Practically Classics Forum

Pretty cheap (at the moment) but hardly mint!
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/mini-rolling- ... 1152815197

Soluble in water, with a big hole in the middle?

the only mints i like are murray

I like the way he plays. I've money on him for Wimbledon 2013. He's one of very few people to have four knees apparently.

My father has this book - http://www.hortonsbooks.co.uk/index.php ... uct_id=172 and in it, the author mentions that very few used cars were as good as advertised (Even the up market ones he would generally have been viewing).

Very interesting and a coincidence to boot! This Mini and the seller are only at most 750yds from Chez Mil1194. Recognise the yard and sellers name! Looks like they found a buyer then - not sure mint would've been my description either.....

It's certainly not the definition of mint as found in Miller's. It states that the term may only apply where original packaging, provenance and factory fresh cosmetic condition are apparent. That came out of the packaging some time ago in my opinion and I'd bet that someone threw the box away on their way out of the showroom, circa 1983. It also falls foul of [Millers'] definition by having that beam in place of the rear subframe.
Still, it seems to have been cheap for a usable mini body, maybe prices are settling at long last.

I can call him and tell him he's that close - he's done a lot of good work for friends/clients of mine actually and def no idiot. A very good mechanic and well established - which makes you wonder how the word 'mint' arrived. I wonder whether he had someone write the add/list it for him - although it is undoubtedly his own ebay account. I may well mention to him about this as it certainly won't help him long term re his selling/feedback etc.

Thing is, as long as the buyer of the shell is satisfied with their purchase, then the semantics of it don't matter in the slightest and it's reasonable to assume that nobody would buy anything car-sized without checking it over first so it's all down to how much he made for it and whither the buyer's pleased.
eBay has its own version of the English language** in any case, one where "mint" means something non-specifically positive about an article that otherwise defies description. Once he receives a +ive for that, then there's no reason on earth to suggest that his patter was flawed. Now had it been a Corgi or Lesney version of the same thing, that box and provenance would have been essential in justifying the "M" word.

**-No doubt whatsoever that the same is true of every one of the 82 languages represented in the countries where eBay has its sites.