I hear you about the Moke owners not wanting to be called Mini owners but the the same sort of things happen the other way around.

I think it was my last MOCQ meeting (the straw that broke the camel's back) when a guy lectured me for a good 15 minutes that the Cooper S was so fundamentally different from lesser minis that they shouldn't be referred to as a mini at all, just a Morris Cooper S. He insisted that the body and all important parts were so different that the car was totally different to drive and in its capability.

M

Adam shouldnt you be mentioning the Californian stickers as well?

I guess he never saw the Cooper S bodies going down the assembly line at Zetland mixed in with the Deluxes and Mini Ks then.
Body differences were, let's say, `minor'. The big deal was the windscreen (laminated, woohoo!)

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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.

Mokes had rock shields protecting the inboard Pot joints.

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1974 1150cc Leyland Mini S racer,
1975 No motor Leyland Mini "ute"
1991 IPRA Honda Integra (in the build)
1995 Land Rover Discovery 300Tdi

CAMS Scrutineer

I've never seen that, but the early ones had rubber shields on the swivel hubs protecting the cv boots.

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

"Yeah, they're awesome, like Clubmans"

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1978 Leyland Clubman