those doors came out in or before Dec 1970 so they reckon.

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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.

My old Mini K (Pops) was a 12/70 and didn't have them.

But when was it built?
The date on the plate is not the date of manufacture.

There were K vans produced in 1970 with clubman doors. I owned one of them (a blind side one) but when no 3 came along, a bigger car was needed. It had the 1100 motor and was zircon white and being an ex postal van, came as a pov pack with centre instrument binnacle a-la deluxes but with clubman switches,two speed wipers and clubman direction indicator switch. The gear change was still the pudding stick. There was no heater.

I purchased a wrecked 73 clubman in 1977 and used the heater and remote gear change to put in the van. The pudding stick diff housing from it has now gone to a good home today.

So the e-bay car may very well be original and now making it to the rare category.

My car is also 12/70 but has the burst proof doors. Had Clubby indicator switch, heater and 2 speed wipers. Centre switch panel and switches for wipers and lights were the earlier type.
Be interesting to compare body numbers between Pops and my car, see how far apart they are.

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Steve

My van was 11/70 compliance and didn't have the burst-proof doors.

But as already said, the compliance plates were often attached well after the car was built.

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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

Coffin seats, tombstone seats, close but not quite! Although the seats that are in it aren't tombstone seats either, tombstone seats were only on the very last Clubbies!

There is a reason why Leyland fitted the burst proof door lock when they did. It has nothing to do with the upcoming Clubman range.
It was because of ADR2 which came into force on 1/71.
So all cars built after 12/70 had to have burst proof door locks.

So don't call them "Clubman Doors" because they are ADR doors.
Don't call them "Clubman door handles" becase they were on the Morris 1300/1500 first. (from June 69.)

It's a pity they didn't fit burst-proof door hinges (instead of the brittle cast iron ones) whilst they were at it.
When my son's Mini got written off in a frontal collision, the LH door was on the road next to it, burst-proof lock and all..

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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.