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Anyone have one of these they want rid of?

Ideally an MG/VP Metro (but not Turbo) version.

Yes, I realise it's a long shot, but as someone once said, "if you don't ask, you don't get".

There you go David,

Search over!!!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Classic-mini- ... 41700a5642

Are they really getting this rare?

Alan

Alan D. wrote:There you go David,

Search over!!!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Classic-mini- ... 41700a5642

Are they really getting this rare?

Alan

Indeed they are, mostly as no one wants 998's anymore, everyone upgrades and people hold onto them.

I gave my last one away for work on my car - really ought to have kept it, but couldn't afford the labour at the time!

Alan D. wrote:There you go David,

Search over!!!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Classic-mini- ... 41700a5642

Are they really getting this rare?

Alan

Thanks Alan! That is one of the more expensive examples I've seen...

But I did say non-Turbo...

lankyjames wrote:

Alan D. wrote:There you go David,

Search over!!!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Classic-mini- ... 41700a5642

Are they really getting this rare?

Alan

Indeed they are, mostly as no one wants 998's anymore, everyone upgrades and people hold onto them.

I gave my last one away for work on my car - really ought to have kept it, but couldn't afford the labour at the time!

I also gave away an A+ 1275 (Metro HLS) engine a couple of years ago, but it WAS a known oil-burner. Just the same, if I'd realised I might have needed one again, I'd still have hung on to it, oil-burner or not...

David L wrote:

lankyjames wrote:

Alan D. wrote:There you go David,

Search over!!!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Classic-mini- ... 41700a5642

Are they really getting this rare?

Alan

Indeed they are, mostly as no one wants 998's anymore, everyone upgrades and people hold onto them.

I gave my last one away for work on my car - really ought to have kept it, but couldn't afford the labour at the time!

I also gave away an A+ 1275 (Metro HLS) engine a couple of years ago, but it WAS a known oil-burner. Just the same, if I'd realised I might have needed one again, I'd still have hung on to it, oil-burner or not...

Indeed I should've kept it and rebuilt it with a mild overbore and put it in a mini...but mine was an oil burner with ruined shells no doubt.

lankyjames wrote:

David L wrote:

lankyjames wrote:Indeed they are, mostly as no one wants 998's anymore, everyone upgrades and people hold onto them.

I gave my last one away for work on my car - really ought to have kept it, but couldn't afford the labour at the time!

I also gave away an A+ 1275 (Metro HLS) engine a couple of years ago, but it WAS a known oil-burner. Just the same, if I'd realised I might have needed one again, I'd still have hung on to it, oil-burner or not...

Indeed I should've kept it and rebuilt it with a mild overbore and put it in a mini...but mine was an oil burner with ruined shells no doubt.

Thinking about it, mine had come out of a crashed Metro around 1986, and after a brief outing in my Midas at that time, had been sitting in my Dad's garage unused since the day I gave it away, over 20 years later. It may have required a bit of work to get it running again - if it ever did...

David L wrote:

Alan D. wrote:There you go David,

Search over!!!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Classic-mini- ... 41700a5642

Are they really getting this rare?

Alan

Thanks Alan! That is one of the more expensive examples I've seen...

But I did say non-Turbo...

But a turbo without the turbo, has a stronger crank and other bits I think. So it would make a good engine. Not this one of course, because you could buy 3 or 4 Midas's with engines at that price!

Alan

Alan D. wrote:

David L wrote:

Alan D. wrote:There you go David,

Search over!!!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Classic-mini- ... 41700a5642

Are they really getting this rare?

Alan

Thanks Alan! That is one of the more expensive examples I've seen...

But I did say non-Turbo...

But a turbo without the turbo, has a stronger crank and other bits I think. So it would make a good engine. Not this one of course, because you could buy 3 or 4 Midas's with engines at that price!

Alan

Good point about the crank Alan, I had neglected to think of the advantages - just thought of the additional stresses a Turbo engine would have suffered in its life (plus the lower compression ratio).