You know I can't actually remember... It certainly has the front end tacked on. It lives in the storage racks...but he did specifically tell me he had sourced the panels somewhere.

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You know I can't actually remember... It certainly has the front end tacked on. It lives in the storage racks...

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Getting back to the original question, I did a feature on a MkII Elf about 10 years ago and at the time I located a chap in Greensborough, Vic, who had an Elf/Hornet register. At that time he reckoned there were about 30 Riley Elfs (Elves?) and 15 Wolseley Hornets in the country. Since that time the numbers have increased a fair bit, but I seriously doubt they would even be double those figures yet. I have not been able to contact the register guy again.

Whichever way you look at it, the Hornet is the much rarer in Australia.

Both were assembled CKD in NZ for a time, and many of the Aussie ones have come from NZ. They were never available new in Oz.

I will have a small feature on the history of the Elf/Hornet in Issue 25 of TME, as 2011 is the 50th anniversary of them.

I love both - as much because they are a bit different - but prefer the Hornet. I love the way the bonnet badge glows when the lights are turned on.


That car that The Throttle Shop has used to be owned by Ron Williams (he did the repairs after it was damaged in a minor crash) and then Gary McGrath. When I photographed it back in 1998 for a feature on Gary's collection (Mini Magic #3 and Mini Magazine May 1998) it had 28,000 miles on the clock (apparently original). According to the Classic Throttle Shop it still only has 28,000 original miles, so I guess it hasn't been driven much in the past 12 years.

Cheers,
Watto.

I always thought all Wolseleys came with a heater

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Maybe it just went missing.

According to Jon Pressnell; the Hornet and Elf came with "a recirculatory heater (a fresh-air unit was supposedly optional, but was soon fitted as standard)..."

Cheers,
Watto.

Hi guys,
Mk2 and Mk3 (later in '66) Elfs were assembled here '65 thru to '69 and sold well. So far as I recall, Hornets were only assembled in '69 and there weren't many. They're far rarer here. Mk1 Elfs were imported built up, were usually two-tone and often had leather.

Regards
Al

My 69 NZ MkIII Elf doesn't have a heater....

... probably thought we didn't need them down here in the "tropics"

*Sigh*

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/RILEY-ELF-GREY-W ... 3caf0fe9a9

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and the reserve is??

The english import car should have a heater that was in the UK Mini Cooper and yes it did have leather seats etc

The NZ Built Rileys will have a gray NZ sourced heater, basically a box with a flap and a heater core.

I have a UK and a NZ built Riley Elf and tehy are quite different in the trim, grill.

Suttle differences but noticable once you look a little closer

Kiwiinwgtn

Given that the grey Hornet for sale at The Classic Throttle Shop was originally sold in Hong Kong, it may have been supplied new without a heater.

Just a thought.

Watto.

The one that was on Ebay recently has a grey looking heater in the photo N.Z built ????

Brocade, you seem to know a lot about this car?

Sounding more like an NZ build?



Nice!

So who knows what the Yellow / green colour might be?

Anyone know NZ colours ?

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Yea, they have a colour similar to our 'yellow', think they call it 'yillo'

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