http://www.miniforheritage.com/

Please keep this clean and not turn it into a Bini bashing exercise , more a friendly discussion .

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cynical attempt to reduce the road tax burden to encourage Malaysians to by binis If the original bini is good enough to stand on its own as a classic car, there would be no need to drag the original into the discussion.

It would be like Toyota applying to allow current model Corollas to be allowed on club plates because of the 40 year history of the Corolla in Australia.

kind of makes me sick really

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66 Mini Minor sponsored by http://www.lifeonthehedge.com.au/ The Dog Harness Specialists
It was a pleasure ausmini. I'll miss all you misfits and reprobates

hope BINI dont get it .

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PrOuDlY aSkInG qUeStIoNs FoR uR aMuEsMeNt

Oh, this is just taking things too far!!

I suppose VW deserve Heritage status on the New Beetle too?

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Brett Nicholson
Greendale (near Ballan) VIC.
1971 Morris Mini Moke
1966 Austin Mini
1965 Morris Mini Traveller
1973 LR Series 3 88
2007 LR Freelander 2

Basically it's just an advertising gimick to get the brand noticed , but I still can't see why they would even bother with it ... Maybe Malaysia has the easiest laws , otherwise they'd be trying it in England where all the 50th hype will be . Wonder if Fiat will try it too with the new 500 as Brett suggested with the beetle ? then again , how about the Falcon too ...

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... or the Land Rover Defender.

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Brett Nicholson
Greendale (near Ballan) VIC.
1971 Morris Mini Moke
1966 Austin Mini
1965 Morris Mini Traveller
1973 LR Series 3 88
2007 LR Freelander 2

Actually Land Rover would probably be the most likely and acceptible of all of them .

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Yes, your are right. It's the only car I can think of thats 40 years old and shares at least some components with the first model. Okay, maybe add Morgans as well.

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Brett Nicholson
Greendale (near Ballan) VIC.
1971 Morris Mini Moke
1966 Austin Mini
1965 Morris Mini Traveller
1973 LR Series 3 88
2007 LR Freelander 2

Unlike most 50 year old cars the Ford Falcon has evolved slowly from the very first model that came out in 1959. There was only ever one true all new Falcon all the rest have been evolutions of the previous model.
I wonder if there are any bits from the first model in the current model? I would almost bet that some bolts are the same.

Hmm, maybe some bolts would be the same, but I doubt it.

There are around 5300 parts that make up a VW Beetle (classic). Even though many parts look identical, they are not. There is only one part is the same on all Beetles - the rubber seal for the front bonnet, and even that must be cut to length as the earlier cars had a larger bonnet than the later ones.

Cheers,

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Brett Nicholson
Greendale (near Ballan) VIC.
1971 Morris Mini Moke
1966 Austin Mini
1965 Morris Mini Traveller
1973 LR Series 3 88
2007 LR Freelander 2

I know that some of the Ford bolts were the same after 40 years, so another 10 is not out of the question.
Actually some of the bolts in Ford motors are a lot older than the Falcon.
Does the current Falcon still run the same Z9 oil filter?

Our AU-II does...

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DrMini- 1970 wasaMatic 1360, Mk1S crank, 86.6HP (ATW) =~125 @ crank, 45 Dellorto (38 chokes), RE282 sprint cam, 1.5 rockers, 11.0:1 C/R.

Oh dear. Seems you all missed the point.

It is quite clearly only an advertising gimmick designed to get people talking about the brand.

Did everyone miss the little disclaimer at the bottom of the page? "Application for promotional purposes only".

Got you all talking about it though, didn't it.

And it's not even April Fools day.

Cheers,
Watto the Enlightened

No , not everyone missed it Was a bit of fun

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I didn't miss it, but it still pissed me off anyway! Waste of money and time.

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Brett Nicholson
Greendale (near Ballan) VIC.
1971 Morris Mini Moke
1966 Austin Mini
1965 Morris Mini Traveller
1973 LR Series 3 88
2007 LR Freelander 2