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mattywood
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any minis older than this on getting around? I heard early mini had problems with the welds cracking on the rims. Pity about the single leading cylinder brakes. New car.

http://www.ausmini.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=34545 :)

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I heard early rims were rivetted and they had problems :D

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How sure is he of the age ? Need to see the lower part of the seat frames and a few other things to see if it's really early and also the body number to verify it's age . Have a look in the members mini gallery , someones just posted pic's of a very early 850 , it's got the early post mount seats for reference .

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sports850 wrote:
it's got the early post mount seats for reference .

Is this the bit you mean?
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Photo link doesn't work I'm affraid , even when trying to view the picture in a new window .

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lol i bought my mini from the same people, that is his dads car.
very good condition.
they maintained both well thats why i snapped this one up
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sports850 wrote:
Photo link doesn't work I'm affraid , even when trying to view the picture in a new window .


Fixed now

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9YaTaH wrote:
I heard early rims were rivetted and they had problems :D

Very early Minis had very thin wheel centres, about 1.6mm, rivetted. They were replaced ~1962? by the later thicker ones, which were still rivetted. Spot welding came in later, around 1964 I think.
The problem with early ones isn't the rivets- it's the wheel nuts tear through the wheel centre. I know this `coz I was a passenger in my mate's old 850, we completely lost a wheel. :shock:

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Try this. http://www.ausmini.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=34550

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Looks good. 8) (if you like white boxes with red X's) 8)
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mattywood wrote:
Try this. http://www.ausmini.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=34550


This is the one I was talking about which is a very early 850 , are the seats the same in the one you're talking about or conventional ?

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sports850 wrote:
This is the one I was talking about which is a very early 850 , are the seats the same in the one you're talking about or conventional ?


not sure I live in sydney the car is 3 and 1/2 hrs drive away

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My 1960 850 import is my daily.. doesn't have original rims though :).
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