Hi,
im new to this, but would just like to know, what models of mini's there are ? , i have seen some wwonderful examples like the one below, and these are the models i am interested in most ? could someone tell me what model this is cooper ? and what year this was manufactured. 1960's ?

regards stephen

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Hmmmmm..... Jennifer Garner

The Mini Clubman was produced from 1971 to 1978. It's the only Mini that matters.... They came in standard form, S, SS, GT, and LS.....from 998cc to 1275cc. They are the more appealing square front Mini's, in case you didn't know.

crossover was 1970 actually

Cheers

aaron

What you are looking for is a roundnose mini, not what Anton/JAM is saying...you will try mate but Coop already knows what he wants

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change over waqs actually 1971.....

the only ones you have to worry about:

Clubman (1100cc)
Clubman GT (1275cc)
Clubman S (1100cc from 1973 - 1975/6ish then changed to 998cc)
Clubman SS (998)
Clubman LS (998)
Clubman LS (1275)
Clubman Sunshine (998)

The car in the picture looks like a modded Deluxe. My guess would be about '66 - 68. Looks to have cooper s running gear (brake servo, twin SU carbs) but still has the deluxe bumper.

cheers,
yeah id like to find a clean project car to start with, cooper s mk2 engine, and generally make it look like the above photo, could some one show me what a clubman "square nose" looks like for comparison
thanks alot and if u could like pretty much put alot of photo's of different mini's and their dom (date of manufacutre) i would be most app.

or just send em to my e-mail address ;0

Long Live the Mini

P.S > in general what bhp did a clubman come with say compared to that of a cooper s ?
any information on a morris 850 would also be app

cheers, steve

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Hmmmmm..... Jennifer Garner

go to www.miniclub.com.au and look in the
gallery section lots of different minis there
and you will see the difference straight away,
a gt clubman has similar hp to a cooper s but after that
the closest thing to a quick clubman. the 1275 LS
but had lower compression stuff and not a performance
model!!

you're in melbourne, so I suggest you wonder in to Northern Mini Parts in Northern Rd, in Heidelberg - www.miniparts.com.au. They've usually got a bunch of different minis out the front of their workshop and you can look at them in the flesh, talk to them about engine options etc.. The website for the Vic Mini club, based out of melbourne is www.mini.org.au.

You've said you want a MK 2 Cooper S engine, you might have heard that Cooper S's were the fastest things on 4 wheels, and they are, but you pay an insane premium for anything that has the "Cooper" name attached to it. A bare Cooper S motor that needs to be reconditioned can cost in excess of $1300, compare that to the same capacity motor, imported from england or japan with a gearbox in running condition for about the same money.... the biggest 'standard' mini motor is 1275cc - that's what you're after. All english manufactured minis after 1991 (ish) were 1275 and a lot are coming in to the country now and make for a cheap upgrade.

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did I tell you that I won a trophy?

Anton, i would never have expected that out of your mouth

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[Maverick] 1971 Mini K

basically coop you've got ur roundnose 1959 (UK) 1960 (AUS) - 1970.
they're better looking have a bit smaller engine bay i think shorter by 2 inches or something. they have much more curves and apeal to most people as the better looking mini.

then coop u have ur clubman which is from 1971-1978 and is a different looking mini, no cooper s or cooper, but GT and 1275 LS etc.

let's recap shall we.
the roundnoses look something like this:


compared to the clubman which looks like this:


capiche?

[quote="dr trim]let's recap shall we.
the roundnoses look something like this:


compared to the clubman which looks like this:


capiche? [/quote]

HAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!!!!!!!!! that's the best display of the difference I've ever seen, Dr. Trim, you're my hero

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did I tell you that I won a trophy?

Please... no self portraits dr. Those specs of yours new?

Me, I think the clubbie looks more like this:



(not really, I just wanted to use that picture and fan the flames ).

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Man, that's one ugly looking bitch.

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But he's thriving and striving and hugging the turns.