Minifinity: Classic Mini Club and Forum

As you all may, or may not know, Minifinity once had an operational club car, a Pageant Blue Mini Clubman Estate called 'Luigi'.
However, due to a minor bump and a subsequent immersion due to a flood, he's been off the road for some time.

Luigi before the stripdown

After the flood, the H of E area members agreed to take on the mantle of getting him roadworthy again. They put in a lot of time and effort to strip down the car ready for repairs (no mean feat for the team as the car was pretty much caked in mud and sewage after the flood), but due to a lack of club funds with which to purchase replacement panels etc it has not been possible to progress.

So firstly, many thanks to all the H or E team who spent many hours stripping the car down and cleaning out the results of the flood.

And secondly, with little or no club funds available to complete the work, the decision has been taken to sell Luigi as an ongoing project.

So here's the plan...

Much discussion has taken place regarding how to sell (i.e. eBay etc), but we would prefer Luigi to go to a forum member. This way we might all get to see him restored to his former glory.

So, are you interested in purchasing Luigi as a project with the funds raised going towards the upkeep of Minifinity? We are inviting interested members to send in their best offer for Luigi and all the parts removed, with the best offer securing the purchase.

Luigi On a trailer at the 2007 Standford Hall Show

We will be Selling Lugi under sealed bids, you get one chance and one chance only so make sure your bid is good. Here's what to do:

1. Consider your best offer and email it to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . All offers will be confidential and anyone interested in the purchase of Luigi will NOT be allowed visibility of other bids.
2. Bids will be accepted up to midnight on Wednesday 30th September.
3. After this time, the winning bid will be posted along with a full list of all bidders and the amounts bid.
4. Payment to be made via paypal to the minifinity account, what you bid is what you will pay and you agree to cover any paypal fees as the buyer (or send payment as a PayPal gift).
5. Payment to be made by Monday 5th October
6. Non payment by the required date will result in Luigi being offered to the next highest bidder

Finally, the winning bidder will need to arrange removal of Luigi at a convenient time (within 2/3 weeks). He is currently located about 5 miles from the M6/M1 Junction near to Stanford Hall.

He is currently a rolling shell so you would need a trailor to remove him.

CLICK HERE to see a number of photos taken some time ago during the stripdown,

and CLICK HERE to see some photos taken on 05/09/09 of the car, the parts that will come with the car and areas requiring repair/replacement.

Finally, here are the good and bad points from an assessment done on 05/09/09:

GOOD BITS

• Heel board and Toe board solid.
• Rear valance and side valance panels appear good.
• Rear side window structural area good with only minimal surface rust.
• Roof - very good structural condition
• Outer vented sills are fine.
• Pretty much all mechanical parts to rebuild Luigi are present.
• Walnut Wood effect steering wheel, windows winders and door openers.
• Front grille present - just requires some minor straightening.
• Front subframe in good condition.
• Rear subframe seems OK - surface corrosion but nothing major visible.

• OS Wing to Scuttle Strengthening panel - Corrosion holes to be repaired.
• Dent to lower/mid front panel - Should push out.
• NS A Panel requires replacement
• Rust holes and corrosion in passenger front floor pan - Requires replacement.
• Rust holes and corrosion in passenger rear floor pan - Requires replacement.
• Rust holes and corrosion in drivers rear floor pan - Requires replacement or possible repair.
• Rust holes above fresh air vent in OS inner wing.
• Rust holes in NS lower inner wing to inner sill area.
• Rust holes in OS lower inner wing to inner sill area.
• Excessive corrosion to NS inner sill - Requires replacement or patching
• Excessive corrosion to OS inner sill - Requires replacement or patching
• Requires repair to NS rear quarter behind wheel arch - Requires lower repair panel
• Crack to lower drivers side inner wing just in front of subframe turret.
• Dent to passenger side front wing
• small hole in drivers side front wing.
• Excessive corrosion/hole in passenger side rear arch to boot floor area.
• Rear doors require repair to lower frames and skins.
• Drivers front door requires repair to lower frame and doorskin replacement.
• Passenger front door requires doorskin replacement - Frame seems intact.
• Front panel join to NS wing split at lower edge - requires rewelding once front panel straightend
• No interior as removed due to flood damage.