I have a 71 Austin mini that has a fiberglass hood with no reinforcements and the gelcoat is cracking causing the paint to crack and chip. I'm located in southern Indiana and looking for a steel replacement.

Also, it's a MK1 hood/bonnet without the lip.

 

I think you mean its a mk3 with the lip removed as mk1 hoods have the hinges set in closer together

this is a mk3 hood/Bonnet


this is a mk1......sorry no bonnet

 

ummm

well maybe like me your original steel has been replaced by glass in the MK1 configuration.

You can get a steel MK1 bonnet from just about any decent Mini parts dealer.

Try Seven
http://www.7ent.com/detail.cfm?pageid=3660


and MiniMania for starters http://www.minimania.com/web/Item/24A1182/InvDetail.cfm

 

[quote=Capt_bj;3189648]ummm

well maybe like me your original steel has been replaced by glass in the MK1 configuration.

You can get a steel MK1 bonnet from just about any decent Mini parts dealer.

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BUT a mk3 body has different hinge location to a mk1 body see pics above....DERRRRR

 

you can get a MK3 hood without the lip to allow a MK1 grille from any good mini parts supplier. i have on on my mini

 

[quote=mk1leg;3189651]only matter if you use hinges . . .

mine is pinned on as seen in the picture

 

Ok, my mini body still has the mk3 hinge locations, but the hood/bonnet is pinned at all 4 corners...

I'd just assume keep it that way as far as the hood pins. Thanks for the education on mk1/mk3 as i'm new/newer to classic mini's.

 

So .. you have steel fenders but a glass bonnet that's pinned in?

I have glass for everything front of the seams . . . well 'cept the electrics and the grill of course. But the fenders are replaced by what most install as a flip front, with a sep' bonnet piece.

The bonnet comes off in seconds and the whole front clip comes off in about 2 minutes

 

Yea, that's what I have. The fenders were also welded/filled and de-seamed, but they forgot to do the rest of the car at the same time. My guess is there was a dent/dents and that was the cheapest fix...