Morris1100 is right.
For the doubting Thomases, see the following car on historic plates that did the MINI garage run recently. This car can answer YES to questions 1 to 3, its a early 70's UK Leyland (I thought it was a Rover before the owner corrected me).

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One should never skimp on the zip ties.

guy's , check out the mini in my post in the members gallery , it's a 78 leyland mini with internal hinges and larger windows . They aren't as common over here as the rovers are now but there's still a few about .

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No doubting thomas here. I think most of us know that not all internal hinged Minis are Rovers. For example Mutant is a 72 MkIII.

The internal hinges came out in 1969 in the UK (1967 or 68 on the Elf and HOrnet). But they were never fitted to an Aussie Mini. Hence they are difficult to find.

666 may be lucky and stumble across a MkIII shell.

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Brett Nicholson
Greendale (near Ballan) VIC.
1971 Morris Mini Moke
1966 Austin Mini
1965 Morris Mini Traveller
1973 LR Series 3 88
2007 LR Freelander 2

In Brissy we have a few special 70's Leyland Clubmans that have been converted to internal hindges. These Minis also have been converted to round nose and single bolt, soft mounted subframes.

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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.

yeah,,,of course they are Ty You & me know how they did that, but the unsuspecting buys don`t hey?

Nastey nastey business!!!!!!!!!

BUT!!!!!!!!

Cons yellow Gti mini is a genuine English mini, no re-vin. I bought the parts from the same guy that he bought the body from with him.

UK cars were internal hinges way way earlier than most people think.

I really wish that so many people here with only half an idea of what`s right & wrong would stop posting their "half" ideas on what`s right & wrong....if you think you`re right, then you`re most probably wrong...I "KNOW" i`m right,,,there`s a big difference.

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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.

Mini business's thrive on that ignorance stuff.

"My mini seems to be missing sir, is there anything you can do about it?"

"Oh yes matey me boy-o, nothing a good engine re-build won't help"

"How much will that cost sir?"

"Well let's not talk about that eh?, ask no questions and tell no lies and all that."

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SooperDooperMiniCooperExpertEngineering

All garage work involves equal measures of enthusiasm, ingenuity and a fair degree of irresponsibility.

yeah if only i waslucky enough to stumble across a MKIII shell ...



im pretty good, and my dad is really good so together im sure we can come up with something

somebody get that man a beer cause he knows his stuff. cheers.
as i said 76 import mini, no external hinges. nice.

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Torque Steer is a very evil thing. Fun..... but evil.

West Aussie Mini Boys Represent...!!!

more to the point does anyone wanna try and explain how its done ?

what?

door changing or searching?

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Easy:
-Go to bank and get money
-Go to brickworx and buy rover
Done.

to make it easier..

http://forums.ausmini.com/search.php

and even more

http://forums.ausmini.com/viewtopic.php ... rnal+hinge

http://forums.ausmini.com/viewtopic.php ... rnal+hinge

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i believe you need to cutout the A-pillars and replace them with internal hinged ones...as well as source new doors to fit said pillars...you may also need to replace the B-pillars coz i'd imagine the locking mechanisms and other crap arent compatible with the later model doors...not sure i dont really know 100% but i have considered this myself at one stage in the distant past...i basically remember looking into it and dunking it into the TOO HARD basket but if you've got the money...anything's possible

personally i love the external hinges sure they sag...and they arent exactly rock solid...and if you swing the door too far out they can buckle some of the body work but hey! you can't place a price on being COOL!

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Bling me up Scotty!
"wait till it grows into a plant...then bunny rabbit THE PLANT!"

1966 Morris Mini DeLuxe FOR SALE

sweet well least that gives me something to look into