I'm a 6ft 4 antiques 専門家 - I've sold more than 50 小型のs for a total of £700k, here's my tips to make 利益（をあげる）...
- Phil 苦境に陥るs, 29, from Ottershaw in Surrey started his classic car 商売／仕事 in 2021
- He specialises in late-世代 小型のs, identifying the most 望ましい examples
- He's sold 50 examples in three years for a total of £700k - here's how?
At the age of 29, Phil 苦境に陥るs might be one of the youngest classic car 売買業者s you'll come across.
And the モーター of choice he's been 貿易（する）ing over the last three years was born 36 years before he was - the iconic 小型の.
にもかかわらず 存在 almost four １０年間s its junior, it hasn't stopped the 6ft 4 entrepreneur learning everything there is to know about the comparatively diminutive cars - 含むing which are 価値（がある） 投資するing in.
In fact, he's already making a big 商売／仕事 out of the tiny British legend, having sold more than 50 examples for an 概算の total of £700,000.
Making a big 商売／仕事 from a small car: Phil 苦境に陥るs started 貿易（する）ing 小型のs at the age of 26 during the pandemic. Here, he 株 his tips on finding q uality, 望ましい examples of the classic
Phil's 小型の 投機・賭ける started out during a Covid-攻撃する，衝突する 2021.
Then 老年の 26, he took his love for sixties blockbuster movie, The Italian 職業, and turned it into his next 商売／仕事 投機・賭ける.
Having 開始する，打ち上げるd his first successful online antiques company at the age of 19, Phil already has experience 貿易（する）ing 価値のある old items - 同様に as developing an encyclopedic knowledge of which ones are 価値（がある） more money than others.?
Phil, from Ottershaw in Surrey, says his new-設立する 操作／手術 of selling 望ましい 小型のs under his company 指名する Phil 苦境に陥るs Classic Cars is 承認 of a 'true ambition'.
He 焦点（を合わせる）s まず第一に／本来 on 限られた／立憲的な 版, rare and 高度に sought-after examples from the latter 世代 of the car, which was 結局 中止するd 生産／産物 in 2000.
This 含むs his own 1994 John Cooper S 転換, which had only one owner and 7,695 miles on the clock from new when Phil acquired it.
At the age of 29, Phil 苦境に陥るs might be one of the youngest classic car 売買業者s you'll come across. The car he specialises in is 36 years his 上級の, with the 小型の first 開始する，打ち上げるing 支援する in 1959
Having 開始する，打ち上げるd his first successful online antiques company at the age of 19, Phil already has a experience of 貿易（する）ing in 価値のある old items - 同様に as developing an encyclopedic knowledge of which ones are 価値（がある） more money than others
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'Most of my 買い手s are collectors and 熱中している人s, 同様に as people reminiscing about learning to 運動 in a classic 小型の, or 情愛深く remembering a 小型の that a 親族 once owned,' Phil explains.
And it seems there's plenty of 需要・要求する for the cars he specialises in.?
'I have an ever-増加するing （弁護士の）依頼人 waiting 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる） for particular 小型のs.?
'見込みのある 買い手s 接触する me with their 願望（する）d specification - 含むing model, colour, mileage - and 予算, and I subsequently 知らせる them when a 小型の 潜在的に suitable arrives in 在庫／株.'
'The 広大な／多数の／重要な thing about classic 小型のs is that parts are predominantly cheap and readily 利用できる,' says Phil.
'They can be straightforward to work on and 持続する, and they （問題を）取り上げる about half the 貯蔵 space of a modern-day car.
'Thanks to their ingenious design and configuration, they are surprisingly spacious within. I should know, I'm 6ft 4.'
Phil's love of the small car is にもかかわらず his contrastingly 大規模な 高さ. At 6ft4, he say he can still travel comfortably in the compact British classic 小型の
Phil, from Ottershaw in Surrey, says his new-設立する 操作／手術 of selling 望ましい 小型のs under his company 指名する Phil 苦境に陥るs Classic Cars is 承認 of a 'true ambition'. He 焦点（を合わせる）s まず第一に／本来 on 限られた／立憲的な 版, rare and 高度に sought-after examples from the marque
The 小型の has always been a 会社／堅い favourite の中で 熱中している人s, many of them 落ちるing for its go-kart-like 運動ing 特徴.
It's 'sprightly, agile and 平易な to park in tight spaces,' Phil waxes lyrically.
And his love for the compact British car started from an 早期に age.
