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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| Author: | mattywood [ Mon Aug 06, 2007 6:12 pm ] |
| Post subject: | any minis older than this on getting around? |
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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| Author: | 9YaTaH [ Mon Aug 06, 2007 6:21 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Welds? |
I heard early rims were rivetted and they had problems 
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| Author: | sports850 [ Mon Aug 06, 2007 6:22 pm ] |
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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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| Author: | mattywood [ Mon Aug 06, 2007 6:49 pm ] |
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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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| Author: | sports850 [ Mon Aug 06, 2007 7:04 pm ] |
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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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| Author: | min-E [ Mon Aug 06, 2007 7:25 pm ] |
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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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| Author: | mattywood [ Mon Aug 06, 2007 7:30 pm ] |
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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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| Author: | sports850 [ Mon Aug 06, 2007 8:07 pm ] |
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Still not working for me 
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| Author: | drmini in aust [ Mon Aug 06, 2007 8:29 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Welds? |
9YaTaH wrote: I heard early rims were rivetted and they had problems
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. 
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| Author: | mattywood [ Mon Aug 06, 2007 8:32 pm ] |
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Try this. http://www.ausmini.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=34550 |
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| Author: | Morris 1100 [ Mon Aug 06, 2007 8:33 pm ] |
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Looks good.  (if you like white boxes with red X's)
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| Author: | sports850 [ Mon Aug 06, 2007 8:46 pm ] |
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mattywood 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 ? |
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| Author: | mattywood [ Mon Aug 06, 2007 9:05 pm ] |
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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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| Author: | Shard [ Tue Aug 07, 2007 9:41 am ] |
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My 1960 850 import is my daily.. doesn't have original rims though .
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