Irish Mini Owners Club

as above how would 1 go about insuring a shorty ??????????
just a taught

at a guess i would say, get an engineers report, NCT (if applicable), declare it as a modified to the insurance company,
it will still be registered as a mini for tax purposes, AFAIK, the insurance company will put it down as a modified mini,
once it's all above board and legally tested it shouldn't be too much of a problem I'd guess,

hopefully somebody will have a definitive answer for you as I am just guessing

it wont need nct as its a 1980 so that part is easy and all the welding was done professionally so that shouldn't be a problem

The safest bet is to ask your insurance company BEFORE you purchase. It would be a right pain if you bought it and found out later that you couldn't legally drive it afterwards.

Don't forget that it's not beyond the realms of possibility that the NCT could, down the road, be for all cars irrespective of age, just as it is done in the UK.

Billy

ooops to late for you now aaron lol

Its not a yellow one is it?

Is the NCT not applicable to any car registered after the first of Jan 1980?

StevenR wrote:Is the NCT not applicable to any car registered after the first of Jan 1980?

You're right there, Steven.

Yup, it needs to be a 79 or earlier to avoid the NCT

nope its not yellow its 90% done me and a friend were given the car a few days ago for free the person that gave it to us done a realy good job on it and its a solid car ..... im not 100% of the year i tink it could be a 70 or an 80 ill have to find out
i only bought a mini last week with a friend as a project changed a load of pannels and will be primed 2moro ....the shorty will be finished painted and driving in about a month
need ideas for paint job for it doh .i wanted to get the hole car wrapped in a printed vinyl of whers wally but its too much to get done would be goo doh

How much was the vinyl cover going to cost?

it was up over 400 . a respray will only cost me about 100euro so its to be painted i tink its gonna be like noddy's car yellow body red arches and a modified blue grill .... i tink the 10" 1100 special wheels will be sold on and a nice set of 12" steeles goin on

i'd do a swap for the alloys!!! have steelies pm or text me. 086--399 4929 if your interested

thanks but iv 2 sets of steeles there im gonna sell the 10s in a couple of weeks

how much? pm me

im not sure what there worth yet ill pm you soon

coolio