'I 情愛深く remember my mum's 黒人／ボイコット 小型の Mayfair, 指名するd 'Matilda', from when I was a young child. It was a shame when she sold it to buy a Metro, and my mum was 深く，強烈に upset as Matilda was her first car and she'd developed a 社債 and created a sense of personality for the car,' he said.
'This is something that resonates の中で most 小型の owners, who see their 小型のs as more than just cars,' says Phil. 'They are almost part of the family, like a faithful pet.
'Both of my parents learnt to 運動 in classic 小型のs. My nan, who was in her 50s when she began 運動ing, also learnt to 運動 in a classic 小型の and owned one as her first car.'
The 小型のs Phil says you should treasure if you have one:?The Cooper Sport 500 was the final 版 of the classic 小型の, 解放（する）d in a 厳密に 限られた／立憲的な 生産／産物 run of 500 部隊s. They're not 極端に 望ましい?
The special 版 小型の Paul Smith is another Phil says are 価値（がある） big money. 解放（する）d in 1998 in a 厳密に 限られた／立憲的な 生産／産物 run of 1800 cars, only 300 were （ーのために）とっておくd for the home market
What to look out for when trying to find the 権利 小型の?
Phil sells 小型のs to 顧客s around the world. As such, his 全世界の （弁護士の）依頼人 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる） has dis cerning taste and only want the best, so he says he needs to be very selecting when sourcing and acquiring his 在庫／株.?
And this can be painstaking.??
'I'd say that a good 90 per cent of the 小型のs I 見解（をとる） aren't up to scratch,' he tells us.
'Rust is, without 疑問, the biggest 問題／発行する when it comes to classic 小型のs.?
'The first thing my 買い手s do is check the car's online MOT history 記録，記録的な／記録する.?
'Any 調印する of corrosion and many 見込みのある 買い手s are deterred straight away, 関わりなく how 井戸／弁護士席 the corrosion has been 演説（する）／住所d.
'最終的に, there is far greater 需要・要求する for examples in 初めの, 保存するd 条件 rather than ひどく 回復するd.?
'But such 小型のs are few and far between, and that's why 本物の low-mileage, 初めの examples are 価値（がある） so much more.
'The model of the 小型の is also a major 与える／捧げるing factor. As with anything collectable, the rarer it is, the more 望ましい it is, so a greater price it will 命令（する）.'
Phil recently sold this 1996 Rover 小型の 'Cooper S 小旅行するing'. It was 供給（する）d to the publisher of MiniWorld magazine and became a special feature 事業／計画（する）. It was subsequently sent to John Cooper Garages in 価値（がある）ing for the Cooper S 小旅行するing 85bhp 転換
The John Cooper LE 40 is another modern-時代 小型の Phil tries to source. 開始する，打ち上げるd in 1999 with a 生産／産物 run of 300 部隊s, it was a 尊敬の印 to 40 years of the 小型の and to 示す the 40th anniv ersary of the Cooper F1 World 選手権
How to become a 小型の collector and find the best cars?
The main 与える／捧げるing factors when it comes to value are: desirability and rarity of the model, mileage, provenance and 条件.?
An 初めの, 保存するd example is more 控訴，上告ing than a 高度に 回復するd example, Phil says.
And its the newer cars that he has an 特に keen 利益／興味 in.?
さまざまな special 限られた／立憲的な 版 - and now 高度に collectable - models were 解放（する）d に向かって the end of 生産／産物, 含むing the 小型の Cooper Grand Prix, 小型の Paul Smith, 小型の John Cooper LE 40, 小型の Cooper S 作品 and the 小型の Cooper Sport 500.?
The 小型の Cooper Sport 500 was the final 版 of classic 小型の (the last 500 classic 小型のs ever built) and is probably the most universally 望ましい of all the special 版s - mothballed examples on 配達／演説／出産 miles can 達成する over £50,000.
'The 小型のs I sell now are typically 定価つきの from £12,000 to £30,000,' he explained.?
'I predominantly 在庫／株 Mk6 and Mk7 小型のs with 燃料 注射 as they are better equipped for modern day 運動ing.?
'燃料 注射 models (基準 on 小型の Coopers from circa 1992 up until the end of 生産／産物 in 2000) are smoother, more reliable and more efficient than their carburettored 前任者s which have a 手動式の choke.?
'What's more, the multi-point 注射 engin e, introduced in 1996, has a taller final-運動 割合 and this makes 運動ing at higher 速度(を上げる）s and 巡航するing on the motorway more relaxed.'
