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New mini is now for sale
so tomarrow i'm suppost to go pick up a shell and a bunch of parts......hopefully......i will post picks after i get her home 
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race mini...what you buyin the parts....lol....im just gonna do a simple easy get it together, paint and drive.....nothing to crazy......low budget.....i dont make much money so i cant afford the fancy smancy stuff.....
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if i was able to build my own subframe and make all the stuff work without it costing what the kit cost to convert to vtec, i would do it.....but simple and easy is fine by me
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What's your plan for it? Are you doing a restoration and taking the whole thing back to original, stock condition or are you going to get creative and paint it... I dunno... fuschia?
Congrats! I'm really excited for you!
Congrats! I'm really excited for you!
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if you have the money,i can build it...lol.....i have someone coming by Wednesday to help me better identify, and from that i will make the decision on how to handle this mini
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Now that is a "light" fixer.
If not flames, how about a Greased Lightning effect? Or maybe some airbrushed tatoo art...or a Starsky and Hutch red with white z stripe...Imagox might be onto to something here. Why settle for simple over the sublime...deep manly style stuff. I saw an obese shirtless fellow driving a jet boat with a blower on some chromed V8 once and the back of his boat said, "Suck my wake". Couldn't you make this a Mini with that sort of edge?
If not flames, how about a Greased Lightning effect? Or maybe some airbrushed tatoo art...or a Starsky and Hutch red with white z stripe...Imagox might be onto to something here. Why settle for simple over the sublime...deep manly style stuff. I saw an obese shirtless fellow driving a jet boat with a blower on some chromed V8 once and the back of his boat said, "Suck my wake". Couldn't you make this a Mini with that sort of edge?
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Hey Norm,
There is a bunch of info on my website that might be useful to you. here is some info that might help you:
There is a bunch of info on my website that might be useful to you. here is some info that might help you:
Mini Chassis/VIN Numbers and Commission Numbers 1959 - 1980
1959 Through September 1969 – English Built
The general format for these early cars is:
A-A2S7L-###A
First position (“A” in the above example):
A = Austin (other than Cooper and S)
C = Austin Cooper or Austin Cooper S
K = Morris Cooper or Cooper S
M =Morris
R = Riley
W = Wolseley
C = Austin Cooper or Austin Cooper S
K = Morris Cooper or Cooper S
M =Morris
R = Riley
W = Wolseley
Second position (also “A” in the above example):
= A series engine. Any standard Mini engine for the period:
848cc
970cc Cooper S
997cc Cooper
998cc Cooper and non-Cooper
1071cc Cooper S
1275cc Cooper S
970cc Cooper S
997cc Cooper
998cc Cooper and non-Cooper
1071cc Cooper S
1275cc Cooper S
Third position(s) (“2S” in the above example):
= Body type:
2S = 2-door saloon/sedan. Caution: bureaucratic bungles often interpret this as 25 (twenty-five)
B = Moke (“Buckboard”!)
U = Pick-up. Caution: U and V can be mistaken one for the other.
V = Panel van. Caution: U and V can be mistaken one for the other.
W = Estate (with or without wood). Officially, “Dual-purpose”
B = Moke (“Buckboard”!)
U = Pick-up. Caution: U and V can be mistaken one for the other.
V = Panel van. Caution: U and V can be mistaken one for the other.
W = Estate (with or without wood). Officially, “Dual-purpose”
Fourth position (“7” in the above example):
= Series of Austin, or Morris, etc.:
1 = Mk I Riley Elf, Wolseley Hornet, and Austin/Morris Moke
2 = Mk II Riley Elf or Wolseley Hornet
3 = Mk III Riley Elf or Wolseley Hornet
4 = Mk I Morris
6 = Mk II Morris
7 = Mk I Austin
B = Mk II Austin
2 = Mk II Riley Elf or Wolseley Hornet
3 = Mk III Riley Elf or Wolseley Hornet
4 = Mk I Morris
6 = Mk II Morris
7 = Mk I Austin
B = Mk II Austin
Fifth position (“L” in the above example):
D = De-Luxe.
L = Left hand drive. Right hand drive was not designated
S = Super De-Luxe
L = Left hand drive. Right hand drive was not designated
S = Super De-Luxe
Number positions (“###” in the above example):
= The sequential build number:
The first car at Longbridge was number 101, as was the first at Cowley. From then on, each factory continued with their own number sequence regardless of the model; e.g., Saloon, Van, etc. In other words, each model did not start at 101 and maintain its own sequence. Saloons and Vans, etc., are mixed in the number sequence along with the Cooper and Cooper S models.
The number sequence was into seven digits, #######, by the end of September 1969.
Last position (“A” in the above example):
= Assembly plant. Officially, “Internal Use Only”
This seems to be used inconsistently on English built cars and it is understood that the car was built at the “normal” factory if the letter is left off; e.g., an Austin, Riley or Wolseley at Longbridge may or may not have an A after the sequence number.
Yes, there were Austin Minis built at the Morris plant in Cowley and Morris Minis built at the Austin plant in Longbridge.
Note that all English built Cooper and Cooper S models (Austin and Morris) as well as Riley Elf and Wolseley Hornet models were built at the Longbridge, Austin plant.
A = Longbridge
M = Cowley
M = Cowley
Examples:
A-A2S7-123456 (or A-A2S7-123456A)
A right hand drive, Mk I, Austin Mini Saloon built at Longbridge
A right hand drive, Mk I, Austin Mini Saloon built at Longbridge
M-A2S6-1234567 (or M-A2S6-1234567M)
A right hand drive, Mk II, Morris Mini Saloon built at Cowley
A right hand drive, Mk II, Morris Mini Saloon built at Cowley
C-A2S7L-123456
A left hand drive, Mk I, Austin Cooper or Cooper S
A left hand drive, Mk I, Austin Cooper or Cooper S
R-A2S2-123456
A right hand drive, Mk II, Riley Elf
A right hand drive, Mk II, Riley Elf
A-AB1L-123456
A left hand drive, Austin Moke
A left hand drive, Austin Moke
M-AU4-123456
A right hand drive, Mk I Morris Pick-up
A right hand drive, Mk I Morris Pick-up
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thanks Jolt, Just had Minimad come by and he spent some time with his mini bible and here is what he found out " i have a LHD 62 Austin Cooper, that would have been Old English White, with a Black roof, Red carpet, red and grey vynle seats, 997cc motor ....the car is salvagable and will make a nice driver and hold its value well in the future. Not many true early Mini Coopers left."
so after all that, i will try to keep it close to original during the restoration
so after all that, i will try to keep it close to original during the restoration
