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PostPosted: Sun Nov 11, 2018 8:43 am 
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cooperess wrote:
That's probably week 49 1994!!

I agree. Week followed by year is the usual format in the automotive industry.

So early December 1994.

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PostPosted: Sun Nov 11, 2018 12:22 pm 
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And they might have parts like that lying around for weeks before they were fitted to a car

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PostPosted: Tue Nov 13, 2018 11:39 am 
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very interesting regarding compliance, I am having issues getting mine through as mine is an spi like yours fitted with an earlier engine like yours....


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PostPosted: Tue Nov 13, 2018 11:51 am 
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Craigb77 wrote:
very interesting regarding compliance, I am having issues getting mine through as mine is an spi like yours fitted with an earlier engine like yours....


What issues are you having


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PostPosted: Tue Nov 13, 2018 12:40 pm 
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I am still nutting through my issues and now looking for another VASS guy to inspect my car and give it its compliance plate. I brought my mini into Aus from the UK under the "personal import scheme" and don't think the guys i used knew a thing about old minis. basically he was saying my car wouldn't comply as the emission control system was modified from the year of vehicle manufacture. mine is an SPI converted to Carby with no cat as original spec to the 1991 mini cooper it came from.

yours does sound dodge and in some way devalues your car. :shock:


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PostPosted: Tue Nov 13, 2018 1:18 pm 
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Craigb77 wrote:
I am still nutting through my issues and now looking for another VASS guy to inspect my car and give it its compliance plate. I brought my mini into Aus from the UK under the "personal import scheme" and don't think the guys i used knew a thing about old minis. basically he was saying my car wouldn't comply as the emission control system was modified from the year of vehicle manufacture. mine is an SPI converted to Carby with no cat as original spec to the 1991 mini cooper it came from.

yours does sound dodge and in some way devalues your car. :shock:
Emissions controls are related to the year of manufacture of the vehicle, not the engine. Some states try to apply later emissions requirements to engine conversions, but that's another issue altogether.

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PostPosted: Tue Nov 13, 2018 1:22 pm 
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Compliance is tough!


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PostPosted: Tue Nov 13, 2018 4:40 pm 
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"....The car remains, and can be identified as, a 1994 rover mini cooper, but with the benefit of being able to be put on club plates woohoo!.."

Eeerrrrm as long as you can convince the Club Registrar (who is likely to be quite knowledgeable about these things) to perjure themselves and certify that its more than 30 years old....

Hopefully you don't belong to a Mini club ;)

Cheers, Ian


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PostPosted: Tue Nov 13, 2018 8:15 pm 
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Doing an old mini up with new running gear, arches and some stripes isn’t that unusual


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