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1978 Mini 850
Sale price: £3,000.00 Make an offer
Car location: Weybridge, United Kingdom
Sale type: Fixed price listing
Technical specifications, photos and description:
- Make:
- Vauxhall
- Model:
- 850
- Year:
- 1978
- Type:
- Standard Car
- Mileage:
- 27,432
- Transmission:
- Manual
- Drive side:
- Right-hand drive
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1978 Mini 850 for sale
Current customer rating:
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For sale by auction on Saturday 06 June 2015 with Historics at Brooklands. Brooklands Motor Racing Circuit. Weybridge. Surrey. Call 01753 639170
The Mini was made by the British Motor Corporation (BMC) and its
successors from 1959 until 2000. The original is considered a
British icon of the 1960 s and its space-saving front-wheel drive
layout allowed 80% of the area of the car's floorpan to be used for
passengers and luggage. influencing a generation of car makers. In
1999. the Mini was voted the second most influential car of the
20 th century. behind the Ford Model T. this distinctive two-door
car was designed by Sir Alec Issigonis and was manufactured at the
Longbridge and Cowley plants.
This 1978 Mini has had four previous keepers from new the first
being a Mr. Sebba who lived at Chessington Zoo. the third and
fourth were father and son- the latter taking ownership in the mid
1990 s and having the car repainted in the original colour just
before putting it into storage in 2004. Believed to have only
covered 27. 00 miles from new. the current vendor purchased this
Mini in 2014 and re-commissioned it. carrying out a service. br/>replacing the brakes and fitting a new water pump. radiator. br/>starter motor. hoses. thermostat and a number of electrical items.
This very original Mini 850. finished in Tahiti Blue with beige
interior. is supplied with a V 5 C registration document. an Mo T test
certificate which expires in December 2015 and a file containing
all the original handbooks. the 'Passport of Service'. the original
bill of sale with the salesman's business card and a number of old
Mo T test certificates and invoices which indicate the mileage to be
correct.
The Mini was made by the British Motor Corporation (BMC) and its
successors from 1959 until 2000. The original is considered a
British icon of the 1960 s and its space-saving front-wheel drive
layout allowed 80% of the area of the car's floorpan to be used for
passengers and luggage. influencing a generation of car makers. In
1999. the Mini was voted the second most influential car of the
20 th century. behind the Ford Model T. this distinctive two-door
car was designed by Sir Alec Issigonis and was manufactured at the
Longbridge and Cowley plants.
This 1978 Mini has had four previous keepers from new the first
being a Mr. Sebba who lived at Chessington Zoo. the third and
fourth were father and son- the latter taking ownership in the mid
1990 s and having the car repainted in the original colour just
before putting it into storage in 2004. Believed to have only
covered 27. 00 miles from new. the current vendor purchased this
Mini in 2014 and re-commissioned it. carrying out a service. br/>replacing the brakes and fitting a new water pump. radiator. br/>starter motor. hoses. thermostat and a number of electrical items.
This very original Mini 850. finished in Tahiti Blue with beige
interior. is supplied with a V 5 C registration document. an Mo T test
certificate which expires in December 2015 and a file containing
all the original handbooks. the 'Passport of Service'. the original
bill of sale with the salesman's business card and a number of old
Mo T test certificates and invoices which indicate the mileage to be
correct.
Want to buy this car?
Comments and questions to the seller:
from Rob, dated 26 march 2018Hi
What price do you have in mind?
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