Cut outs? are you refering to the cut in things that let the disc brakes cool? If so they, according to my research were on Cooper and S only, and Mk3 onwards??

My 64 registered 850 has normal apron without cutaways. Can anyone shed any light on this??

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1964 Morris 850, 1330 Supercharged - 81.8hp atws.
1975 Leyland Mini S 1100S powered - Nice and reliable.
1977 Leyland Mini LS - Project LS-T

the cut away was introduced some time in late 63/early 64. your car could have been produced in late 63 but was registered as a 64. that is what happened to mine. where are you getting your date from? i have heard that some cars were first registered as much as four months after they were built, buy the time they got through dispatch, to the dealers and sold, etc. my car was registered as a 64 but all the parts on it were stamped around the ninth month of 1963. does any one know how long it would be before the parts made it to the assembly line? i guess my car was put together around late september, 1963? i could be way wrong though. can any one clarify this theory? is there any way to define the monthe the car was built? another reason my i think mine is a 63 registered as a 64 is theat the colour is slate grey, i have never seen proof of this colour being available in 64 but it was a definately a 1963 colour.

According to transport SA it's a 64. According to my thinking I thought it was 65 as it's got front seat belts and remote change hole as standard. Making it seem ot be a mini minor. But not according to Transport SA. anyways.... it was nurberg white and I'll post the engine number when i go out and read it again....

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1964 Morris 850, 1330 Supercharged - 81.8hp atws.
1975 Leyland Mini S 1100S powered - Nice and reliable.
1977 Leyland Mini LS - Project LS-T

strange. mini minors only ever got the magic wand gear change. my 850 has seatbelts as standard in the front only though. are you sure it is original? if it has sliding windows, no cut outs in the apron, is a 64 model and has a 850 engine with magic wand it must be a morris 850. the mini minor did not come until 1965/ 1966. are you sure it is not a standard morris 850 that has had its magic wand hole covered over?. what sort of bootlid has it got? is it the original? have you checked all the build dates on the various components? do they all say the same story?

It's all over the place. Engine that came with car (850) wasn't original. Magic wand hole was cut (dodgily) into the floor. Original front seatbelt mounts. Wind up windows with UK style door latchs. (obviously NOT original) Aussie style boot. No front cutaways. Plate and body number match. There is a number on the radiator shroud but a bit hard to read. Rear subframe has fuel pump mount which also most likely is not original. All Dry suspension. Window Wiper says 64.

Before I read the wiper motor and re-registered it I assumed it was 65 due to it's features but no according to transport SA it's a 64.

My theory is Panels have been replaced and many things swapped, probably a new floor pan hence then remote hole and then they cut there own pudding stirrer hole. I'd really love to find out more bout my car. I'll write down all the numbers off the plate and check them all again, according to hotbricks website it's an Aussie Morris mini saloon.

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1964 Morris 850, 1330 Supercharged - 81.8hp atws.
1975 Leyland Mini S 1100S powered - Nice and reliable.
1977 Leyland Mini LS - Project LS-T

Here guys, finally I have some photo's of my beloved 850 taken at a recent festival, check the other vintage cars out too!
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The cooper s in my mate Brians and is what I would "hope" to own one day.
Sorry if the images are too small I dony know how to modify them in photobucket?

Did that little car used to live in Glebe?

Steve

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Thats very interesting Marcello , mine is late 1964 , has 10/64 on wiper and other parts . It doesn't have the cutouts , but It has the aussie bootlid and sliding windows . Mine also came from old lady , who owned it from new (these old lady have a lot to answer for) . Panels all appear to be original and no evidence of replacement guards or apron panel

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1965 Morris 850
1966 Morris Mini Minor
1967 Morris Cooper 'S'
1977 Leyland LS

Hi I have one called OODLES. Oodles of money to fix her, oodles of time to do it but I will have oodles of fun in her when she is revealed. My hubby minikook has already posted the start of her rebirth from the depths of mini despair and she is due to pose gain shortly so we will keep you posted.

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Hellooo from OODLES my mini. Is being restored to be revealed in all her glory one day in the future she looks forward to meeting you all.

The Aussie bootlid started from 1965 so i would guess that the bootlid has been changed.

Hmmm maybe it was assembled in Jan 1965 ???? Bootlid has not been replaced , its the original

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1965 Morris 850
1966 Morris Mini Minor
1967 Morris Cooper 'S'
1977 Leyland LS

The bootlid must have been changed. (panel beaters can do a good job on repairs)
The Aussie bootlid started on the Mini Deluxe (about April 65) The 850s with the Aussie bootlid were called the Mini Minor (later in 65)
If it is a Morris 850 it should have been made with the English bootlid.

What makes a bootlid and Aussie one? Mine has Aussie size numberplate thing, and it flip's forward. I reckon mines Aussie, I thought all Aussie minis had the same Boot, I was wrong...

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1964 Morris 850, 1330 Supercharged - 81.8hp atws.
1975 Leyland Mini S 1100S powered - Nice and reliable.
1977 Leyland Mini LS - Project LS-T

The Mini was built in Australia from 1961, they used the same bootlid as the British cars up till 1965 when they changed to the Aussie style lid, they used this lid till the end of production in 1978.
The British lid has a wider numberplate flap than the Aussie one.

Later on British updated their bootlid by removing the flap and changing the stamping where the numberplate goes.