hi guys so i bought a mini on ebay last yr and brought it home and when i checked the vin number it appears it was one of the last 50 made, and also an ls, however i it dosen't seem to have any of the special ls stuff. i have spent a bunch of time combing through past posts and there are some discrepancies i have found. so the 1600 dollar question is, will it blend!, sorry i mean is it an LS?
it is red now but original color is metallic blue - i know the 996 ls came in this color but the vin says 1275?
it has the rear demist, extra park and brake lights on the crash pad but no disks, aftermarket 12 inch minilight wheels, steel wheel flares, a 998 motor instead of a 1275 etc. the engine number is 12H902UH0008XX and vin is XNFAD18Y1053XX (last digits omitted for protection from the fbi...) so can anyone steer me in the right direction? also the vin plate matches the numbers stamped in the rad cover. the guy i bought it off as building another one as well so it is possible he stole all the good stuff for the other one not knowing what this one was. grill says s in stead of LS and has no lights in it as well..
so will that all said, help me obi wan ka-mini forum, your my only hope!

That prefix would be XNFAB18Y if a 1275.
Mini S 998 equivalent type prefix was XNHAB18Y. Note other prefixes were used on earlier cars.
This info is from Mini King parts book, may be right, may not. Most books have errors.

Is there any silver or gold paint anywhere on the car? 1275LS didn't come in other colours.

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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.

according to the ls registry on this site the the vin and engine numbers for the last 1275LS (which is in the Birdwood museum) are Vin XNFAD18Y105303 Eng 12H902UH000843. in addition all of the vins put in the ls registry seem to have the prefix of XNFAD18Y which leads me to believe the plate at least is off of an LS. if this is correct then the mini king parts book must be wrong? (I hope that statement wont be considered sacrilege!?!)

You are probably right. I would trust this site's records.

There is a lot of engine and body prefix data in the Mini King book.
Ditto the Mini Car Clinic book.
Ditto other Mini sites. All have been shown to have some errors.
Part of the problem is BL slashed and burned the records when they up stakes and went home to UK.

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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.

Yes should be XNFAD for a 1275 LS, I remember reading this in a mini exp. mag ages ago and learnt the prefix incase I found one oneday.

Why do you think it was one of the last ones built?

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The last mini produced was XNFAD18Y 105303, the fourth last was 105281 and the tenth last was 105273. The car numbers were not sequential as the number system was applied to all vehicles being built at the time, ie saloon, van & Moke.
Does your car have a plaque fitted with data saying it is the last ??? car in the run as the others noted above do?
I am guessing that your car is 105300, 301 or 302. I would be most interested if it is not as I am trying to put toghether Mini history and as stated 105303 is the last recorded saloon.
Look forward to hearing from you. If you wish to keep your data from the main forum I can be contacted on [email protected]

PS - the highest engine number I have recorded is 12H902UH 000942 fitted to 105188

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1963 Morris Cooper
1965 Morris 850
1968 Morris Cooper S

If this is the engine in it, that's a 1275 from a 1275LS.

I don't think any minis came in metallic blue from factory did they?

I thought If it metallic blue it would be a 998

I know that the 1275LS was only produced in Nugget Gold and Hi-Ho Silver. I wasn't aware of any other metallic colours. But I'm no expert.

no plaque on the dash, it is about 70 number before the museum car. so that engine number is a 1275 from an LS? because again i looked on a site and it listed it as a 998 engine. the guy bought ti off said it was a 998 as well..

Any engine starting with a `12' prefix is a 1275.
998s all start with a `9'. Late Clubby UK built ones were 99H.

12H engines were all UK built, and 12Y, YD ,YE etc were Australian assembled.

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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.

I owned the 4th last (105281)

I worked out..

5th last: chassis 105280
4th last: chassis 105281
3rd last: chassis 105283
2nd last: chassis 105287

Last Mini built, in Birdwood: chassis 105303

The interesting thing is that the dash plaques read "...last produced for sale" and from what I remember the one in the Birdwood museum is not fitted with a plaque.

So I reckon there is still a "last produced for sale" somewhere between 105287 and 105303 that was sold to the public, and that Leyland deliberately built the very last one (the one in now Birdwood) as a 1275LS with the intention of it being kept for display etc. (which I think they did for a time)

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68 Morris Cooper S Mk1 (*ex 78 1275 LS 4th last built, 70 Morris 1500 OHC & 70 MiniMatic)

Does anyone know what colour range the mini S came in? And did the LS colours of silver and gold appear on any other minis? Trying to get the details of my LS aswell.

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The number stamped in the Radiator shroud matches the plate that is next to the fuse box and they are both XNFAD18Y1053xx then it is a 1275LS shell for which a matching 1275 motor would have a 12H902 prefix on it. The original colour should have been nugget gold or hi ho siver and may be shown on a paint placard that should be just to the front of the body plate near the fuse box. This may be missong or painted over as it was stuck on not riveted like the id plate. A good way of checking the colour if the paint placard is missing is to look at the firewall or behind the door cards or on the cabin side of the firewall under the crashpad to see if there is remnants of the original colour. This will depend if the whole colour has been stripped back for the respray.

I wouldn't be too paranoid about the number. We don't have the FBI in oz so if he car isn't stolen then there is not much chance of it causing you trouble. If anyone does steal your number to hide a theft by renumbering a car then Ausmini would be a pretty public way for them to be caught out.

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Alec
1275LS - July 78 - XNFAD18Y/102918

Ok, so if anyone could answer my question; was hi ho silver used on any other mini versions?

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