Thats what I ditched my bini for, haven't looked back.

Though I don't think the bini club (still a member) likes it much when I turn up in the italian job.

Probably the same way the MG Car Club felt when BMC whacked the MG badge onto the Morris 1100.

Tim

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1951 Morris Commercial J Type Van
1955 BSA C11G
1961 Morris Mini Traveller
1969 Triumph TR6R
1977 Leyland Moke Californian

Doesn't do much for me I'm afraid., think I'll remain 100% BMW Free.

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1965 Mini Van (1360)
1970 Mk2 Cooper S (1310)
1978 Rover SD1 V8 (4.6)
1996 Land Rover Discovery V8 (4.0)

The local MGCC's motorkhana championship can be won by a RWD MG only

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The way I see it is BMW didn't evolve the mini (like Ford did with the line of Falcons) they just simply built a new car that was made to "resemble" the minis appearance and slap the MINI name on it and also claim 50 years of heritage (I call bull $hit BMW).
Yes BMC did do the same thing with the Riley Elf but that doesn't make it acceptable.
Why can't BMW just call a BMW a BMW

And while I'm at it I don't think binis have half the enthusiastic following the real mini has. Binis simply can not compete against classic minis, their just another (overpriced) small/medium car.

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Respect mine and I'll respect yours.

BMC had their reasons to stick different badges onto similar cars, it may not seem to make any sense now days but it did at the time.
The MG 1100 sold in big numbers. Most of them were sold in the USA where they didn't have a cheap Morris or Austin version. They would have been a good money maker for BMC.

I know changing the fan belt on a Mini is a chore, but rumour has it you have to remove the engine to do it on a BINI.

Anyway, does anybody know who owns the Wolseley name these days.....Chinese, Indians, Krauts?????

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1967 Cooper S - new front bearings to do.
1965 Cooper S shell - Slow progress. No time or money!
1966 Deluxe- next rustoration!
Mk 2 & XJ6 Jags. Less said the better.

The Chinese that own MG own the Wolseley name.

I thought the big selling 1100 in the US was the Austin America. It was fitted with a 295 head but with a single carby.

I have procurred four 295 heads from the states until now of that flea concern auction and all off Austin Americas.

I havn't an MG1100 pop up at all on that auction.

Mike

Never mind the fan belt, there have been so many BINIs kill their CVT automatic transmissions in the US that there is a class action in progress against BMW. Some went BANG! at 50,000 miles or less.
A new one is `only' around $7500, apparently. But you have to take 1/2 the car apart to get at it.

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DrMini- 1970 wasaMatic 1360, Mk1S crank, 86.6HP (ATW) =~125 @ crank, 45 Dellorto (38 chokes), RE282 sprint cam, 1.5 rockers, 11.0:1 C/R.

Ah ha! - now I see it

The Chinese therefore own the Wolseley Sheep Shearing Company and, not being satisfied in buying out all of rural Oz to feed their masses, intend to corner the wool industry as well!

Conspiracy theory #254736

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1967 Cooper S - new front bearings to do.
1965 Cooper S shell - Slow progress. No time or money!
1966 Deluxe- next rustoration!
Mk 2 & XJ6 Jags. Less said the better.

I've got to admit I agree with a smile when the occasional passerby sniffs....That's not a real MG.
And I cringe when some over enthusiastic person excitedly asks...What's it like to drive a MG?
I could easily imagine the upset that it caused back in 1966.
Probably about the same that the BINI causes now.
Nevertheless the BINI is very different to look at then any of its peers.
Give it another thirty years and some models will be classics in their own right.
Perhaps they should bring back the Morris 1100.....I mean...they're such a happy looking car and has four doors.

And how do they pronounce that!?

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Simon

The adventures of an owner builder in the Tallarook Ranges

For some time, the chinses have been very large buyers of Australian wool. In recent times they have been buying selected merino flocks anmd selected rams and exporting them with government approval.

Given that part of China are very similar to Australian merino areas, I think that was a very unwise decision by the vendors and the goverment that allowed the export.

To give it scope - its been happening for over five years.

mike