I just bought myself another mini - 1977 round nose , it would appear to be an 1100cc . One of the things i am most curious about is it has the 3 gauge clubman instrument cluster fitted to it - were these ever fitted to a round nose?? If it is not factory i may attempt to go back to the original cluster.

Here is what i found on the compliance plate - if anyone could give me some info that would be great!!

3/77
021X251N09/25668

1-2-3A-46-5B-6-7-8-10B-11-12-14-15-16-18-20-21-22A-23-24-25-27A-28-29-31-34

and the engine number is: 1015 10486

thanks guys!

Sounds like a roudy front welded into the body of a leyland mini s

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I would be more concerned about why a 77 mini has a round nose!

77 Leyland Mini with a 74/75 1100 motor.

wow thats certainly different! I forgot to mention it also has the clubman switch panel where the fan / lights are etc, whatever u call it

Definitely a clubman...
hopefully you didnt get rorted on price paying for a roundy

What tail lights does it have?

Rounded or square?

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square! whoever converted it must of done it a long time ago as the previous owner was a youngin who let it go unlicensed, and by the looks of it, it hasnt been cleaned / painted / attended to in a very long time,

when you find old 1 and 2 c coins inside that gives you some idea lol

how hard is it to convert to the 3 guage roundy cluster?

The first thing i would do before planning anything with the car is have a look how the front was changed because if it was done by someone who had no clue they may have effected the structure

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Sounds like it had a front cut job. Get someone who knows Panel beating to check if it was done properly.

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Cluster conversion is fairly easy but the hard part is finding a 3 gauge cluster!
And then getting it for a reasonable price!

Don't forget, you will probably need to put a hole in the firewall behind the carby if you are going to put the Cooper S style gauges in there, unless it is an early cluby with the hole there already.