Mini Classic Cooper Sport 500

[mtgibby]

Very nice classic Mini.

[RWL2011]

according to the DVLA this car has been unlicensed since the 1st of september 2005

[Serby2006]

@RWL2011 Thanks for that! Did you use the cars original registration to check? I've always wondered if the car is 'unlicensed', and if so whether or not it could be because it's on another personalised registration or simply just off the road..

[RWL2011]

Np! Yup, unlicensed and no export marker, so definitely in the UK and off the road because only one record exists per vehicle and that's for its current reg. I know this after looking up 2 cars with personalised reg's.

[RWL2011]

I forgot to say that I had both the original and personalised reg's of them, so I could actually do all 4 enquiries!

[hurrdurrrr]

it appears in love ive fallen

[chefblanc]

whats the blue peaughot there ?

[RWL2011]

@chefblanc No Peugeot in that 52-reg, only the diesels! It's a BMW car with Chrysler engine and Rover gearbox

[Mrjoeshmo]

What year was the Sport 500?

[Serby2006]

@Mrjoeshmo I believe they were all made in the final year, 2000. Mine was late registered and on a 2001 '51 plate though.

[Chingonshushu]

No way.... !!! I cant beleive you sold this baby, I didnt even know you was a hardcore MINI fan!! .... the sound of that 500 (speechless) :D

[Serby2006]

Haha, cheers Jan! Indeed, I love them all :-D I can't believe I sold it either, give me a shout if you ever see it, I want it back! :-P

[ytdon1]

That BMW branded as mini is not a path on the true breed which is a Mini..... Unreal what BMW have done. Taken a company shafted it of its saving grace and ran away holding us brits by the short and curlys laughing........ Love the true Mini :D shame about the blue thing in the vid... lol Very cool cooper s 500

[SUplaya19]

I have one of these mini 500's in british racing green located in Maine. Looking to sell if anyone is interested?

[concorde1350mph]

love it great looking mini and makes the new mini a disgrace :)

[GregPon]

what were the arches and wheel sizes on this, its a beauty!

[Serby2006]

Thanks mate. The car had genuine OEM Rover Sportspack arches and the wheels were 13x7 Superlites I believe. Cheers for the comment.

[Heatseeker872591]

please dont tell me you sold that beautiful car and kept that horrible big blue modern german thing that is next to it in the video lol

[Serby2006]

Haha - Erm, lets just say I've sold them both now lol.. To be honest though, out of the two, it's a no brainer which one I miss the most ;-)

[MrHargreaves]

Absolutely what i'm looking for....

[AttackRyno]

hi, great mini, too bad you sold it...

Do you know what exhaust it had? Is it a Playmini 3" stainless? Or a Fletcher? I don´t know which one of those to go for...

Thanks

[Serby2006]

Cheers for the comment :-) My little motor had a Playmini 3" Stainless exhaust system. I've got no experience of the Fletcher exhaust so can't really say how they compare - I can't fault the Playmini though, and hence would definately recommend it.

Hope that helps!

[Katsumasama]

just lovely....

[joeyfinneran]

where did you get da red 1

[Serby2006]

I bought it from a Mini specialist called Miniman who use to be located near Solihull, Birmingham. I don't know if he's still there though..

[eximioeximio]

i have mini cooper 1300 i beatiful car!!!!

[Ticklemygutch]

My friends got one of these. In short its brilliant, most new cars today are stupidly big even some of the smaller cars, but this is just amazing!!

[Serby2006]

I agree, some of the latest 'small' cars are as big as some 'medium' sized cars from 10 years ago! I suppose there are all the increased crash and pedestrian safety rules to stick to, but even so.. there's nothing like a lightweight compact pocket rocket!

[detroitbluesguy]

Just got a 70 cooper S after a 35 year wait..and it was worth the wait!! Think i'll smoke a dube and go for a nice sprint..Mini people are cool and now I is one too. JC

[scrow619]

really awesome car man classic looks so much better than new style and that one was in perfect condition looks wise atleast i dont know about performance but i would bet its fine in that catigory also great car.

[Serby2006]

Thanks mate :-) In terms of performance it was pretty quick on the right roads as it had what I believe was a Mini Sport MPi 90bhp tuning kit.

