Travelers are heavier, panel vans are lighter than sedans. Window-less panelvans are the lightest.....correct

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Respect mine and I'll respect yours.

and with a decent power source this is a bad thing young matty boy

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"Show me the Mini!"

Yep thats the one, I understand it stood on a lawn in Lyons for many years, any more info? I'd love to track down how it came to be in Australia. Your photo is obviously some time before I got it. the white woolly stuff on the back of the seat is a bit grubbier now.



At present I have it stored while I get a workshop and garage built. I've been slowly collecting up parts to restore it, with the aim of making it as correct as possible.

Tim

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1951 Morris Commercial J Type Van
1955 BSA C11G
1961 Morris Mini Traveller
1969 Triumph TR6R
1977 Leyland Moke Californian

PM sent...

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"Show me the Mini!"

Hi Tim, The 'verbal history' that came with my Countryman was that it was a Canbera Based British Embasy car so yours may also be one? If only we could figure out a way to confirm or deny this. Was your car sent to Murray & Charleton (destination Dealer) (of your Heritage Certificate) in Midlesbourough before being sent out to th colonies?

Garry

Hi Garry, yep I got the same story but apart from our cars being built very close together there isn't much else that ties in. Mine was delivered to Derbyshire Motors Limited.

cheers
Tim

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1951 Morris Commercial J Type Van
1955 BSA C11G
1961 Morris Mini Traveller
1969 Triumph TR6R
1977 Leyland Moke Californian

There was a discussion a while back about the British High Commission having a few Travellers to run round in...you and Tim may have found two of these cars

An early owner of Tims car may still be in Canberra and may know more...

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"Show me the Mini!"

does yours have Cooper 7" disks on the front?

I've heard that the high commission cars came with disks

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did I tell you that I won a trophy?

Yeah, I heard that too, probably from the same souce you did. A guy named Russ Shiel?

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Brett Nicholson
Greendale (near Ballan) VIC.
1971 Morris Mini Moke
1966 Austin Mini
1965 Morris Mini Traveller
1973 LR Series 3 88
2007 LR Freelander 2

Mine doesn't but Garry's does. I'm not sure about that one though, 997 Cooper production didn't start until July 1961 so it would have been difficult for them to have sourced the brakes until later. My guess would be that if they did have disk brakes they would have been added after they were delivered.

Tim

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1951 Morris Commercial J Type Van
1955 BSA C11G
1961 Morris Mini Traveller
1969 Triumph TR6R
1977 Leyland Moke Californian

Do you guys have any sales brochures for countryman / travellers? I can email copies of the front covers to you for 5 of the early ones with internal tank , woody and all steel.

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That's why it's good to be.............ME

I would love to have any copies of any Traveller/Countryman information you may have.

[email protected]

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http://s28.photobucket.com/albums/c207/TurboOrangie/

67 Traveller - Needs restoration
www.victoria-chiropractors.ca

I don't know if there is copyright on the BMC information, but if AWOODY hypothetically sent me copies they might look like this. I would also like to hypothetically thank AWOODY.

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http://s28.photobucket.com/albums/c207/TurboOrangie/

67 Traveller - Needs restoration
www.victoria-chiropractors.ca

TurboOrangie,,, have a gork at the trick advertising on the 3rd picture down,,, the whole familly standing around the wagon with all that luggage,,, the dad & mum are only about 4ft tall trying to make the mini look bigger & more roomy

they must breed them short in England hey?

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No offence intended here but--> anyone writing a book about minis 30 years ago may not have experienced such worn or stuffed-with components as we are finding these days.

You should put your heart & soul into everything you do.

I like the "All-steel for safety and strength". Implying that the wooden one is dangerous and weak? Weird really because the wood is just decorative and they are built the same underneath.

Perhaps they should have come clean and said "All-steel 'cos its cheaper to make"

People were a lot smaller in the '60's. In fact I was only about 2ft tall in 1969, and I could fit into the back seat of my Mum's little 850 really easily. I'm almost 6ft now.

Tim

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1951 Morris Commercial J Type Van
1955 BSA C11G
1961 Morris Mini Traveller
1969 Triumph TR6R
1977 Leyland Moke Californian