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General Discussion => The Lounge => Topic started by: MPlayle on April 17, 2016, 01:59:15 PM

Title: Hairlip Mini on Mini Mania classifieds
Post by: MPlayle on April 17, 2016, 01:59:15 PM
Anyone here remember the original "Hairlip Mini" fiasco on Mini Mania?

There is a "Hairlip" Mini just showed up in the classifieds over there with a rather high price.

http://www.minimania.com/cars4Sale/13618/1989_Austin_Mini_Sedan (http://www.minimania.com/cars4Sale/13618/1989_Austin_Mini_Sedan)

:-[

Title: Re: Hairlip Mini on Mini Mania classifieds
Post by: 94touring on April 17, 2016, 02:03:08 PM
Lol I remember.  This car looks pretty nice.  Makes you wonder what they were thinking.
Title: Re: Hairlip Mini on Mini Mania classifieds
Post by: John Gervais on April 17, 2016, 02:13:04 PM
Oh yeah, the good o'l days...  There were some real battles going on.

Sure does make one wonder, though, as to why not just do the job right...   :-[

Title: Re: Hairlip Mini on Mini Mania classifieds
Post by: MiniDave on April 17, 2016, 02:46:30 PM
That's a really nice looking car - I don't know if it's $22K good looking, but it's nice. The hood is weird tho, why wouldn't they just cut off the lip and do it right?
Title: Re: Hairlip Mini on Mini Mania classifieds
Post by: 94touring on April 17, 2016, 03:10:51 PM
Yeah the price tag is outrageous for a 998.  Those lips are just spot welded on. 
Title: Re: Hairlip Mini on Mini Mania classifieds
Post by: MiniDave on April 17, 2016, 03:14:57 PM
I see some guy in Tulsa has a car for sale on MiniMania too - paint it any color you want!    4.gif 
Title: Re: Hairlip Mini on Mini Mania classifieds
Post by: 94touring on April 17, 2016, 03:17:45 PM
Yeah and it needs to go!  I'm not needing any more minis for myself!
Title: Re: Hairlip Mini on Mini Mania classifieds
Post by: Jims5543 on April 19, 2016, 05:12:57 AM
Quote from: MiniDave on April 17, 2016, 02:46:30 PM
That's a really nice looking car - I don't know if it's $22K good looking, but it's nice. The hood is weird tho, why wouldn't they just cut off the lip and do it right?

Thats a lot of scratch, the Porsche I am looking at is much less than that costs.  What is the hairlip reference about, is it the leading edge of the hood? It does look amiss.
Title: Re: Hairlip Mini on Mini Mania classifieds
Post by: 94touring on April 19, 2016, 05:36:55 AM
Yeah it's got mk1 trim but then they tossed on a mk3 bonnet chrome piece that doesn't match up.