minor lowlite

[Muzzman]

Giday All from New Zealand, I have this 2door lowlite, just wanting to confirm what I have , the following is the number ect on the bulk head plate,an anyone shed some light on what I have , Im sure its a 1950 , : type mnr/syn , car type : smm/72011,engine # 70938, it has had an engine change to a ohv, 10wA-0-L21604 is this a 998 ?. thanks for your help. cheers Muzz

[MM1949]

Hi Muzz,
Looking at an old series MM register car list the chassis number is in the chassis number range of 1950 manufacture. It would have had a USHM sidevalve engine originally, as you said the engine has been swapped out for an OHV engine.
Hope this helps

[geoberni]

Hi Muzzman
It never ceases to amaze me how many people seem to mention 998cc engines with regard Minors; because as far as I'm aware, the A Series 970, 997 and 998cc engines were only ever used on the Transverse gearbox of the Mini etc. Unless Au/NZ production was different.

But typos aside, back to your questions.
MM1949 has answered almost everything, except to say that a 10WA prefix indicates that it is a 1098cc, intended for Wolseley, type A (whatever that means, type could be anything A to Z)and the O is for Overdrive fitted.
The L is for Low Compression.

This engine number decoding info is available on a few car websites, but often has gaps because they only list the info relative to their car, ie, Mini Engines.
I find this list to be the most comprehensive, from The MGA Guru.

https://mgaguru.com/mgtech/engine/be100.htm

For decoding the bulkhead plate, and other useful info, see this website: http://potteries.mmoc.org.uk/Identification.htm
The Caveat being that Australian assembled cars have a different plate and added an extra bit to the car number.
I don't know if NZ had anything similar.

[Muzzman]

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thank you for your help , I can now advertise it with confidence .

[don58van]

Its not hard to see that he is from the antipodes

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[MM1949]

[Muzzman]

Apologies for the pic upside-down the satellite must have been late in picking it up lol

[geoberni]

Apologies for the pic upside-down the satellite must have been late in picking it up lol

I couldn't cope with that....

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