Nice rare fuel caps
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Leyland-Mini ... 19cc2faa58

Nice, but WOW
> $1,000 for a pair of incomplete non-locking petrol caps is a big ask!

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Too many cars, and too little time.

The seller has been unloading his collection of BMC/Leyland stuff for a while now. He managed to grab a lot of prototype stuff when the Zetland factory was closing.
He seems a nice bloke, I bought some stuff from him a while back.

jeez, you'd want some proof wouldn't you

Even with proof what good are they, no good putting them on a GT, they didn't have them.

All they can ever be is a prototype that never went into production, curiosity value only.

Not that I would pay it but I reckon a grand for a gear knob would be better value, at least it would be useful.

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1964 998cc Cooper
1971 Mini K x 2
1972 Clubman GT

I think he sold the styling diagrams and blueprints for the fuel caps previously.
They are the real deal. I know that they were never used but still it would make a nice ornament.

A month ago he was selling prototype badges for the Marina before they were going to be called the Marina.

A while back he was selling P82 stuff including the 1:5 scale styling model. (The P82 was the replacement for the Marina which was going to have an alloy V6)

I am caught between the devil and the deep on this one. They are actually artifacts of Australian automotive history and belong in a museum for all to see and be properly preserved.

However, at that price I guess they are not going to just corrode away in somebody's workshop cupboard. We all need money from time to time and I guess we all sell things we wish we didn't have to becuase of fiscal needs.

Mike

exactly, but a grand

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1964 998cc Cooper
1971 Mini K x 2
1972 Clubman GT

well,,, i don`t know the history of the GT fuel caps, but if morris 1100 knows them to be the real deal then i will go with that... & also because i do know 'some" history of the P82 & if this guy has/had some P82 stuff then i expect he would be the real deal for sure, becuase where else would you get that stuff???

so,,,, if i had the money,,, i`d probably pay the grand for them,,, pity i don`t have the money tho,,, but i reckon they`d make a really nice piece in amongst the other mini ornaments in my collectors cupboards

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No offence intended here but--> anyone writing a book about minis 30 years ago may not have experienced such worn or stuffed-with components as we are finding these days.

You should put your heart & soul into everything you do.

There is some obscure stuff around if you look for it. Yesterday I got a copy of the Training Notes for the E-series FWD motor (ie: the Morris 1500).
Not really obscure till you you see it lists two models, the normal Morris 1500 and the Morris 1500S. The S version would have had a higher compression ratio and twin carbies. The 1500S was never built.

Yes = the great supercar fiasco.

Anything with "S", "GT", "Sports" was hugely more expensive to insure even if it only had a better level of interior trim.

nothing rare about them, http://www.flickr.com/photos/10902419@N ... hotostream
kidding
i bought a supercharger from the engineer for a mini at the time

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A good friend will come and bail you out of jail...but a true friend will be sitting next to you saying "Damn...that was fun!"

Just a hypothetical... If you were going to make fake prototype fuel caps for profit you would probably make the "GT" script look like the final design badge and not an earlier unused version.

Hey Morris,

I agree, I have no reason to disbelieve their authenticity but still question their value.

Stvee

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1964 998cc Cooper
1971 Mini K x 2
1972 Clubman GT