Step 支援する in time with the 小型の: The history of Britain's most iconic car
The 初めの 小型の was the brainchild of Sir Alec Issigonis (pictured). The design broke the mould; tiny in dimensions but spacious enough for four 乗客s, it was 目的（とする）d at the 集まりs to 供給する affordable モーターing at a time when the cost of 運動ing had 増大するd for all
An 早期に sketch of the 小型の by its designer, Sir Alec Issigonis. The 目的（とする） was to produce something light, compact in size but roomy inside for 乗客s
A longitudinal cross section of the 1959 Austin Seven 小型の-Minor shows how?Issigonis managed to squeeze the most 内部の space out of the compact dimensions
On 26 August 1959, the 初めの 小型の was 開始する，打ち上げるd to the world.?
Penned by Sir Alec Issigonis, it's a design that broke the mould; tiny in dimensions but spacious enough for four 乗客s, it was 目的（とする）d at the 集まりs to 供給する affordable モーターing at a time when the cost of 運動ing had 増大するd for all.
It still lives on today - be it under the 所有権 of German 巨大（な）s BMW - in the 形態／調整 of a not-so-dinky retro 範囲 that has seen the 伝統的な three-door hatchback joined by a raft of variants, from the SUV 同国人 to sporty クーデター and Roadster models.
While it might not be the same diminutive 初めの that was built to a 予算, its 延長／続編 does mean we can cast an 注目する，もくろむ 支援する 65 years of almost 無傷の 生産／産物 to 示す what is, without 疑問, Britain's - and arguably the world's - most iconic car.
The 開始する，打ち上げる of the 小型の Austin Seven in 1959
The 小型の was （売買）手数料，委託（する）／委員会／権限d by BMC (British モーター 会社／団体) because of the 燃料 不足 原因（となる）d by the 1959 Suez 危機.
石油 was rationed, prices 急に上がるd and typically large British cars became 即時に いっそう少なく 望ましい.
どこかよそで across Europe, 'miniature' model sales started to にわか景気 as 買い手s looked to downsize their 乗り物s and モーターing costs.?
泡 cars in Germany - like the BMW Isetta and?Messerschmitt KRs - became a big 攻撃する，衝突する while Italians flocked to buy the Fiat 500 when it went on sale in 1957.?
Sir Alec Issigonis with the new Austin 小型の. He was （売買）手数料，委託（する）／委員会／権限d to design the small car by BMC (British モーター 会社／団体) because of the 燃料 不足 原因（となる）d by the 1959 Suez 危機
The first of many: The new Austin 7 (Seven) 存在 実験（する）d for 安定 at the Chobham, Surrey, 証明するing ground skid-pan by designer Alec Issigonis
Alec Issigonis, creator of the British モーター 会社／団体 小型の, 運動ing the 1,000,000th 小型の off the 生産／産物 line at the Austin factory at Longbridge, 近づく Birmingham
The tiny dimensions made it incredibly 平易な to 運動 and park. It's still remembered as one of the best-手渡すing cars of all time
Left: Mr H. Kennerley, of Cheshire, 勝利者 of Daily Mail 小型の car 競争. 権利:?Mrs L. Reynold, of Offerton, Stockport, 勝利者 of Daily Mail 小型の car 競争
Mr Donald Dolan, of Kingstanding, Birmingham, 存在 現在のd with the 重要なs to a new 小型の Minor, which he won in a Daily Mail 競争, by ジーンズ Morton, an ITV announcer
Denise Lilly in a Leyland 小型の - a car won as a prize in 競争 at Ideal Home 展示, 1981
Michael Nesmith of pop group The Monkees, with wife Phyllis Nesmith and his new 小型の モーター car
From the 古記録s: Austin-Rover 小型の 25 委員会 give the special-版 小型の 25 the 解除する-off
Thirty years on: The Rover Group 示すd the third １０年間 of the 小型の with this celebratory picture
BMC 大統領，／社長 Sir Leonard Lord 始める，決める out a design 簡潔な／要約する for the car 製造者 to produce its own small-規模 乗り物, which importantly needed to have box-like 測定s, 申し込む／申し出 ample space and - ーするために keep costs 負かす／撃墜する - use an 存在するing powerplant.?
Issigonis, who had been 草案d in for the 事業／計画（する）,?sketched out a design that was a mere ten feet long, four foot seven and a half インチs wide and became the epitome of 'Tardis' design.
