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You have given this car a new life. And given real people work, and you should be very proud of what you have achieved.

Simply a beautiful R53. These are great cars. I've got a 2005 and a 2006. I only wish I could buy another one new now. Sadly the MINIs that are made now are too big and lack the same feel as the R53.

Nice car. I recently bought my 2nd R53 and shot a few similar videos on my channel, then found yours. We have about the identical factory options and mods as well, very peculiar. Hope you are still enjoying it.

Nice ride

Quality video, love the narrative and professionalism.

Enjoyed this very very much !! Well done.

2007 and 2008 you can purchase a factory jcw R52 (convertible)

I absolutely love your attention to detail and your passion for quality. Just great. Thank you!

Lovely video and as always a very professional explanation of history and background. And, yes MINI is still using cosmoline! It’s weeping down the side of my 2024 1 to 6…uggh.

Amazing work🎉 Any chance knowing color number for white top? Thank you

It's in really good shape!

How is your experience with the Mini ?

It the closest a 2nd Gen. model ever came to an R53... It had all the attributes while lacking the pitfalls of 1st Gen. ❤The WC50. One I looked at was #409.

I’m jealous.😜❤️

I see you have the HK stereo. What speakers did you put in when you replaced the OEM speakers? OEM or aftermarket? From what I understand it's hard to find aftermarket speakers that are compatible with the HK system. Thanks

Lovely story sir and thanks for sharing the history. I am a newbie with mini . I just bought one Mini R52 2005 Convertible with only 30404 miles and Im loving it

Gorgeous Mini!! Is the exhaust stock?

Love this edition, i have 60th anniversay and try to change it into this on video

Very nice and clean! I love driving, working on and improving my '05 R50, which I've owned from new. It currently makes ~130 whp, but it works very hard for that power and revs out at ~110mph. Still, it feels plenty fast. My goal is a built engine (1.8 or even 2.0) hopefully sometime this year if the finances cooperate. While keeping the car looking tasteful, I've made a ton of improvements over the years, most of them myself: R56 aluminum trailing arms, R53 throttle body w/ CAI, R52 strut tower braces, adjustable sway bar, cam, tune, full exhaust w/ header, Koni FSDs, purple Powerflex bushings everywhere, super-light OZ wheels, Wilwood big brakes front and rear, Vorschlag camber plates, carbon fiber R53 hood... removed the rear seats... and on and on! These are great cars if you look after them. I also switched from Michelin Pilot Super Sports to the Continental Extreme Contacts like you have, which I find much more comfortable and quieter.

Super clean and the best colour.

I just bought the exact same car same color. But mine has more options on the interior. 12000 miles mine has. I don't know why they let you put that in the museum because it doesn't have the original Wheels that's not how it came. Mine has lower miles and all original. You're lucky they didn't know about mine at the time because they would have never considered yours then...js

Awesome mods and ride! What size and width are those wheels? They look amazing on the MINI! Any chance you have a link for them?

She’s absolutely beautiful…. I pick up my JCW this week (hopefully).

I just picked up an 06 Cooper S checkmate 6spd for $5700. only 79k miles and I'm loving it so far!

Great videos! Do you have a username on any of the forums? Would love to follow your posts or build threads. Just bought a 06 hyper blue cooper s and would love to tap into some of your wisdom lol

Hi trying to find JCW aero kit, JCW exhaust any places you know ? I am in the Uk. The car looks great !

Sweet looking mini,I prefer it with the R90 wheels on,hope the new owner appreciates it 👍🏻

I have the same 005 car and I would like to know if the stripes on the bonnet were unlacquered, I want to replace mine and they have a layer of lacquer on top, in my case I have to sand to remove them...the OEM stripes have simply been glued ? The original car was not lacquered, but if that is the case, I am not going to lacquer them since I thought they were originally lacquered as a protection measure... what do you think? thank you so much!

Manual R53s are the most fun for the buck. They require hefty maintenance once a while but they're pretty worth it.

Great video and I love the car so much I’ve just agreed to buy a monochromatic grey 2006 R53 in an attempt to replicate it!!!!

Your timing chain guide is broken, hope shes still running today

That Mini Cooper R53 JCW looks like an exact same match the 2003 movie "The Italian Job".

Max the cat is huge 😊

Such a beautiful car. Great video!

How much were the seats? I bet the seats plus the shipping from the UK probably cost as much as the car.

Now that this is sold (congrats!), are you already on to you next project?

Would be willing to include the recaros in the sale?

What’s the asking price?

I have owned an R53 '05 for the past 7 years now, and mine feels, sounds and looks so much rougher than this haha. This is in immaculate condition inside and out, bravo. Love this car

A gorgeous car. And it's my fave color and I was just traveling through PA a couple of days ago. Sigh. I hope you sell it to someone who knows it and appreciates it!

What a clean R53. Cannot say enough good, as I know the owner has taken every liberty to make this as good as new and keeps care of this like a museum curator. Hate to see it for sale, but someone will get a beautiful machine.

Awesome MINI !

Such a gem. It’s not often you see such a long maintenance list that contains only the most sensible wear items and upgrades. As opposed to a lot of silly aftermarket mods that only decrease the value and reliability. Absolutely love the stripes. This is how you set a MINI up for the long haul. GLWTS.

Wow - great looking R53

🔝🔝🔝🔝🔝🔝🔝👍👍👍👍

Hey! Just found your channel and loved the videos, if anytime in the future you sell your checkmate, would you be so kind and try to remember me and tell me about it? I wouldn't mind going from Mexico City to Pennsylvania, in fact it would be an awesome trip driving it to here to be honest haha, back in 2006 a Checkmate was my first car I bought and I had an accident on it :( now 17 years later im looking for a Checkmate. Anyway, congratulations on all your Minis, it's great to see the love you put on them. Greetings from México

Great vid love my 03 Dinan! Curious what specs are those wheels??

How did you refresh the headlamp lenses? Replaced?

I also am restoring one of these. Super fun all around!

Awesome oem+ modifications. 👌👌