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PostPosted: Wed Feb 11, 2009 8:13 pm 
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What gauge steel were mini bodies made of in 1970?


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No idea, but it's worse that when they first went into production :roll: .

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Kennomini wrote:
No idea, but it's worse that when they first went into production :roll: .


Absolutely, my first Mini was a '62 850 and it went clunk.. in contrast, my '78 van goes clang.. and my '70 K somewhere in between :lol:

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On my '64 850 (now restored as Redmond, in TME magazine) the floor panel was 1.6mm, I measure it when I cut the rust out.
However, the tinny UK made replacement front floor pans were only 1.0mm. No wonder UK cars rust... :lol:

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On the plus side the later the mini the better power to weight ratio potential it has :lol: .

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Kennomini wrote:
On the plus side the later the mini the better power to weight ratio potential it has :lol: .

This would be true, IF the late ones had any power. But they have no more than a 1275LS, really.
Long live the Cooper S & Clubman GT. 8)

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