It also had 'Smootha Ride' suspension or something similar... I can't say what a difference it made though as it was all on the car when I bought it.

What I can say for definite though, is that it was great fun!

[unigateman]

Nice mini, I once had a brand new mini city, I chucked the engine, and Richard Longman in Dorset; fitted a 1430 engine,

lightened flywheel, twin dellorto carbs, went like stink, I kept it 2 years and then sold it, big regrets. I ve just finished another mini 1380 managed to fit 10" Wheels, goes like stink. will be on you tube shortly. a question:- why do all tuned minis sound as though they are running rough " bonnet end" all a great exhaust note though

[Serby2006]

Cheers for the comment. It sounds like your City was a bit of a beast! I'm not sure why they tend to sound rough at the front, I didn't have mine long enough to really get to know the mechanicals that well. I too regret selling mine. Would be good to see a video of your latest one!

[smutts]

very nice mini.

are you running spaced drums with those wheels to fill out the sportpack flares/arches??, im assuming they're 13x7?

thanks:)

[Serby2006]

Thanks :-) You're right in assuming they're 13x7 wheels. I'm not sure whether there were spaced drums on the car, I never even took the wheels off when I had it!! :-(

Sorry I can't be of any more help, the wheels did fill the arches very nicely... that's all I can remember!

[ArabAmerican4RonPaul]

I have a friend who brought me an exact one 1970 Minin cooper sport for sale with 68600 minles, he wants 13k. I am not sure if it worth that much! does any one know the value? it's in prestine condition

[ThePowerOfTen]

Do you know if this mini is still around. Looks great by the way. Thats what I want mine to look like.

[Serby2006]

Cheers :-) I've never seen it since I sold it, which is suprising as I still go to a fair few of the Mini shows each year.

I suppose it could have ended up anywhere, not long after I'd sold it I had a phone call from abroad.. so who knows...

I still keep an eye out for it though! :-D

[00JohnP]

i c ur u tube account is named after it lol :P

[Serby2006]

lol, yeah, had to be done! Although the 2006 part of the name is beginning to look out of date lol..

Cheers for the comments, hope my other reply helped!

[00JohnP]

v nice car, i hope to buy one soon and do it up very simular to yours, although i notice yours hasnt got bonnet stripes!? Are they fun to drive and was it fairly cheap to run?

[Serby2006]

Cheers for the comment :-) Yeah, the lack of bonnet stripes is a bit different to other CS 500's. I believe the previous owner removed them, as it certainly wasn't me! As for the fun factor, it's literally like driving a go-kart on the road, they're awesome. Mine was cheap to run, the small engines don't drink tooooo much and it wasn't that expensive to insure either. As a younger driver I think they are fantastic. The parts are pretty cheap too, meaning customisation is quick and easy :-D

[00JohnP]

Gd, thats what i wanted to hear lol, i am looking our for one, am just looking for the right one that i can customize easily etc. Thanx for the reply ;) cant w8 to actually drive one :O

[markyarsenal]

cant wait to i gt a mini classic

btw wicked mini...........how much u gt for it?

[Serby2006]

I ended up selling it back to the dealer I originally bought it from. I think I got around £6k for it at the time, which wasn't much at all :-( (And a lot less than I had paid for it the year before!)

[3garycooper]

@Serby2006 hello.i was the owner of your cooper 500. VO51 GYR ? .i did all the modifications ie the 90bhp kit,the 13x7 alloys.the de stripe! which you must agree,looked stunning but was brave to do it.the exhaust was a superflow.i fitted the centre console,the silver cd player and the brilliant devil sticker. i believe your parents got you the mini for your birthday? i sold it to miniman. im gary from wigan lancashire.

[Serby2006]

@3garycooper Hey Gary, that's correct in every way, fantastic to hear from you. I got the car for my 17th birthday, it was the collection of modifications which you made that resulted in me choosing it - it looked a stunning car. After purchasing it we fitted a few more stainless steel bits (grill, wipers etc..) as well as a sump guard and K&N Induction kit. Whilst owning the car I took it to quite a few shows, but I've never seen it since! I sold it back to Miniman. Thanks for your comment!!!

[AOAWHATSUP]

needed a better exhaust

[CrackHamsters]

mini Morris FTW!!!

