Mini Moke SE

Probablythemostunique Mini Mokeyouareeverlikelytosee.

1 992 Mini Moke SE. under 24000 miles(believedtobegenu i ne).

Letmetellyouastor y . in 1 992 BTTe l ecommunicationsp l acedanorderwiththethen Mokedea l er Duncan Hamiltonbasedin Hook. Hampshire.

Thisunique Mokewasdestinedtobeusedby BTengineerstoinstallandmaintaintelephonesaroundgolfcourses. andusedatleastat The British Openat Royal St George s. / Sandwichaswellas The Ryder Cupat The Belfry. andthe 1 995 Openat St Andrews. Thatinitselfmakesthiscarunique.

Included inthecomprehensivedocumentationaccompanyingthecar.

is thefull setofcommunications betweenthesupplyingdealerand BTaswellasloadsandloads ofdealertofactoryorderandsupply documents.

probablyabout 40/50 letters fax 1 s

andinvoicethroughoutthetransaction. whichfollowedthevehiclesprogress.

Itwilldemonstratethedifficultyof BTbeingabletogetthecartheyoriginallyorderedthroughproduction

delays. andaccepting(becauseoftimepressures)analternative Mokewhichisthecar Iamnowselling.

When BTfinallytookdeliveryofthe Mokewithits SEPackand Utility Packcompletewith Alloy Wheels.

i t wasthengivenits BTcorporateidentity. naturally i t wassprayedinthethen BTGrey. andcustomisedwiththe BTmarketinglivery. Asyou will seefromthephoto 1 s. /

it isinthatliveryrightnow.

Itisreportedinthedocumentsthat BTreleasedthevehiclefromitsownworkshoporstorage in June everyyearanditwasusuallybackin July. Thiswouldcontributeto explaining the ultra lowspeedometerreadingof under 24000 miles.

Afterafewyears BT.

I guess. hadnofurtherneedforthevehicleanddocumentswill i ndi cate thatthesupplyingdealerwaskeentobuy it backfrom BT. It wouldappearthattheyeventuallygottheirwish althoughthe Mokechangedhandsacoupleof times prior tobeing.

I thi nk. / traded into Duncan Hamilton.

theofficia l Mokedealer.

I thenpurchasedthe Moke. and Ihavebeentheregisteredkeepersincethattime. Thatismyfullest

understandingofitshistory.

Blessitsheart. the Mokestillhasthe Duncan Hamilton(dealer)keyringaswell astheoriginal

dealer numberplateswith Duncan Hamiltononthem. Howrareisthat?

Beingthe SEversion. itoffersthehighestlevelof Mokeluxury availableatthattime. with i ts beautifulwhiteupholsterycomplimentedbygreenpiping.

Thisisnotthefirst Moke Ihaveowned. butitcertainlyisthebest Moke I haveowned.

I'm not sure exactly

whichyearthismodelderivativecameintoproductionin Portugal

but overtheprevious Mokeit is far

superiorwithalldoorpanelsbeingindependentlyzipped. aswellasthepulloverand locate hoodthat

effectivelylocksintoplacetoensuremaximumweatherprotection. asagainstthesillypoppersthatthey

used tohavethatinevitablyletwaterinwhenit rai ned. Inadditionthisisthebestandeasiesthoodto

remove andrefitbycomparisontotheoldhoods.

Shelooksstunninginanyofthevariablesthatyouhavewiththehoodconfigurations. Lovelyrollforwardrearseats. andtotopitallabootbehindtherearseats. Notabigboot. moreastorageareabutits lockable andsecure.

Itsoneofthosecarsthatyouhavetosee. Ifyouseeit. youwillbuy i t. Nobodyelseanywhereintheworld (tothebestofmyknowledge)hasanother.

Lookingat dealerpricesontheweb. mypriceisinlinewiththem. buttheycannotgiveyouacarlikemy

Moke. Minehasnotbeenrebuiltfromawreckoranoldrustbucket. asmanyare. Theonlything Ihave

paintedarethewheels. puttingthembacktowhiteasperthe BTspecification. asseeninthepicturesfrom

the MINIWORLDmagazineroadtest/appraisalfeaturedinthemagazinein June 1 995. Apparentlya

reporter spottedthe Mokearound Kendalandperusedthevehicleandspoketo BTtoauthorisethe

magazinearticle. That 4 page articleandphoto'salsoaccompaniesthe Mokealongwithalltheother

documentsanda BMCofficialhardcover Mechanical Service & Partsbookand BMCBody & Serviceparts

listbook. thesortyouwouldnormallyonlyseeinadealerworkshoporbodyshop.

I amgoingtobehonestwithyou. theonlyblemishonthecarworthyofbringingup. (rememberits 21

yearsold)isa cigarette burnonthedriverseatbackrest. which Ihavealwaysmeanttosortoutbutnever

did.

Ididactuallyconvincemyselfthatitspartofitshistory. Iliketothinkofthe BTengineerhavingacrafty

oneandthetipofhiscigarettedroppingoffandhimjumpingaroundinthecartofindit. Youcome toyour

ownconclusionsonthatone!

I doubt if I havetravelledmorethan 200 milesinhersince Ipurchasedthe Mokebut Idoregularlystart

her up. chargethebatteryandgiveherashortwarmupdrivearoundtowntokeeptheoilinthebores.

Shehasnever. everfailedtostart. exceptthetime Ipulledouttheheaterknobinsteadofthechoke

knob. Stupidboybutyouonlydothatoncedon'tyou!!

Atthemomentsheisstoredinmynicewarmgaragein Swanage. Dorset.

If yougenuinelyareinterested in

aprospectivepurchase. pleasecallme.

Davi d on 8.

I will MOTherattimeofsale.

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