That's because にもかかわらず the puny 外部の dimensions, inside the 初めの 小型の was unfathomably roomy - which?was all 負かす／撃墜する to clever architecture.
The oldest remaining? 小型の, the Austin 小型の 1959 (left) pictured with a 小型の 35 SE outside the Longbridge factory in 1994
支援する 見解（をとる） of a 小型の Cooper S owned by Bruce Reynolds who 操るd The 広大な／多数の／重要な Train 強盗 on 8 August 1963
Footballer Kevin Ball photographed with his first 小型の at his Farnham home in the 1980s
非常に／多数の variants of the classic 小型の were produced, 含むing the Clubman and 同国人 広い地所. They all 保持するd the diminutive 特徴... until BMW took over in the late nineties and began producing new 見解／翻訳／版s in the 早期に 2000s
With the tried and 実験（する）d BMC A-Series four-cylinder, water-冷静な／正味のd engine turned through 90 degrees and 機動力のある transversely, and the use of a monocoque instead of a 伝統的な chassis - with the?中断 and engine gearbox 議会s 存在 carried on sub でっちあげる，人を罪に陥れるs - it had 解放する／自由なd up the 大多数 of the cabin floorplan for 乗客 space.
BMC 心配するd that orders would flood in and so, having previewed a 生産／産物 見解／翻訳／版 of the 乗り物 to the 圧力（をかける） in April 1959, had already 組み立てる／集結するd 7,000 examples for the 公式の／役人 開始する，打ち上げる four months later on August 26.
American actor 遺伝子 Barry -?best remembered for his 主要な 役割s in the films The 原子の City (1952) and The War of The Worlds (1953) 同様に as his 描写 of the 肩書を与える characters in the TV series Bat Masterson and Burke's 法律 - pictured sitting in a 小型の
Former prima ballerina, Dame Margot Fonteyn, 行う／開催する／段階 指名する of Margaret Evelyn de Arias, pictured with her 小型の
Lord Frederick Windsor, 13-year-old son of Prince and Princess Michael of Kent, learning to 運動 a 小型の on the Queen's 広い地所, Windsor
Prince Michael of Kent leaving Cambridge Theatre in his 小型の years later
On its introduction it was 申し込む／申し出d under the Austin and Morris 指名するs - as the Seven and 小型の-Minor それぞれ.?
It wasn't until a １０年間 later that 小型の became a marque of its own (though it went 支援する to the Austin 小型の 指名する in 1980).
It was produced at Oxford until 1968 under the 所有権 of BMC before 議会 was moved to Longbridge?近づく Birmingham, where it continued to be built until October 2000 under the guise of British Leyland (1968-1986) and Rover Group (1986-2000).
The 小型の has seen plenty in its 65 years. This 発射 shows a just-衝突，墜落d Mi ni on the A6024 on the Derbyshire/Yorkshire 国境
The 影響 of a 小型の left in 逆転する by the owner in a London roof-最高の，を越す car park. The 乗り物 went straight over the 辛勝する／優位, 上陸 15 foot 負かす／撃墜する on 最高の，を越す of another car below in Old Street
An almost fully 潜水するd 小型の during 激しい 天候 in 1983. This picture was taken in Morecambe
John Cooper (pictured) famously transformed the 小型の into a 競争 car. 業績／成果 見解／翻訳／版s of the roadgoing 小型の have carried his 指名する for years
In total, the classic-形態／調整 小型の went through seven different iterations and 含むd the Traveller, Clubman, 同国人 and 先頭 variants - though all 保持するd the same character, dimensional 決まり文句／製法 and 伝説の design.
Given how responsive it was to 運動 and the 成果／努力s of racing car designer John Cooper, motorsport 業績／成就s also （機の）カム.
Most 著名な of them was the 小型の Cooper S winning the Monte Carlo 決起大会／結集させる in 1964 in the 手渡すs of the late 米，稲 Hopkirk.
The 小型の repeated the feat in Monte Carlo again in 1965 (driven by?Timo M?kinen) and 1967 (Rauno Aaltonen) - and was controversially disqualified from the results after placing first to third in the 1966 event.
