You said earlier that there was the number stamped above the shroud , are there two holes on the shroud below the number where the ID plate could have been ? A lot of UK 850's had a stretched oval shaped plate there with the number above it on the inner guard .

As for the gutter holes , the first 850's bought into Australia in knock down form (panels) had the UK body features including a cut in the gutters to let the water out , later Australian ones had holes drilled in the corner instead . UK mini's kept the cut holes for a lot longer in there production .

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yes there are two holes on the shroud where something could be pop rivited but the number that is above the shroud is on a metal rectangle plate that has been spot welded or somthing there

That's right , the UK numbers aren't stamped directly on the body . Well done to your brother on the find

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so what is it?

My body number is on a rectangular plate which is attached to the bar going across the front (what's is called?)

A UK made mini of unkown quantity I'm affraid , hopefully some of our Kiwi members will be able to tell more as they got UK 850's new (I think) , maybe they can draw something from the body number . Presumably 850 but no idea whether it's a Morris or an Austin at this stage . Put some photo's up and some of the others might recognise something .

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so i still dont know wat car this is

It's a Mini - what more could you want

lol.... just want to know its number 8 in my familynd just want to know as myt bro has a gt(a different bro) and now wants a cooper nd were not sure wat this car is

Sounds like it is something unique. A bit of time and patience we may be able sort it out

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David L


My greatest fear in life is that when I die my wife will sell my Mini and tools for the price I told her I paid for them!

pics would help

with an FE number, it's an english production car - my traveller is FE855***, was built on 3rd April 1965, and I'd say your car is about 18 months earlier than that...

with that FE number, you can get a heritage certificate that gives you all of the original details, engine number, colour, production date, who the dealer was.... less than $100 with the current exchange rate

http://www.heritage-motor-centre.co.uk/pages/exhibitions/exhibitions_heritage_certificates.html

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did I tell you that I won a trophy?

Sounds like an early English 850 (Not cooper or S) based shell, good find!

M

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68 Deluxe.... it's shiny..... I like shiny!!

unfortunately the FE number was used to identify major components that are later joined to make a complete car .. and they're not recorded in the factory databases. My own S has two FE numbers.

However, UK cars do have a permanent number that can be used to identify a car. Its on a small metal plate spot welded to the bonnet slam panel just on the drivers side of the latch mechanism. Mine starts with an "A". The plate is quite small and thin and the number is usually hidden under paint.

Using it you can get a Heritage certificate which will tell you the model, age, engine and chassis numbers, colour(s) and maybe a few other bits and bobs. Unfortunately a Heritage Certificate is not cheap these days.

Good luck, Ian

Yep, FE numbers are on UK cars, my S has one above the rad cowl and one on the drivers floorpan, rumoured to mean Front End.

I do know someone who can give an approx build date from these, but as has been said, heritage cannot trace based on FE.

What about other features of car, gearlever cut out position? Full front panel? Body number as stated above?? ^^^

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