Tracing the history of a Mini

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Sat 11 Jan 2003 21:19
Tracing the history of a Mini - DavidHM
A friend of mine has a 1994M Mini Cooper that is currently SORNed, but in show condition as it has just been restored.

He now wishes to sell it as the opportunity to buy an historically significant car has come up.

However, the car's registration plate and history (he is the third owner, after the car was bought at 6 months old from a local dealer) leads us to believe that the car was originally a press or brochure car.

Does anyone know how to find out the history of his current car, i.e., whether it was used in any road tests or brochures, or what the car spent the first six months of its life doing while it was presumably registered to Rover? The BMIHT certificate scheme doesn't appear to apply to Minis after 1969.
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Sat 11 Jan 2003 21:53
Tracing the history of a Mini - Steve G
I dont know if you can still do this, but the DVLA used to provide copies of all previous V5's for a small fee.
My father did this with a MGBGT V8 several years ago.
Also are you sure the heritage certs are not available ? because the same MGB had a Heritage cert and it was a 1973 car.

Good luck
Steve
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Sat 11 Jan 2003 22:31
Tracing the history of a Mini - DavidHM
It varies from model to model. The BMIHT says that it only issues certificates for Minis up to 1969, but for Range Rovers all the way to 89 for instance.

As the car is only a three owner car, the previous V5 should still show who the original owner was. It's not my car so I can't check without asking my mate, which I will do next time I speak to him.
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