Motorsport success was の中で the 業績／成就s of the 小型の, though not for this driver pictured at Brands Hatch in 1965
決起大会／結集させる driver, 米，稲 Hopkirk taking Barbare 城 (Baroness 城) for a spin in his 小型の Cooper S 決起大会／結集させる car that famously took victory at the 1964 Monte Carlo 決起大会／結集させる
Mr Bean, played by Rowan Atkinson, drove a 小型の in the hilarious '90s TV sitcom
A scene from the 1969 film, The Italian 職業, starring Sir Michael Caine. The movie helped to 固く結び付ける the 小型の's 全世界の fanbase
Three 初めの 1960's 小型の coopers, used by 最高位の Pictures to 促進する the 1969 film The Italian 職業
And there was, of course, the car's memorable 外見 と一緒に Sir Michael Caine in the 1969 攻撃する，衝突する caper film, 'The Italian 職業' and its 正規の／正選手 feature in '90s TV sitcom 'Mr Bean' played by Rowan Atkinson, both of which helped to 固く結び付ける its stardom.
Between 1959 and 2000 - when the Rover Group was 結局 broken up by BMW - more than 5.3million classic 小型のs were built.
議会 returned to Oxford in 2001 に引き続いて the 引き継ぎ／買収 by t he German 自動車 巨大（な）s, where it remains today.?
In August 2019,?小型の celebrated the 生産／産物 of the 10 millionth model, 示すd by a 集会 of 60 乗り物s at the Cowley factory - one for every year the car has been 製造（する）d.?
And the 小型の Hatch is still very popular today.
In 2023, it was Britain's seventh most-bought new car, with 小型の 売買業者s selling 33,385 examples.?
Left: The first 小型の モーター car by Austin. 登録 621 AOK is still 存在 used for 宣伝の 目的s by BMW 小型の today. 権利: The same car featured at the British Design 1948-2012 展示 at the V&A, London in 2012
小型の owners celebrating the 50th 周年記念日 of the car 運動 through 水晶 Palace Park at the start of the 年次の London To Brighton 小型の Run on May 17, 2009 in London
Birmingham City 会議 covered this 小型の in flowers as a 焦点の point of the 2011 RHS Tatton Flower Show
The 小型の for the next century: BMW's not-so-小型の has been on sale since 2001 and is 現在／一般に in its third 世代
Certainly not 小型の anymore: For some, the idea of a 小型の 存在 of this size (pictured, the 最新の 同国人) is not fitting of the 指名する
In 2019, 小型の arrange a 会合 of every 世代 of 小型の at 工場／植物 Oxford. It also 示すd the 祝賀 of the 10 millionth model built (前線, green). One car from every year of 生産／産物 from 1959 to 2019 features in this picture, 含むing the very first - the 1959 Morr is 小型の-Minor (前線, white)
The classic returns: British 会社／堅い David Brown 自動推進の is 現在／一般に creating bespoke, high-end, 小型の Remastered models. They 小売 for around £75,000
While they no longer keep to the compact 規模 that made the classic so famous, it is at least fitting that 小型の's bold step into the next 世代 of 乗客 cars - electrification - will continue at 工場／植物 Oxford.
BMW and the UK 政府 will 投資する a 連合させるd £600million to transform the Cowley factory?into an EV 生産／産物 場所／位置 - a move 述べるd by bot h BMW and the 政府 as 'a 信任投票 in Britain' and one that will 保護（する）／緊急輸入制限 a 国家の 自動推進の icon.
The 告示 in September 2023 said the move will 安全な・保証する 4,000 UK 職業s and see the Oxford 場所／位置 become an electric-only 生産／産物 line from 2030.
政府 sources have 拒絶する／低下するd to 始める，決める out the level of taxpayer support 存在 申し込む／申し出d to BMW, but did not 論争 the 以前 報告（する）／憶測d 人物／姿／数字 of £75million.
While the question of whether Alec Issigonis - who died at the age of 81 in October 1988 - would have 認可するd of BMW's 小型の of today will remain unknown, it's testament to his design that many 辞退する to consider the 最新の examples as a 延長／続編 of the much loved and 深い尊敬の念を抱くd 初めの.
New unregistered 小型の 乗り物s are parked at the BMW 小型の car 工場／植物 in Cowley, Oxford, on February 16, 2009
生産／産物 of the 小型の Hatch at the Cowley factory 近づく Oxford. BMW and the UK 政府 will 投資する £600million to transform it into an EV 議会 場所／位置 from 2030 onwards - which is when the brand says it will sell only electric cars
小型の 売買業者s in the UK sold almost 33,400 examples of the three (pictured left) and five-door hatchbacks in 2023. The arrival of the new Cooper C and S 石油s and Cooper E and SE (pictured 権利) EVs should keep it に向かって the 法外な end of the sales chart in 2024 and beyond?
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