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Post by notamini on Jun 6, 2010 15:33:47 GMT
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Post by notamini on Jun 7, 2010 18:07:04 GMT
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Post by notamini on Jun 9, 2010 3:48:02 GMT
 He turned it into the scrapper a few years ago.
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Post by bnicho on Jun 23, 2010 0:38:56 GMT
That Cabrio is really a 1994 cabrio with a suspiciously new 1970 chassis plate. I'll wager that chassis number belonged to a car that was scrapped.
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Post by notamini on Jun 23, 2010 2:59:49 GMT
What does this sticker mean? 95 RON catalyst.
It sits next to the suspicious plate. And you are right, it is very suspicious. If it is a '94, then it is no rare bird at all but just another Cabrio. Is this correct?
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Post by shoutforjoy on Jun 23, 2010 8:13:59 GMT
95 RON is the octane rating of standard unleaded fuel. It's just a warning sticker reminding that you must only use unleaded fuel.
That sticker would not have been put on before the chassis plate in 1970 - catalysts were unheard of then - so why is the chassis plate covering part of it? Something is clearly not straight about this car.
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Post by Joloke on Jun 23, 2010 10:50:21 GMT
That Cabrio is really a 1994 cabrio with a suspiciously new 1970 chassis plate. I'll wager that chassis number belonged to a car that was scrapped. have to agree with you there Brett i guess it was done to get around the 25 year rule of imports into the states  Unscrupulous dealers seem to think its ok to do that,in reality and in law its no better than a ringed stolen car if somebody is going to do that you think they would make it look like a 1970 car,its simply a 90,s Single Point Injection with an "Illegal" identity  |
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Post by notamini on Jun 29, 2010 22:52:32 GMT
Some idiot is now up to $5,100 US for it. ;D ;D ;D
I asked why the discrepancy in years. Let you know the reply.
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Post by bnicho on Jul 2, 2010 12:42:53 GMT
have to agree with you there Brett i guess it was done to get around the 25 year rule of imports into the states Unscrupulous dealers seem to think its ok to do that,in reality and in law its no better than a ringed stolen car It's happened here too. I know of a few 90's Minis running around with a 70's Australian built Mini's identity. Highly illegal. We can import Minis up to 1988 and late 97-2000 for road use. The compliance (like type approval) process for the late model ones is expensive. Some come in as "race use only" and just sort-of disappear. Cheers, Brett. |
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Post by clambod on Jul 2, 2010 14:50:48 GMT
They are naughty people
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Post by asahartz on Jul 5, 2010 17:43:25 GMT
But of course there are quite a few here too. Hence the trade in log books for pre-72 cars that are road tax exempt in the UK. You see an "old" Mini and think "that doesn't look quite right" - usually it's easy enough to tell the difference between early and late cars if you know what to look for, but plenty of people get away with it. Very few are genuine reshells.
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He turned it into the scrapper a few years ago.
