Ok.

Today we removed the paint from the outside of the body with wire brush.

We have found no signs of body mixing. The only section that was replaced is the right hand side rear wing. It was cut quite creative way.

So the body is 95% one. No welding around the numbers, no replaced roof.

So then what? We have a remote change cut, so Deluxe, Cooper or Cooper S. We dont have left side tank, so not Cooper S. We have a one piece head lining, thus late '64 on. We dont have hydrolastic strenghtening in the boot, so dry suspension.

10950 serial number on the right side of the engine bay, behind the master cylinders.

???

If this is an Australian (or at least an export car - maybe South African for instance) then based on what you have found I would guess it is a poverty pack basic Morris Mini. They replaced the Morris 850 when the sliding window doors were phased out and were a basic model that sat below the Deluxe and Cooper, Cooper S.

I think they were aimed at Government fleets for pool cars etc. However, in Australia I thought these basic Minis retained the magic wand gearchange, not the remote style like a Deluxe. Does the gearshift hole for the remote look original (factory) or has it been roughly cut out? Looking at your photos it does look like a homemade hole, but it is hard to see clearly.

Congratulations on the shell - it looks like it has survived in very good condition and should restore nicely.

Well. Hard to tell 100% as the whole underbody suffered quite badly, but as far as I see now, the hole looks original. It was welded up at a point, and reopened with a chissel at another time. But if You look closely, even the holes for the screws that retain the rubber boot are present. The corners of the cut are round. I would say, it was originaly remote.



On the orher hand we have a few other thing here.

There is a very neat hole on the rear. Maybe an arial. But it is very neat. Quite hard to do such thing in this size with a hand held drill. I am wondering if this could be identified.





The other thing is a set of holes for a flare. These screws are drilled very low. For my eyes unusualy low. It was present on the left rear and right front side. These panels were original to the car.