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smelly
 Post subject: 850 number plate?
PostPosted: Sun Dec 02, 2007 7:39 pm 
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Q1. What year did minis change fron a long number plate holder to the shorter one we use today?
Q2. did the 850 have over riders as standard?

Q3 Did any minis have a metal oil filler cap ?
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 Post subject: Re: 850 number plate?
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smelly wrote:
Q1. What year did minis change fron a long number plate holder to the shorter one we use today?
Q2. did the 850 have over riders as standard?

Q3 Did any minis have a metal oil filler cap ?


Q1. when the last of English 850s and Coopers petred out...1964??

Q2. Yes (changed from No)

Q3 yes early 850

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Mick my 1962 850 had overriders, they all did.
But we used to take em off, add lightness.. 8)

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9YaTaH
 Post subject: 850
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Mick my 1962 850 had overriders, they all did.
But we used to take em off, add lightness.. 8)


I lost the computer to a kidlet and couldn't get back to correct my mistake..so

When do we say the long numberplates went - imported 1071Ss etc around 1965???

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The long numberplate frame would have gone with the introduction of the Mini Deluxe, Cooper S and Mini Minor in 1965.
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I think the long number plates were gone before 1965 even.

I have a 63-64 Morris 850 with shorter number plate bootlid and plate holder. I also owned a 63 850 in 1970 that had small plates and it was an unmodified car.

I do remember seeing a mixture of long plated 850's and short plated 850's back then and being able to say CKD (or imported) and Aust manufactured.

Doc should remember - he is older than me.

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I had a 'change over 850'. It was a 1965 with roll up windows and small number plate. This was original from factory.
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I think that the 850s with the short plate and wind up windows were badged Mini Minor (and tagged YMA2S3)
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When do we say the long numberplates went - imported 1071Ss etc around 1965???


Not to mention the odd 970S :roll:

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9YaTaH wrote:
9YaTaH wrote:
When do we say the long numberplates went - imported 1071Ss etc around 1965???


Not to mention the odd 970S :roll:

1071S finished in 1964 (UK). Graham in aus has a 1964 UK 1275S, it's the last of the dry suspension ones.
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64 they had the normal number plate. have a mate with a 998 cooper its got aussie flap.
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my 64 cooper has the long number plate :D

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They didn't make the short flap till 1965 so it would be vary hard for any earlier car to have been made with one. :lol:
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I have two very original 1965 850's (with sliders)
They both have short flaps
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64 850s had a short number plate flap......or at least the one I had did.

Imported cars had long flaps because the UK didn't do short plates.....

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