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#16 beardylondon

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Posted 19 November 2019 - 08:55 PM

Mk2's had sliding windows? Also if a mk1 had mk2 rear lights put it, they would of only replaced the lighting apertures, not the whole back panel!

 

In 1984 I used to have a 1964 cooper S which during its life had been fitted with the mk2 back panel (bigger lights) for some reason, Still had the sliding windows.

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Posted 19 November 2019 - 10:32 PM

We used to update our Mk1 Minis to Mk2 in the 1970's by cutting out the Mk1 rear light apertures and making brackets to mount the later rear lights, Triple C magazine published an article at the time on how to diy the job.



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Posted 20 November 2019 - 12:42 AM

We used to update our Mk1 Minis to Mk2 in the 1970's by cutting out the Mk1 rear light apertures and making brackets to mount the later rear lights, Triple C magazine published an article at the time on how to diy the job.

 

I well recall doing exactly that to a 1962 Cooper which had a 1275 'S' engine and brakes. The bigger Mk.2 rear lights wee a real improvement. I made my own brackets though not the ones described in the Triple C article.



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Posted 20 November 2019 - 01:17 AM

I think the problem comes when you claim the tax and MOT exemption applicable to the 1968 mk2 for a shell (and front subframe a d very probably engine) that is much later and without documentation to show it was new heritage. If/when they clamp down on this as we all know the difference between a mk1/2 and the later shells is very easy to spot

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Posted 20 November 2019 - 07:30 AM

I think the problem comes when you claim the tax and MOT exemption applicable to the 1968 mk2 for a shell (and front subframe a d very probably engine) that is much later and without documentation to show it was new heritage. If/when they clamp down on this as we all know the difference between a mk1/2 and the later shells is very easy to spot

 

I think they need to clamp down on the huge increase in un-taxed modern vehicles on the road first.....since the paper tax disc displayed on the windscreen was abolished.

 

Number of untaxed vehicles in UK trebles after tax disc abolition

Around £107m a year in revenue is being lost after DVLA reveals untaxed cars and vans on UK roads has surged to 700,000:-

https://www.theguard...xcise-duty-dvla

 

Car tax evasion has soared since paper discs scrapped:-

https://www.theregis...aper_tax_discs/


Edited by mab01uk, 20 November 2019 - 07:31 AM.


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Posted 20 November 2019 - 08:24 AM

As minis are now exempt from 79 it will be pretty impossible to identify them anyway

Edited by johnv, 20 November 2019 - 08:30 AM.


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Posted 20 November 2019 - 05:46 PM

You've got to accept that should the rules ever be enforced after you've bought it they you could lose it, no owners club is going to sign it off as legit should you require it for insurance or registration purposes. People are being asked to present cars for tax exemption from time to time, the best outcome you could hope for would be a Q plate which you can't get free tax on AFAIK.

Unless it's cheaper than the sum of it's parts I wouldn't touch it with the proverbial barge pole.

Funny thing is I can see a time where ringing these back to newer documents will be a thing, I'd rather have it on an 80s V5 and wait for it to become tax exempt and practically impossible to tell what age the shell is.

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Posted 20 November 2019 - 06:28 PM

I’m going to give it a miss anyway-I got some better photos sent and it was a bit rough in places
And I wouldn’t have been happy with a ringer.
Surely if you are going to ring one it would be better to use a mk3 shell!!

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Posted 20 November 2019 - 08:03 PM

 

We used to update our Mk1 Minis to Mk2 in the 1970's by cutting out the Mk1 rear light apertures and making brackets to mount the later rear lights, Triple C magazine published an article at the time on how to diy the job.

 

I well recall doing exactly that to a 1962 Cooper which had a 1275 'S' engine and brakes. The bigger Mk.2 rear lights wee a real improvement. I made my own brackets though not the ones described in the Triple C article.

 

 

 

We used to update our Mk1 Minis to Mk2 in the 1970's by cutting out the Mk1 rear light apertures and making brackets to mount the later rear lights, Triple C magazine published an article at the time on how to diy the job.

 

I well recall doing exactly that to a 1962 Cooper which had a 1275 'S' engine and brakes. The bigger Mk.2 rear lights wee a real improvement. I made my own brackets though not the ones described in the Triple C article.

 

 

 

We used to update our Mk1 Minis to Mk2 in the 1970's by cutting out the Mk1 rear light apertures and making brackets to mount the later rear lights, Triple C magazine published an article at the time on how to diy the job.

 

I well recall doing exactly that to a 1962 Cooper which had a 1275 'S' engine and brakes. The bigger Mk.2 rear lights wee a real improvement. I made my own brackets though not the ones described in the Triple C article.

 

Goes in circles, I put Mk1 conversion panels into a Mk5 mini to make it look older!



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Posted 22 November 2019 - 12:31 AM

 

 

We used to update our Mk1 Minis to Mk2 in the 1970's by cutting out the Mk1 rear light apertures and making brackets to mount the later rear lights, Triple C magazine published an article at the time on how to diy the job.

 

I well recall doing exactly that to a 1962 Cooper which had a 1275 'S' engine and brakes. The bigger Mk.2 rear lights wee a real improvement. I made my own brackets though not the ones described in the Triple C article.

 

 

 

We used to update our Mk1 Minis to Mk2 in the 1970's by cutting out the Mk1 rear light apertures and making brackets to mount the later rear lights, Triple C magazine published an article at the time on how to diy the job.

 

I well recall doing exactly that to a 1962 Cooper which had a 1275 'S' engine and brakes. The bigger Mk.2 rear lights wee a real improvement. I made my own brackets though not the ones described in the Triple C article.

 

 

 

We used to update our Mk1 Minis to Mk2 in the 1970's by cutting out the Mk1 rear light apertures and making brackets to mount the later rear lights, Triple C magazine published an article at the time on how to diy the job.

 

I well recall doing exactly that to a 1962 Cooper which had a 1275 'S' engine and brakes. The bigger Mk.2 rear lights wee a real improvement. I made my own brackets though not the ones described in the Triple C article.

 

Goes in circles, I put Mk1 conversion panels into a Mk5 mini to make it look older!

 

Yes, my Grandson wants me to do exactly that when I do the re-restoration of his 1985 Mayfair. He wants as near a replica 998 Cooper as possible with 10" wheels, a Mk.1 grille, twin HS2 carbs (it already has a 12G295 head) and Mk.1 rear lights and number plate light.

Then it will be off to Vancouver where he now lives.






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