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I fell in love with Minis in the 1960s and lusted after them for years until I finally found an very original 1966 1275cc Cooper S (The granddaddy of Minis). I have owned the car for over 35 years. It is the one on the right in my avatar. It is the first car that my youngest son ever drove, that is his vintage racer on the left in the picture. Unfortunately that car came to a very sad end at Road America. My son is currently building a replacement for it.
In 1974 I almost bought a used Mini S in green. I so wanted that car but I was in the Navy and didn't have enough money. I think he was asking something like $1600-1800 which was a lot when you only made $400 a month. I ended up getting a 2002 MINI S with 7k miles in 03. It was one of the first MINI's that came into the USA. I still have it, the mileage is around 60K now.