When buying your first Mini you need to consider which type is best for you. This depends on your budget, your technical abilities and your facilities. There are plenty of Minis from which to choose and they range from highly collectable, rare cars through modified cars to good useable cars and to very rusty restoration projects. Some are really worth the money, some will be overpriced, some will need a lot more money spending on them and some, sadly, are not what they claim to be.
The first thing is to decide is which mark, age, model and indeed type of Mini you would like: a saloon, Estate, Van, Pick-up or even Moke. Saloons come in round-nose, Clubman-front, Cooper, 1275 GT plus the Wolseley Hornet and Riley Elf. Then decide…
