 spi, shes a jap import, mpi block, spi head.
but still agree the add is dodgy!!!
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Dylan8660 wrote:97 but not an mpi?
The equinox was launched in April 1996. This one spent it's infancy on a forecourt for a good few months!
Only 750 were produced.
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