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DRB33N
PostPosted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 10:31 am 
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A 1962 Morris 850, unregistered since 1986, located in Canberra. I spent the whole day to buy this car, drove down to Canberra in the borrowed V6 Commadore Ute and Uhaul hire trailer. She cost me $2000 and will be my future project.

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Nice find... 8)

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Geez, she looks straight for $2k.

Nice work.

Any future plans???

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Wow!!! 850's with orginal everything are hard to find these days. Some say more so than Cooper S's :wink:

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Stuwey wrote:
Geez, she looks straight for $2k.

Nice work.

Any future plans???


I will get to work on her after I do my european trip next year, as to what I am going to do is undecided, she does need a fair bit of work, the undercarriage is need of attention, exhaust is completely rusted out, the rubber boot on the front driftshaft has split open and who knows how long its been like that for.

I always believed that early minis only came with Hydro suspension but this 850 has rubber cones so I assume that somewhere down the track the owner replaced them.

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My 1960 850 has rubber and not hydro I found out the other day when I went down to get the non exsistant hydro pumped up :oops:.

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nice buy! shame about the screw on flares.... :lol: looking at the pics, me thinks it had wider wheels at one stage.
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my sisters 63 850 has rubber aswell. i think hydro started around 67

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850s were dry, the Deluxe had hydro.
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Brilliant looking car. Great to see another 850 being restored :)

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59-64 dry cone 64-71/72 hydro

great looking little car

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Well done. Another 850 soon to grace the roads :)
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How'd we let that one escape ?

Where are the border controls when you need them... :wink:

Nice find....

And I spent the Saturday driving to Narrandera and back to check one out...
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MINImal effort wrote:
How'd we let that one escape ?

Where are the border controls when you need them... :wink:

Nice find....

And I spent the Saturday driving to Narrandera and back to check one out...


Well I hope the visit wasn't a total loss Ken....did you get to play the big guitar :?: :D

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MINImal effort wrote:
And I spent the Saturday driving to Narrandera and back to check one out...


My wife worked in Narranderra for a year. I flew out there every second week and stayed the weekend.

Beautiful clean air, wide open spaces, whisper quiet at night.......brilliant!

Just don't drink at the 'top pub' at night :shock: interesting locals.......

So what was that red roundy like then?
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