In most of my minis the fresh air "snorkel" (is that the right name?) looked like this and had a metal flange/socket attached or integral to the inner wing that the convoluted hose went to the heater from
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(Re)Building my kit car and it doesn't have the flange/socket on the inner wing so I don't have anything to connect the hose to between the inner wing and the heater - unfortunately I threw away the old heater as that had rusted through at the bottom but I could have cannibalised the flange from the side if I had realised I might need it. The kit car has this "old" type of snorkel and I forget but I think it just had a bit of tin rolled up and stuck into position to hold the heater hose (One of several "interesting" ways that things were done on the car)
Anyway searching eBay for something suitable I found a snorkel like this:
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This seems to have a built in flange/socket for the pipe to the heater or is it a separate part? - I assume this is a later thing so Rover could delete the body mounted flange?
Can anyone confirm for me - Is it part of the snorkel or a separate part
Does anybody know if you can buy the metal flange socket as a separate item as fitted to the earlier cars?
I think any way will do but to but the snorkel is 20 quid on eBay so If I could find a cheaper way (cannibalising a rusty heater would have worked.... )
Cheers, Mark