Just finished with Regecy (Transport SA) today and got my roadworthy. Then went over to the 'Vehicle identitfications' place and got it registered as a 1275, oddly as a 1964 Morris Mini Cooper 1275. Which I did not have anything to do with. I wanted 'Morris Mini 1275' but the supervisor at the place didn't think that described the car well enough or sopmething. Basically they told me and I just nodded. But registration aside, (don't worry people it has a 850 plate and I'm honest so I won't fool anyone with it!) the only problem is the that I have a 'formal warning' of a non-ADR compliant steering wheel, which I bougt of eBay to repalce my apparantly 'flimsy' old one. They never mentioned ADRs when telling me to get a stronger wheel. So if I get pulled over with my current wheel, I get a defect and have to go back to Regency again, not doing that!

So what I want to know is, what is ADR compliant? I've been told that MOMO and Isotta steering wheels are compliant but cost $300+. ANd I don't wnat to go orignal Morris Bus wheel. So any suggestions people?

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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

Not sure on the steering wheel but I'd be checking if the rego description is used for insurance or not , once the cooper word is in there the insurance costs increase drastically ....

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Ok I will look into that, but as I recall, my car is insured as a 'Mini Cooper S Replica' but Transport SA claim 'replica' can't be in a name and the letter 'S' can't be either as it would make my car a fake, it's all to weird and I don't understand it, but that's what they do for modified cars.

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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

Replicas didn't have union jacks, or 10x6 wheels or , or, or.

Yes... there are a few ADR compliant steering wheels.
Momo being one of them.
Willshires is a Momo stockist... we can help you

To be really technical, you must also have an ADR compliant steering wheel boss...

Ok willy you make the point, but it's a 'modified Cooper S replica' It has enoug 'S' stuff in it to be counted as one. Anyways that's not the issue.

But I did find this -



The dodgy 'Drift R' one I bought wihich was soft and paded was to replace the Bali special err 'momo' . So under what it says above I reckon I was fine. But my descision I think is to go for a Isotta steering wheel which come with ADR compliaince paper stuff. Or get a Moto-Lita as say it's a period mod. As the inspector of my car did say that I could go get an original. WHich means I can go original, anything, say for example Jag steering wheel.

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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

Don't SAAS make steering wheels? Presumably they make ones that can be legally fitted (but maybe they don't certify them). They may know what's legal though.

I wonder what they consider to be original. The works cars used MotoLita which were presumably homologated (maybe steering wheels were free).

ADRs sometimes/often(?) crossreference to the appropriate British Standard.

Cheers, Ian

PS Saas has a bunch on their ebay store - currently going for $50

i have an isotta in my mini, it has machine gun buttons

From what I know or knew , only MOMO and SPARCO wheels and their boss kits are ADR compliant. The reason is that they have been tested by the relevant authorities and have passed the certain tests.

The boss kits must be able to collapse and absorb force when somthing comes in heavy contact with it in an accident...... same with the wheel I guess.

Putting a MOMO wheel on a cheapo boss kit will make it illegal.


And I believe SAAS are non compliant.

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[NATHAN] -- Sold everything mini related and am back in big beautiful BMWs

this is what i've got

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real men race downhill - keiichi tsuchiya

How about a Rover Cooper wheel? Bolt straight on, look cool, and leather wrapped, too.....?

I still like the idea of MOMO. Always classy.

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Cheap, Fast, Reliable. Choose two.

My Saas racing seat is ADR compliant so I wouldn't be surprised if their wheels were too. Doesn't matter really on a pre '69 car which isn't ADR compliant in the first place!

1970 Mini K, that is the kind of thing I'm going to go for.

It says in the Transport SA modifications thing, as I posted above that pre Jan 1st 1970, it doesn't matter. So I'm going for a period wheel. Brickworx offered me a Rover Cooper wheel, which I assume would be fine, after all it's off of a standard car. But I looke into all these MOMO and Isotta wheels and basically they are all too new looking. So 60s style, here I come. Moto-Lita or any other works mini style wheel.

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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

There's a couple of 13" Motolitas on ebay at the moment. This one's @ brickworx. Expensiveish though.
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=020&sspagename=STRK%3AMEBI%3AIT&viewitem=&item=300071395774&rd=1&rd=1

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Pearl - 1275 MG Metro Powered '65 Mini Deluxe

check this one out, looks great
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/MINI-MINI-COOPER ... dZViewItem

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real men race downhill - keiichi tsuchiya

This has all turned to crap again with car. Regency said, when my dad was putting in the paper work today. As I read it all and my car is legal but I hadn't put in the paper work to make it legal. So now they've said that I need an approved steering wheel plus Boss and have to come in for re-inspection, again to clear my name. As right now, they said, and forever I will have a warning on my name and everytime a copper reads my number plate it will have a "defect this p-plater" to go with it. So I'm going to get myself an original Morris Mini steering wheel. Go back to regency, show them, clear my name (no doubt with another fee), then go home and bid on that "works style" steering whell, which is exactly what I want.

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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