ok guys bought this shell for spare parts but before i do anything with it ,just wondering if anyone out there can tell me ,age and type ....

yma2s1_40336_8am / u / h _602438 _1 / black / 3

any idea

Educated guess early 1964, probably February

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John Sneddon
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1963 Morris Cooper
1965 Morris 850
1968 Morris Cooper S

Morris 850

original colour is black - very rare, some people say they never existed, but that's not true, just not many of them

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Are you able to post a picture of the ID plate? As already said, Black Minis are rare, therefore so is the plate.

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ex-NSW Police 1970 MK II Cooper S
VMCI #43

What does the "8am" on the engine number mean?? My 64 850 has "8Y"

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Tim
Dusk Blue
1964 850

There were not many minis factory Black. I had one.

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8AMUH suggests to me that the gearbox originaly fitted to this would have been A brass
cone synchro type, and if still fitted I woudl guess that it is the one with the smaller
double row bearing 22A104 or 22A363 cast into the front of The case

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Any engines with 'Y' in the number are Oz sourced/based items - thus your 8Y is an Aussie 850.

All the others are pommy ones, so in this case with 8AM, it had an imported engine.

Same goes for the early coopers with 9F engines, autos, etc.

Oh and on topic.. a black 850! nice find

cheers,

Jacob

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'72 Clubman Van - 1022cc, 295 head, 731 cam - Daily Driver
'69 Morris 1100 S - Dinged by a bus, in shed under repair
'64 Morris 1100 - Early 1100, long term project

I am Not sure what You mean,Where would a Cooper S 9fsay motor be sourced

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`Y' in the start of the prefix is Australian built, eg 9Y, 12YD, 12YE, etc.

`Y' in regard to an S motor eg. 9F/SA/Y or 9F/XE/Y does not mean this. They were all imported. I think it meant C/R is 9.75:1, but without trawling Parnell etc's books again I'm not totally sure.

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My wife has a factory black 850, but I guess that doesn't count as it's an imported UK spec Austin.

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Brett Nicholson
Greendale (near Ballan) VIC.
1971 Morris Mini Moke
1966 Austin Mini
1965 Morris Mini Traveller
1973 LR Series 3 88
2007 LR Freelander 2

9F/SA/Y or 9F/XE/Y - yes the Y refers to the compression ratio...

Y for1275s, X for 970s and H for 1071s.... and 997s - which is why you can't identify a 1071 (unless you have the "batch" numbers..

Cheers, Ian

ok guys my spare shell defo black unfortunatly some one done burgandy over spray but will send pics of plate for you to see still not sure wat to do with it though use it or sell it on
any thoughts

Is That Right?. I am never to old to learn

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