Wood and Pickett Margrave 50

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CampFreddie
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Wood and Pickett Margrave 50

Post by CampFreddie » Fri Jan 16, 2009 11:55 am

I know it's not an ERA but it could possibly be the very last chance to buy a new Classic Mini.

The question is: if you had £25,000 to spend on a car, would you buy one?

http://www.woodandpickett.com/cars-for-sale/17/

I'm a bit torn. I would love to buy a new classic Mini and W&P standards are generally pretty high but I can't really see anything that particularly stands out from the spec. Am I missing something?

not that I HAVE £25k to spend anyway...

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Re: Wood and Pickett Margrave 50

Post by CampFreddie » Wed Jan 28, 2009 5:27 pm

Update: Photos of the first finished car below.

Interior's very nice but, as far as I can tell, other than that it's pretty much standard apart from those God Awful wheels. I can see how it'd cost £25k to build a new mini from scratch on 09 plates and if I had a big lottery win I'd think about buying one.

...But only if I could have different wheels.

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Re: Wood and Pickett Margrave 50

Post by G96LUE » Wed Jan 28, 2009 8:29 pm

Hi there.

I saw it unveiled too, but was a little disapointed.
It looks completely standard except the chromed wheels and typically wood and picket dash.
I personally would have expected something special with the paint. Maybe a gold roof as it is the golden aniversary, or a bit of gold flake or even a perlecent or flip finish

From the outside it looked like any other mini produced between 96 & 00.

Saying that, with a big lotto win i would still park one in the corner of my garage.

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Re: Wood and Pickett Margrave 50

Post by paul » Wed Jan 28, 2009 9:39 pm

be interesting to see how they register them. 25K is way over top 15 would still be very optomistic...

Nice dash but we still have nicer.....

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Re: Wood and Pickett Margrave 50

Post by millermilla » Wed Jan 28, 2009 11:43 pm

I was expecting something special when they first started making this car but I have to say it's just a big anti climax for me. I honestly dont think I like anything about the car and those wheels just shout CHAV at you. Ive never really been a fan of W&P specials so I guess I have a slightly biased opinion in the first place. Shame its got a bog standard asthmatic twin point too.
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