1964 Morris Mini Pick Up

BSE 43C is a UK Home Market, genuine Mini Pick Up that was first registered on the 6th January 1965. This matching numbers example has recently been subject of a £50,000 bare shell restoration that has been carried out to an exceptional standard with photo records. Since completion the Mini has been carefully dry stored, serviced by our workshop during 2022 and covered some running in miles. The Mini has recently been in the hands of one of our regular customers who is now making room for some other classic cars and has decided to sell this show standard Pick Up. Examples at this level of quality are difficult to find, so we were delighted to be given first refusal to have the Mini back.

Confirmed by a British Motor Industry Heritage Trust certificate, our Mini was built on the 15th June 1964 and then supplied new by Patrick N Shinnie Limited in Aberdeen, Scotland. BSE 43C was registered new in Banff and the Mini spent its early life in Scotland. By 1972 the Mini had covered 34738 miles, confirmed by an MOT certificate stamped by a local garage in the small Aberdeenshire village of Belhelvie. A Green ‘buff' logbook is also present confirming the Mini changed hands three times during the early 1970's, staying in Aberdeenshire.

The Mini spent then spent decades off the road, and in 2018 a two year rebuild commenced that has been documented by invoices and a photo album. The shell was put on a rotisserie, the body completely restored and then prepared for painting. The outer shell was professionally painted, including the inside, and the underside then finished and painted to a show level standard. The Mini was built up with renewed chrome work, all new rubbers, seals, gaskets, renewed lights, new electrics to include loom, and mechanically completely rebuilt with a detailed finish taking the Mini to show level. The interior was then beautifully re-trimmed, the engine bay detailed, as well as the boot compartment. As the Mini has had very little road use since, the underside is still fresh and waxoyl free with a gleaming paint finish.

Almost three years after completion and BSE 43C is truly outstanding in every respect. The bodywork and paintwork are first class, as is the chrome work and upholstery. The engine bay is ready to win shows and mechanically the Pick Up is on the button with a superb rebuilt engine and gearbox, all new brakes, suspension, cooling and fuel system, tight new steering system and all renewed ancillaries. The Mini makes a wonderful show piece, it's incredibly rare with very low numbers on the road ensuring it's an ideal collectors piece, but also an example you can really enjoy and have some fun with.