Does anyone have any pictures of the original handbook or "Passport to service" that came with a mini when purchased back in the day?

I have both for the sports850 and can put pics up in an hour or so , what sort of pics are you after , cover or any particular shots ?

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This is the drivers handbook and passsport to service that came with the sports850 , interestingly the drivers handbook is a UK publication and shows all the UK models (Morris mini minor , Morris SUper mini minor .....) but has a couple of Australian pages stuck in . The passport to service is an Australian publication and fortuanately has survived with a lot of usable info such as the 3 previous owners details . I'm wondering if anyone knows of the original owner , Mrs Martha Webb who lived in 11 Cutlers Rd Balgowlah when she bought it 15/02/63 , Mrs Pamela Whyman of 12 Millwood Ave Chatswood (don't know when , they didn't date the book when they bought it) or the family I bought it off , Mrs Robyn Hill , 21 Templeton Cres , Baulkham Hills . They bought it 29/10/79 and I bought it from them in early 1992 , just got to find the receipt for the exact date .....

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here is mine as well. with accompanying morris propaganda!

And I was thinking my passport to service was tatty ..... How many different 850 brochures do you have deleted ?

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I was thinking your passport to service was tatty too!! And you were thinking mine was tattier?? ... geeze

I think i have just the one brochure, but its pretty sweet! It has maybe 10 colour page images and lots of completely bias info as well as some times from rob roy.

If its rare or somthing i do have a scanner so if people would like to know just how 'incredible' morris 850 is.. just let me know.

(also remove that awful wreck from my property please)

Awful wreck from your property ????

I'm trying to figure out how many 850 brochures were used by Australian dealers , I have the one you showed , plus these three (the wizardry on wheels is technically an English brochure but it was used by dealers here at the start of mini sales ) , anyone else know of any others ?

The incredible morris 850



The inside information on the morris 850 which inside features the 101 top selling features ... Including such features as "83 Concealed illumination for speedometer dial " and "24 Direct central floor change gear lever " ....



Wizardry on wheels that starts as a standard sized brochure and opens out to this ...







Sorry for the hijack scotta_74

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Here is some of my collection

1) TP 757a. Early Deluxe 1965.


2) TP 757b. Early Cooper S Late 1965.


3) TP 828A. Early Clubman 1971.


4) 1038. Brochure that came with TP757a in 1965.


5) TP 706J. Morris 1100 and 1100S late 1967.


6) TP 865. Pre-Production handbook for the Force7V 1974.


7) AKM 5596. Montego 1985.


8) AKD 3891 G. UK Cooper and Cooper S handbook.


Sorry about posting non-mini handbooks but I thought I should keep them all in one place!

These are mine from purchase date of 18/08/1965

that austin montego looks like a r31 skyline!

Do you want to buy one?

The claim that the morris 850 is like a big car on the inside is apparantly true. I can't say becasue I drive me mini only and my family (besides the other mini) drive Land Rovers. But according to a dude who drive a celica who is a mate of a mate of mine.."it's pretty big inside."

But I diagree with the 850 being 'big in performance' and 'big in comfort'...

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1964 Morris 850, 1330 Supercharged - 81.8hp atws.
1975 Leyland Mini S 1100S powered - Nice and reliable.
1977 Leyland Mini LS - Project LS-T

for the time, compared to other small cars tho

performance as in the whole package , handling and power to weight ratio , it was against some average performers and outshone them like you wouldn't believe ....

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i had a mate with a celica too, who reckoned there was more room in my car than his.

also, no i dont want to buy one, the montego looks like a r31 which looks like a volvo 740, as much as i love volvos. 740 = ugly

hehe