One of yours

[DaveB]

My offspring is after a car at this very moment and she ran in with an advert for a Mini Mayfair which I have to say didn't look too bad. However, the asking price of around £950 was a little steep and I felt compelled to tell her that mini's are rust buckets plain and simple. Not too bad if you have somewhere indoors to keep them (the living room would be good) but we don't so it'd have to sit outside

Needless to say.. she's still looking for something she can both afford to buy AND insure.

ATB

DaveB

[VEGAS]

Those little minis are becoming very collectable. Especially the clubman and traveller.

Probably because many have dissappeared from existance at the hands of the scrapman.

A local dealer to me is selling a mint 1989 Mini for £8000!

Shame they were prone to rot so badly.

[cstorey]

Peter McLeland drove an 850 Mini from Nairobi to S.Africa and back I believe , in about 1960. I have a 1965 Cooper 1275 S which is fun to drive , but earplugs are needed!

[Hot_Charlie]

I'm not sure about the location letters but the 'S' on the end shows Aug '77 to Jul '78

EDIT..
HA shows it to be plate from the West Midlands (Smethwick/Dudley). The Y means nowt and just extends the possible number of registrations from that locale

Indeed, just looked up the HA myself and discovered Dudley (Smethwick, a gnat's privates away up to 1974, not that I was around!).

[stegs]

So is it road legal in US? Doesn't it need US plates?
Or is the owner just chancing it?

Steve

[Garry Russell]

It might be in a period of grace.whatever that might be over there.

Locally a car can remain legally 'Foreign' registered for up to six months provided all the road tax and other papers are up to date for that country..then it must be "Imported"
In reality, some vehicles stay like that for years

[Chris Trott]

As registration and "plating" are a state issue in "The States", it varies. In Colorado, there is a "euro-style" plate available that is actually a legal Colorado license plate, but looks exactly like the current German or UK plates (depending on which one you get). In Texas there are "Classic" plates available that are correct for the period of the car you have, as long as it fits certain requirements (i.e. your '34 Ford "Rat Rod" can get a plate that looks like the plates Texas had in the 1930's, '40's, or '50's, but are in the system as current). There are also "exceptions" that can be granted in many states for "Classic" or "Historic" cars that may allow them to retain their original license plates provided certain paperwork is maintained with the car and that current windshield stickers are present.

[austerdriver]

Them Minis are getting quite hard to find these days.

Thats because they are mini.

Lots of variants of the Mini in the below link

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mini

[airboatr]

As registration and "plating" are a state issue in "The States", it varies. In Colorado, there is a "euro-style" plate available that is actually a legal Colorado license plate, but looks exactly like the current German or UK plates (depending on which one you get). In Texas there are "Classic" plates available that are correct for the period of the car you have, as long as it fits certain requirements (i.e. your '34 Ford "Rat Rod" can get a plate that looks like the plates Texas had in the 1930's, '40's, or '50's, but are in the system as current). There are also "exceptions" that can be granted in many states for "Classic" or "Historic" cars that may allow them to retain their original license plates provided certain paperwork is maintained with the car and that current windshield stickers are present.

CHris how come you know all this sh!t ... but you couldn't solve my two full glasses and one half empty glass riddle....
thats what I want to know...

And - I know - you know - I'z in Florida and that mini'z in Florida so whats the point of taking about Colorado and Frik'n Texas License laws.

jiminy chrickets

[nigelb]

Aw, come on! Everyone knows the laws are bigger in Texas, or is that the plates?

Nigel²