[mikepeople]

what kind of rims are they and wat size? nice mini

[Serby2006]

Cheers. They are 13 x 7 Minilites. I think the Minilites look fantastic on a Mini and the deep dish design of the 7 inch wide wheels fill the sportspack arches very nicely. Thanks again for your comment :-)

[FXL7894]

Can i ask what the songs are called (i no there from the italian job)

[Serby2006]

The song is "On Days Like These" by Matt Monro :-)

[ruslango1]

how much did u sell it for?

[Serby2006]

I can't remember exactly, but I struggled to sell it at the time and ended up selling it back to the dealer that I bought it from. I think for about £5000-£6000, which at the time was a fair bit less than what it was worth.

I wish I had kept it to be honest! :-(

[hack969british]

ddidnt rover design the new model bt bmw brought it just before it was due to go into production? cuz it used a few rover parts on the early 2001 new shape 1s

[Serby2006]

Yeah that's pretty much true. Even I'm not 100% on the exact history of how it all happened.. but Rover were in the process of development as they had produced the ACV30 concept car in 1997. BMW and Rover had worked together for a while at this point (since about 1995), but eventually they decided to unload themselves of Rover. They sneakily kept Mini/MINI for themselves though!

As for the parts, I know for certain that the early MINI One and Cooper (pre sep. 04) models used a Rover gearbox.

[Mercury888]

ew the clear tail lights ruined it

[jprp27]

those two are just different cars with the same logo, MINI is for the size of the car, the BMW its not even small.

[GUY23R]

thats the only cooper sport 500 ive seen that doesnt have the silver bonnet stripes

[Serby2006]

Yeah! While I had it I never saw another without them... I believe they were removed by the cars first owner, who also fitted the wider wheels and tuned the engine. I suppose in a way it's a shame to do such things to a special edition car, but each to their own!

[kopitefony]

ive got 1 of the last 500 in the original shape it brill u cud keep them new minis 4 all the tea in china

[Zabbarian74]

The classic Mini is the one and only TRUE Mini.There is another car which has it is called Mini but it never can be compared to the legendary British Mini!

[BarneyEire0900]

Thats Gorgeous....I bought a 97 mini 1.3i!...Havin got it jus yet...Are they reliable??

[Serby2006]

Cheers :-)

From memory (As I sold this car over 4 years ago now) :-( The only problem I had with mine was that it over heated quite a bit. I believe it was just because mine wasn't quite set up right.

The fab thing is that because they're such simple cars, if anything does go wrong it should be a relatively easy and inexpensive fix :-D

Mark.

[BarneyEire0900]

Yeah,The best engineered things are often the simplest!!..Well thanks Mark,lookin forward to gettin it anyway!!Ill post a video!!Send ya the link!!Thanks..

[henders07]

iv got a CS 500, its such a mint car, never guna sell it. al try get sum pictures up of it

[yeogav]

I had a 1340 motor in my Mini that I built with a 1:2.9 final drive for higer top speed. Yours sounds a bit chattery m8. I miss my mini lol.

[Darrynhillson]

the classic minis are the best cars in the world

[katiecanfly]

ive wanted a mini like that for ages. classic minis and amazing :D

[nevpayne]

strewth! tell me you got that tappet knocking sorted out >.<

[tatankawolf]

ode to the mini and the "original" Italian Job.

[00Dfranc00]

I love classic minis, i would love one as my first car.

would it be a good car to learn in though??

[burton76]

definatly a good car to learn in, sooo easy to drive, forgiving and lots of fun. loads different from a modern car though, so make sure you haven't spent too much time in one of them! more like driving a go kart, pretty addictive...

[skateguitar14]

yup, it's what i'm getting as my first car once i get my license.

[logitdellboy]

ya me two got to find the right one though. And hope you don't crash no 5 star ncap on this car

[superjack07]

is that a play mini exhaust?

[Serby2006]

I'm pretty certain its a Playmini... but having looked on the internet it could have been a Minisport Superflow exhaust as the car had a 90bhp Multipoint tuning kit from them... I can't remember exactly tbh but I always thought it was a Playmini.

[DavideVR85]

For sure!! Classic Mini forever!!

[tone717171]

classic minis still the best