I have a blind clubby van that only has the body number no complience plate can you tell from the body number what year your mini was made?????




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does it have a wiper motor ...

or on the boot latch

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post up the body number and we can help a bit more

EDIT// just most of the start of it,,

eg ..


YG2S7 71 clubby
021D2S2M10 74 clubby
022D2S1M09 77 clubby

(reading from spare compliance plates i have)

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the front of my mini van is off a mini k a 71 modle but has a clubby body so it has had a transplant and has a mini k gear put in the engine bay

(thats how i found it a wreck with a k front on it)

it was a wreck sitting in a scrap yard nearly all parts missing restoring her to former glory

ohhhh

forget what i said

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Are you sure it is a modified car and not a late K with the clubby door handles

Cheers
Steve

But still - as Cushy said - does it have a wiper motor - there should be a date on that. Does it still have the rear doors ?? have a lock on the locks on those.

Also - if you bought it from a wrecking yard (reputable - such as Holmwood) they should have given you a reciept with the title details. This a legal requirement and that should include all Model and body ID details.

it has the rear doors still but and has a 71 wiper motor my brother says that it is off a mini k with lift up doors???

yes im sure its a clubby, it has a clubby dash panel

i could not find any numbers on the rear door lock but i found a number on the rear door hinges and it is km 2577-5,km 2577-6 is that any help???

Swapping a complete front is a fairly major job - not just a weekends work.
Most people don't have a spot welder and there would be signs of drilling out the old spot welds on the firewall and welding in the new engine bay walls

There would also be signs that it has been reprayed - maybe the whole van or just the front end - there would be signs anyway.

Those late 60's and early 70's were heyclon days for BMC and Leyland with all sorts of things being done. Its quite possible that you have a round nosed clubby van from the factory. The reason is that comercial vehicles such as a mini van were not high on the sales list, the laws concerning safety issues were coming into effect and that included burst proof doors (clubby style). The factory being what is was then - used up old parts before going onto new fronts. Maybe you have a very rare and potentially valuable mini van.

sick.... gullwings....

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my body number on the van is MV 21 1262 does that help?????