hey people, i was lookin at the 2004 minispares centre catalogue, and there was a pic of the front panel bito that the grill n stuff attaches too , and then after it it says, the replacement panel for the mk 1,2,3 minis, so what im guettin at is that is it possible to put a mk2 grill on a mk1 mini? and does it look s**t ?
thanks jim

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-jamie-
1963morris 850
1965 solid side van
1994 rover racecar

by mk2 u mean brittish mk 2? if so it is possible but you need a bonnet lip put on to attach the top section, they look quite good on mk1's, maybe because there arent alot of them over here, i know in england the like changng to mk1 grilles.

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Potato

ok i just love that style of grille, do you or anyone else have any pics ofa aussie mk1 witha british (as u say meeni) mk2 grille

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-jamie-
1963morris 850
1965 solid side van
1994 rover racecar

I reckon they look crap, but each to his own.... an aussie mini would look just the same as a UK one with that grille, the body underneath is identical, and you just need to make a lip to hold the top of the surround and rivet it to the bonnet. Talk to brickworx etc. about it...

so this means that t is possible, still has anyone got pics of it done

whats the go with the slat that looks like the one that goes on the bonnet, and also the bit of body that you can see in the aussie mk1 abouve the grill. the british mini one looks like it doesnt have that??
thanx jamie

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-jamie-
1963morris 850
1965 solid side van
1994 rover racecar

I doubt if anyone in australia has done it... let alone take pictures

the 'bit of body' I think you're talking about on an aussie car is the moustache, it's screwed on. This pic is a good example cos it's the only chrome bit on the front of the car...



here's my van, it doesn't have the moustache, cos it's had a bad repair and the moustache doesn't fit



pommy MK2+ grilles don't use he moustache (as you've realised) the top part of the surround is on the bonnet, and I think it comes down over the bit of body that the moustache covers. The side parts of the surround are seperate, and screw on where the moustache should be.

it's hard to describe without a diagram etc. - go see brickworx, undo the 6 or so screws that hold your moustache and grille on, and stick a rover one on to see what it looks like - 10 minute job tops.

ok thanx thats awesome. any idea what one would be worth?

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-jamie-
1963morris 850
1965 solid side van
1994 rover racecar

worth? crap all...

cost? way more than it's worth

I reckon its been done a fair few times - here's one below. Thats what a UK MK2 Cooper S grille looks like - the normal MK2 UK Morris minis had similar shaped grilles but with more slats.

Can be easily done but you'll have to add more holes to hold the whole thing i place which would then show if you were to fit an MK1 grille back on. I reckon the best way to do this is to pop rivet the separate parts together and then use two central mounting points with the quick removal knobs on them.

thanks people, i gota quote from brickworx for 100- 180 for a couple of differnt types.

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-jamie-
1963morris 850
1965 solid side van
1994 rover racecar