It is a story that has done the rounds before, there was some big hail storms at that time.
Watto said that he asked Leyland people and they say it is a myth and no bodies were ever stored outside at Enfield...
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| Author: | Thorlek [ Mon Aug 17, 2015 1:43 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Vinyl Roof Mini's |
Hey All, I posted this on a mini facebook group today, but thought it might get more responses on here, so here goes. My local Mini Mechanic in Ballarat, Neville Purdue, has been in the business of racing and fixing minis for many many years, he is your classic "old timer" anyway, he told me a while back when talking about one of his mini's that the reason the Models with the Vinyl roofs (LS?) have Vinyl Roofs was because a huge pile of them got damaged in a massive hail storm in Sydney in the 70's They put the vinyl on so that they didn't have to repaint them. Does anyone know if this is true? |
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| Author: | Morris 1100 [ Mon Aug 17, 2015 6:16 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Vinyl Roof Mini's |
It is a story that has done the rounds before, there was some big hail storms at that time. Watto said that he asked Leyland people and they say it is a myth and no bodies were ever stored outside at Enfield...
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| Author: | 9YaTaH [ Mon Aug 17, 2015 7:02 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Vinyl Roof Mini's |
But...it was, a common, cheap, way of tidying up hail damaged vehicles for sale in the period 
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| Author: | Morris 1100 [ Mon Aug 17, 2015 7:09 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Vinyl Roof Mini's |
Funnily enough I have never seen a hail damaged Mini roof from that era. I know that Datsun and Valiants copped a flogging in those hail storms and some were repaired with vinyl roofs. I have seen quite a few SS and LS that have had the vinyl removed and there is never any dents. |
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| Author: | Goldbrocade_62 [ Mon Aug 17, 2015 7:52 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Vinyl Roof Mini's |
Maybe Leyland thought everyone else is doing it so we may as well |
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| Author: | Morris 1100 [ Mon Aug 17, 2015 7:54 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Vinyl Roof Mini's |
Knowing Leyland they had a heap of roof vinyl left over from the P76. |
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| Author: | 9YaTaH [ Tue Aug 18, 2015 9:22 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Vinyl Roof Mini's |
Morris 1100 wrote: Funnily enough I have never seen a hail damaged Mini roof from that era. I know that Datsun and Valiants copped a flogging in those hail storms and some were repaired with vinyl roofs. I have seen quite a few SS and LS that have had the vinyl removed and there is never any dents. I certainly saw hail-damaged Minis in car yards when I lived in Sydney...and that's what I was talking about above, the white shoe brigade in car yards used a lot of vinyl after storms which was supposed to be an "upmarket" improvement to your car (which I never ever understood)
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| Author: | Thorlek [ Tue Aug 18, 2015 11:43 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Vinyl Roof Mini's |
Morris 1100 wrote: I have seen quite a few SS and LS that have had the vinyl removed and there is never any dents. 9YaTaH wrote: I certainly saw hail-damaged Minis in car yards when I lived in Sydney My theory... which is just a theory, is that they initially used Vinyl to cover up some damaged cars, (calling them LS / SS "special models") and after they sold well/decently they made them a standard option meaning that while there would be some damaged ones out there, there would also be plenty of perfectly good ones which simply had a LS/SS updates on them as ordered. |
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| Author: | 9YaTaH [ Tue Aug 18, 2015 5:04 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Vinyl Roof Mini's |
Thorlek wrote: Morris 1100 wrote: I have seen quite a few SS and LS that have had the vinyl removed and there is never any dents. 9YaTaH wrote: I certainly saw hail-damaged Minis in car yards when I lived in Sydney My theory... which is just a theory, is that they initially used Vinyl to cover up some damaged cars, (calling them LS / SS "special models") and after they sold well/decently they made them a standard option meaning that while there would be some damaged ones out there, there would also be plenty of perfectly good ones which simply had a LS/SS updates on them as ordered. Nice theory...but what you have to remember is that the styling wally's at the time were trying to dress up cars to make them "attractive" for sale as "luxury" models...it wasn't just Mini...there was a bunch of cars running around with vinyl rooves. Take a look at a Holden Brougham for example...yeeeech! The car yards, I am sure, just used it as a way to reduce the cost of tidying up or repairing hail damaged cars. |
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| Author: | 1071 S [ Tue Aug 18, 2015 6:10 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Vinyl Roof Mini's |
Vinyl roofs were very trendy at one stage. I had a Fiesta Yellow S with black vinyl roof in the UK. Cheers, Ian |
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| Author: | peterb [ Tue Aug 18, 2015 9:00 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Vinyl Roof Mini's |
Morris 1100 wrote: Knowing Leyland they had a heap of roof vinyl left over from the P76. there would be enough vinyl in a P76 roof to do 6 mini's. 
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| Author: | Timbo [ Wed Aug 19, 2015 9:24 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Vinyl Roof Mini's |
Years ago you could by a special kit for doing fake vinyl roofs. It consisted of a special thick textured paint that gave the appearance of vinyl and, for large cars, two self adhesive strips that you applied down each side of the roof before applying the paint, to give the appearance of stitched seams. Total class! Tim |
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| Author: | Phil 850 [ Wed Aug 19, 2015 9:28 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Vinyl Roof Mini's |
I suppose the modern equivalent would "carbon wrap" ! |
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| Author: | Timbo [ Thu Aug 20, 2015 2:25 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Vinyl Roof Mini's |
Indeed, but I bet its easier to get off! Tim |
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