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- Wed Jan 28, 2015 12:54 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: period car accessories
- Replies: 66
- Views: 13443
Re: period car accessories
Even that anti-mist panel refered to earlier......[frame][/frame]
- Wed Jan 28, 2015 12:51 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: period car accessories
- Replies: 66
- Views: 13443
Re: period car accessories
.....a badge bar, switch panel, wheel discs, seat covers seat belts......[frame][/frame]
- Wed Jan 28, 2015 12:48 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: period car accessories
- Replies: 66
- Views: 13443
Re: period car accessories
Inside it: A roofrack, small tool kit, foot pump and tyre pressure gauge, various extra lights........[frame][/frame]
- Wed Jan 28, 2015 12:46 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: period car accessories
- Replies: 66
- Views: 13443
Re: period car accessories
When the cars were supplied new BMC provided owners with this little booklet of "Approved Accessories" to tempt you [frame][/frame]
- Wed Jan 28, 2015 7:37 am
- Forum: Bodywork
- Topic: M Hub Caps, High Dome or Flater Dome for years?
- Replies: 2
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Re: M Hub Caps, High Dome or Flater Dome for years?
Stainless steel hubcaps were certainly factory fitted to some Minor 1000s. I can't tell you when changes took place but our 1961 Minor 1000 traveller had stainless steel hubcaps from new and a 1967 one had chrome plated ones. In a similar way, the material for the grille surround trim mouldings chan...
- Wed Jan 28, 2015 7:27 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: It's gone crazy
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2808
Re: It's gone crazy
Here you go.... http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mini-Pickup-rolling-shell-/261735801329?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item3cf0ab61f1 It isn't as easy as you think :-? That isn't and never was a Mini Pick-up. That is a Mini Clubman Estate with the back altered, the quick way of telling is that it has interna...
- Tue Jan 27, 2015 6:54 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: It's gone crazy
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2808
Re: It's gone crazy
Supply and demand? That's what it is. Simple as that. We used to have Mini pick-ups at work. I think they cost about £400 brand new and they were used and given as much respect as a wheelbarrow. That's why there are so few left now, which is why they're valuable. Added to which, professional restor...
- Sun Jan 25, 2015 12:26 pm
- Forum: Do you know....?
- Topic: Confused about my series II
- Replies: 17
- Views: 6063
Re: Confused about my series II
It rather sounds as if your car has had the identity of an older one swapped onto it at some time. This is not uncommon and was probably done in order to sell/transfer the registration number of a car which only existed in the form of documentation...... Why whoever did that then sold the car on wit...
- Fri Jan 23, 2015 9:20 am
- Forum: Do you know....?
- Topic: Confused about my series II
- Replies: 17
- Views: 6063
Re: Confused about my series II
The best way to tell will be from the chassis number. Also, check that the number stamped into the alloy plate on the bulkhead is the same as the number stamped into the steel bulkhead on the car itself. According to reference books the earliest chassis number for the facelifted 4door cars like your...
- Tue Jan 20, 2015 11:41 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: A car for the family to enjoy
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3853
Re: A car for the family to enjoy
I broadly agree with what has been said by others. You would be very lucky to find a genuinely good traveller for £3-4000 now. Most in that price range require a bit of work which is hard to find the time to do when you have a young family. A traveller even in the best condition requires more mainte...
- Sun Jan 04, 2015 9:37 am
- Forum: Other
- Topic: how can i get the original reg number back
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2043
Re: how can i get the original reg number back
The DVLA will only be able to re-allocate the original plate if it hasn't been sold. If, as you say, you know it HAS been then it belongs to someone else. If it doesn't show up as being on a vehicle then it is probably being held on a retention certificate by the current owner? It certainly won't hu...
- Wed Dec 17, 2014 1:26 pm
- Forum: Do you know....?
- Topic: How accurate are Minor books...?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3339
Re: How accurate are Minor books...?
New models (or new colours etc) tended to be introduced at the Motor Show which always took place in October. Therefore, yes, the 1958 range would have been introduced in October 1957
- Fri Dec 12, 2014 10:29 pm
- Forum: Mechanical
- Topic: speedo
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2870
Re: speedo
MY girlfriend doesn't even HAVE a speedodalebrignall wrote:my girlfriends speedo does not work correctally
- Tue Dec 09, 2014 8:16 am
- Forum: Do you know....?
- Topic: How many Minors are left?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3507
Re: How many Minors are left?
There is another issue too which will lead to inaccuracies. A couple of years ago I bought a very rusty Minor 1000 saloon and stripped it for useful spares. I got a local scrapman to remove the remains of the shell and tried to send the V5 document to the DVLA, as you used to previously, with a box ...
- Tue Dec 09, 2014 8:04 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: how do i date my car?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 6127
Re: how do i date my car?
I think somebody is simply confusing the body number and the chassis number. The car itself is plainly a 1956 (or thereabouts) Series11 Minor and so is the chassis number you've quoted, so I don't really see why there should be any confusion :-? If the stamped chassis number on the engine bay bulkhe...
- Mon Dec 08, 2014 7:57 am
- Forum: Electrical
- Topic: 1962 indicators upgrade
- Replies: 12
- Views: 3986
Re: 1962 indicators upgrade
BUT be prepared for other drivers regularly hooting at you, shaking their fists and shouting because they didn't realise that the interrupted red brakelight was your direction indicator :-? . I soon got fed up with that arrangement on mine and fitted orange flashers just like the previous owner of y...
- Sun Dec 07, 2014 9:52 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Series 2 travellers do you know of any now or in the past?
- Replies: 36
- Views: 11083
Re: Series 2 travellers do you know of any now or in the past?
There were no photos on the listing when I first spotted it. The car doesn't look as bad in the pictures as I was expecting.
Looks quite a decent project doesn't it. I'm almost tempted! Shame the original reg number is no longer with it.
I'm sure that could be brought back to life fairly easily.
Looks quite a decent project doesn't it. I'm almost tempted! Shame the original reg number is no longer with it.
I'm sure that could be brought back to life fairly easily.
- Sun Dec 07, 2014 9:47 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: VIN NUMBER
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1700
Re: VIN NUMBER
The chassis number (what is nowadays refered to as a VIN (vehicle identification number) is stamped into a metal plate which is then screwed onto the engine bay bulkhead. Obviously this can be removed easily. The same number is also stamped into the bodyshell either onto the bulkhead below the screw...
- Sun Dec 07, 2014 9:42 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Please shed some light on my Traveller
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3164
Re: Please shed some light on my Traveller
The traveller was never factory produced in that way. Are you in Sydney Australia? It's just possible your car was based on a van chassis & cab and the body was produced locally.
- Fri Dec 05, 2014 10:01 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Series 2 travellers do you know of any now or in the past?
- Replies: 36
- Views: 11083
Re: Series 2 travellers do you know of any now or in the past?
Another one listed on ebay auction now (item no: 171569130372). Requires restoration. 1956. Beige. Registration no: AAS 569 which is a later, re-issued, non-transferable plate. For sale in Princes Risborough.
Do you know of this one?
Do you know of this one?