Mini Cooper Sport 500 2001 // 13k Warranted Miles // No. 410 / 500 // SIMILAR REQUIRED
SOLD
Mini Cooper Sport 500
| Details | |
| Recorded Milage: | 13315 |
|---|---|
| Exterior Colour: | Tahiti Blue |
| Interior Colour: | Black / Nickel-Silver Leather |
| Date of Reg: | 22/05/2001 |
| MOT Expiry: |
22/03/2022 |
| Technical Specifications | |
| Fuel Type: | Unladed |
| Top Speed: | 90 mph |
| Transmission: | 4 Speed Manual |
| Engine Output: | 62 bhp |
| Engine Capacity: | 1275cc |
| Standard Equipment | |
| Headlight Levelling, Drivers Airbag, Front Seat Belt Pre-Tensioners, 2 Speed Heater Fan, Twin Point Fuel Injection, Side Impact Beams, Alarm System, Tinted Glass, Oil Temp and Battery Condition Gauges, Analog Clock, Opening Rear Quarter Windows, Rallye-Style Fog and Spot Lights. | |
| Additional Equipment | |
| Tailored Car Cover, Driving Lamp Covers, Mini Luxury Carpet Mat Set and Rubber Mats, Pioneer Sound System, Stainless Steel Engine Brightwork. Private Y500 Prefix Registration Number. | |
Interior & Equipment
The black and nickel-silver original leather seats are unmarked. Leather duo-tone steering wheel with airbag, beautiful turned-alloy fascia with leather top complemented by traditional cream dials with chrome surrounds, black leather gearstick gator, polished alloy gearknob, polished alloy door furniture and commemorative plaque inside the glovebox. The original black carpets with optional tailor made Mini carpeted overmats are as new. A further set of tailor made rubber overmats saddle stitched in blue complements this wonderful interior. Sound courteous of an ICT speaker system with a Pioneer head unit.
Everywhere you look you'll approve, the interior is simply stunning.
Exterior
The instantly recognisable Mini Cooper Sport 500 with large body coloured extended wheel arches, 2 driving lamps and 2 fog lamps and a large bore chrome tailpipe finisher.
Finished in stunning Tahiti Blue Metallic paintwork with silver roof, silver door mirrors and silver bonnet stripes. The paintwork is near flawless as you would expect from such a low mileage example. Complemented by the Cooper Sport silver twin coachline and Cooper decals on rear wings. Unmarked chrome all round and perfect scratch free tinted original glass with the etched chassis numbers in place.
All original 6 big lights... Wipac headlights along with the full bank of Rallye-Style fog and spot lamps with optional smoked protection covers, high mounted stop lamp and Carello rear light units ... Stunning
Wheels, Tyres & Brakes
Filling the extended Cooper Sport wheel arches are the original unmarked and never refurbished 13 x 6 inch Cooper Sport Alloy Wheels. Fitted with all matching new Yokohama A539 175/50 R13 tyres.
Brakes - Servo assisted, diagonally split dual circuit system with front discs and drum rears.
Handling is razor sharp as you would expect from a Mini Cooper, rack & pinion steering, and independent suspension with Telescopic hydraulic dampers.
Engine & Transmission
Fitted with the 1275cc, 4-Cylinder, transverse OHV engine with electronic twin-point fuel injection. The engine and engine bay are fully detailed and display all of the original factory stickers and visual aid plastic information cards which are all too often discarded. Quality Stainless Steel covers have been added which can easily be removed if not to your taste.
On the road, she drives like a dream, super responsive and has slick gear changes... Pure Mini magic
Summary
A Very rare and highly collectable Cooper Sport 500...
Supplied by Rover Cars Dealer Charles Folletts of Mayfair, London and registered new to its first owner Miss Oates, London on 22nd May 2001. The original sales invoice, pre-delivery inspection checklist, Rover handover document and vehicle registration certificate are all included in the history file.
The detailed and comprehensive history file is packed with, a stamped service portfolio with invoices, every past owner's details and 17 past MOT certificates including the first dated 25th May 2004 with 1973 recorded miles. The file meticulously documents year by year the very low warranted mileage.
Complete with the Mini handbook pack and leather wallet, 2 original Mini keys and alarm fobs, original Mini Cooper Sport sales brochures and Approved Accessories brochure plus the original Mini Cooper Sport 500 Certifiable Fun Certificate. A private registration plate with the prefix Y500 is included in the sale.
A fresh 12 month MOT and full service will be completed upon sale and of course this Mini is HPI clear with Certificate included.
Without doubt, this must be one of the most original, low mileage example Mini Cooper Sport 500s available today! With values increasing strongly year on year for low mileage, low owner examples such as this. Supported by documented history back to new, car number 410 of 500 and 1 of only 128 produced in Tahiti Blue, it's one not to be missed. A collector or enthusiast's dream, available now and ready to be delivered in our enclosed trailer.
Own one of the last 500 Minis ever... If you only ever own one Mini in your life make it a Cooper Sport 500.
Today the Mini remains one of the UK’s favourite classic cars. Along with superb parts availability, mechanical simplicity, very practical and owners club support all combined offer worry free classic car motoring.
Low Rate Finance and Warranty can be arranged. Similar standard part exchange vehicles are always wanted.
More details
The Cooper Sport 500s were the final edition of the iconic Mini, built to celebrate 41 years of production before the introduction of the ‘BMW’ Minis. Only 500 examples were ever produced and all built to a very high specification.
When Enzo Ferrari wanted some fun he took to the Italian mountain roads in his Cooper...
We will consider any part exchange with funds either way no matter what it is. We have buyers in all fields of expertise so we would consider modern cars, campervans, motorhomes, motorcycles, luxury watches and of course any classic so just give us a call or drop us an email.
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