Classic Mini Sales - We Buy and Sell Old Minis

Produced from 1959 to 2000 over 5,000,000 minis were manufactured, today we wonder how many are left? Rutland Minis are proud to source and often restore quality minis. We are continually looking to buy cars, clubmans, vans, pick ups, coopers and estate variants. We currently have numerous clients looking for hopefully what you want to sell!

The classic Mini in the main is a fair weather car, many people only bring their Minis out during the summer months for organised rallies and shows. During the summer values appear to increase, well the asking prices certainly do! During autumn and winter values seem to ease slightly, so this is an ideal time to start looking for your new classic mini. We must add the desirable Limited Edition Minis are still very popular, especially the 30, British Open Classic with its full length electric sunroof, late style coopers that have injected engines also continue to be highly favoured. The market for vans, pick ups and mokes has increased dramatically over recent years, probably due to there rarity. Automatic minis continue to be worth considerably less than there manual counterparts. Specialist forums and on line auction sites continue to offer a plethora of cars that we consider to be over valued. It is not uncommon to see a 1992 Cooper in average condition with a ridiculous £4,000 price tag but it must be said if you have a budget of around a £1,000 you cannot expect much for your money.

In our For Sale section you will see the few cars we have on offer, we drive all our minis for at least 100 miles and we describe the car to the last detail. Many cars we sell are sold purely on the pictures and our written description and so we do tend to over describe!

We try and cater for all requirements and budgets, we continually source cars that will make excellent project cars, these are cars that may need work to make perfect but way to good to consider breaking for parts. Every vehicle we buy in is thoroughly checked to ensure its a viable restoration project. Many of these cars we restore ourselves, so a bargain can be had if you are a capable mechanic / bodywork technician. Other cars are solid minis that whilst not concourse condition are a brilliant daily drive. Then finally we always have two or three cars that have been fully restored that are ready to be loved and cherished by their new owners.

Whatever old style Mini you are looking for, we are confident we can find one for you. As a company we prefer original cars, we are not keen buyers of cars that have been subject to engine and body modifications.

We try and keep a few standard 998 classic minis in stock, these are an ideal choice as a first car, low insurance, economical and do not suffer from horrendous depreciation as do most modern cars. If a classic Mini is looked after it will be an appreciating asset. So it is important to Love your Mini!