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The car is a beautiful 2004 11,000 mile R53 which just happens to be a MC40. If someone is looking for a modded car this isn’t going to be their cup of tea but if’n someone is looking for a sharp stock MC40 or R53 this is going to be right up their alley.

 

We all have different tastes. To my old eyes this R53 looks like a very good one. I bet it brings a good amount of bucks.

 

With four days of bidding to go the exceptionally clean MC40 is at $12,500. I would expect this pristine example to go for over $20,000.

 

I'm honestly amazed to see the MC40 go for more than a normal R53. Back when they were new my local dealership had 2 of 'em on the lot that sat there for over 1/2 a year because nobody wanted to pay the premium for some CF bits and red seat covers that didn't fit so well (they are seat covers, applied over black/grey space cloth). When I was at the dealership with my wife one day, she saw one and went walking straight for it. She said "Ooooh! Look at the red one with the stickers! That's kinda coo... Hey... what happened to the seats? Why do they look like that?"

 

With just under four of bidding left the MC40 is languishing at $12,500. It would appear that the early interest has not continued.

 

Less than 20 minutes and the MC40 is at $13,000.

 

A GP2 with 26,000 miles sold $26,500 on BaT today. That might have been the third one to sell in the last couple of weeks.

 

Not a fan of all the decals/stickers but it only has 30,000 miles and is being sold by Geneva Motor Cars who seem to specialize in some great MINI’s.

 

Not sure what’s up with the link, but it looks like the 14 mile GP is back up for sale a few years later with around 4,700 miles for $49,500.

The listing pops up for a second, then goes to an error screen.

https://www.autotrader.com/cars-for-sale/vehicledetails.xhtml?listingId=606300402&LNX=MYATCALERTSEMLSRCH&fbclid=IwAR36ryj1qDZtDbdfXG7sV3UpbNK8C9QzDsxRu3tdjBw7zByh-w4pTiSJBnU

 

Someone commented that some decals had been taken off recently and no ghosting was present but until you see it done you cannot be absolutely certain. Since it was recently sold for $25K that’s going to be a pretty stiff ante to only find out that you guessed wrong. The only good thing is that there is no reserve and maybe the bidding won’t be as high this time.

 

It sold for $22,000.

 

I was able look at the auction when it was at $22K and like you felt it was just to much for a car that looked like it was rode hard and put up wet as the horse people say.

 

The interesting things about the GP rear seats is that the job was professional shop, the workmanship looks top notch, all the original pieces from GP were saved and it can be put back to the original configuration. I get it that doing this isn’t everyone’s cup of tea and if’n it couldn’t be reverted back to original condition it would be a shame but MINI’s lend themselves to each individuals vision and that’s what makes so much fun even for dingbats.

 

Since it can be reversed & original parts were saved I see no harm. I question the mod, but different strokes as they say.