This is the number on my radiator cowling: 021D2S2M109791

1. What year or month is it?

2. My ADR plate (alloy one on drivers side) number is different. I think the radiator cowl or whole wing was replaced at some point therefore no match!

3. My vehicle is unregistered - do I need the alloy plate when I take it to be registered?

What a pain

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Mike
"He who dies with the most toys wins."

Did this fall between the xmas/new year gap?!

No answers?

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Mike
"He who dies with the most toys wins."

I'd say all you'd need is the alloy plate for I.D.
That and the engine No.

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I'd say they will go off the cowl number.
The compliance plate is just that, a compliance plate. Not necessary for registration in NSW and most/all other states. (But if it's on there & number is different to the cowl, you will get asked WHY).

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"WHY" is easy - I'm not being dishonest or anything - the wing/cowl has been replaced off another Mini, which now means it doesn't match the alloy plate.

I might give the inspection office a call and see what they say.

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Mike
"He who dies with the most toys wins."

Not really my area of knowledge, but Mini King CattleDog Shows that Body Prefix as Leyland Clubman, should have an engine number beginning with 1015/

My guess for year would be 74-77?

What othjer details do you have? Eng number?

Hope this helps

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Sir Alec! we are not worthy!

That could be true if you have to go to a gov dept office as apposed to a regional sub branch.

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'72 English Van...'72 Export Moke ...63' 850...KZ 750E1...'74 P76

021D2S2M109791 is a 1974 Leyland Mini built in May or June.

I'd be a little cagey, as they could take the view that it has been re-birthed, the number on the cowl is how the body is legally identified.

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Mine has the body number stamped below the compliance plate on the fire wall, is this common?

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It is very common in 68.

Thanks Morris 1100,
Just checked the cowling number is a little hard to read but is different then the number stamped on the firewall. Never paid the cowling number much attention as I wasn't sure of its significance for my car.

Maybe it had something to do with the change of windscreen wiper setup late 68????

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All the Australian Minis up till the end of the Deluxe in mid 1969 used the same system of numbering the body and the car. The body number is on the radiator shroud panel and the car number is on the firewall near the master cylinders and the ID plate (it is not a compliance plate as they had not been invented yet )
The body number is around 500 lower than the car number.
The car number matches the ID plate.
The car number is the important one.

They built the body and stamped a number on it to keep track of bodies.
When they got around to building the car they would stamp the body number on it. There may have been a short gap or a long gap between the fully painted body being built into a car.

Next to the body number on the radiator shroud panel there will be a code, it may be hard to see it will be something like...
M2
05
I think the Deluxe code is 05. (I know that 06 is the Cooper S )

Wow, thanks Morris 1100!
Excelent info. You are right, mine is 05 for deluxe.

Cheers

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