What's it worth (Mini cooper)

shell, v5 and boxes of bits = circa £6-700 depending on state of shell. if the shell is really fooked then about £500

My Father paid about £1500 for his MK1 cooper around 1992/3. Complete but disassembled and shell needing work.

as for the bloke who said scrap value.....if its a genuine mk2 ect, you'll be getting more than scrap value for it

I suggest that you look to a thread in Website Qs forum regarding valuations. It's whatever someone thinks it's worth.

But FWIW with a 99p No Reserve listing on ebay you should more than easily see £500 without too much difficulty .

There is nothing illegal about selling logbooks and plates.

oh yes they always report it, but it's not illegal.
unethical yes, but not illegal.

Using a v5c/vin plate and number plates on another car is illegal, but buying/selling/possesion is not.

but the practice that surrounds it is. People don't buy logbooks and plates just to hang on the wall......

Wiki reckons there were 16,000 998 MkII Cooper's sold;
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mini#Mark_II_Mini:_1967.E2.80.931970

So if its a case of buff the shell and the reinstall the parts to get an original it could be worth silly money to the right person when built and hence I think 'scrap value' and a couple of hundred quid is a bit below reality...

although having said that... forum.minicooper.org/showthread.php?t=15581

depending on the condition of the boxed parts and how they have been stored I think about £600-700, cos you never really know how much time money and effort you're going to have to put back into it to get it on the road...

[edit] (same as ClubbyMatt said earlier actually - oops!!) [/edit]

Here ya go, The Mk1 in front was £1500 20 years ago. Been to Monte carlo 3 times and seen here getting ready to go out on track at Snetterton. The MK2 'S' behind belongs to a family friend.