Hi all,
Owned my clubman for about three months, just thinking about things I wish to do to it in the future.
Is it possible to put complete early mini doors on a '73 clubman? By early mini I mean sliding windows, pull down levers and seemingly 'empty' door shells... Are they the same dimensions? (I think they are?) Any assistance is appreciated, coming from a mitsubishi magna enthusiast background I can understand how annoying nooby questions can be

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1973 Leyland mini - reconditioned 1100, good nic overall!

You cant just change the doors because a leyland mini came with burst proof doors, a safety law ADR requirement so even if the doors were the same dimension (which i dont think they are??) and you changed the catch mechanisms you still wouldnt be able to.

The only hope you will have is changing the actual; wondows in a clubman door (that would be a lot of work)


Brenton

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ah fair enough! A straight forward answer... thanks
Theres something about the sliding windows + simple door mechanisms that appeals to me. Ah well! Thanks for the help

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1973 Leyland mini - reconditioned 1100, good nic overall!

Yes i know what you mean

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the doors are the same dimensions, but yeah... ADRs and all that

you could get an 850 shell and put a square nose on it though

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B pillar is different for the `burstproof' (not!) latches, would take some fabrication or additions there to fit 850 doors.

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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.

doors are not the same dimentions, as Doc said the "B" pillar is different & so is the door accordingly

i did this job years & years ago & it was pretty straight forward, but obviously i didn`t bother changing over the handle & catch mech... i liked the flush look "WITH" the sliding windows







Edit-->,,, ok so the sliding windows are sooo clean in that pic that you can`t see them

sorry... try this pic???


Edit again--> ok here`s another one then

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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.

Lovely Mini ................what is the paint name for that shade of blue ? " if ya get my meaning "

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Lovely mini, but sensational kombi.....

Haha do you know what ..... i didnt notice the Kombi behind it lol , must be a case of mini tunnelvision .

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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.

Rofl , great Kombination " mini+kombi ftw "

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ah well the colour was taken/matched from girlfriend of mine`s nail-pollish so i`m sorry but we made it from nothing to "look" like the nail-pollish she was wearing

it`s "VERY" close to a particular VW factory golf colour actually if that helps you

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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.

Thanks for that , and matching it to a nail polish is gold lol ....definately thinking outside the box " i like it ".

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