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[Shane.spears.91]

Hi,

Recently found out my mini is a import.
Used to be left hand drive and so on. But has been swapped to roght. Now I have no intentions to swap it back to left hand. But, I would like to make the rest of the car to spec it should be.
I've been told it should have the clubman rear bumper front and back?
Can anyone confirm that and do anyone know anything else?

Cheers

[Spherix]

You could give it a try at the Belgian forums; http://omfb.vpsat.be/
Although I reckon you'll need Google Translate to help you out there ;) Posting the question in English there should get you English replies though.

[Gunnsie]

Not really much help, but bit of history for you: -

British Leyland
Between 1965 and 1982 Seneffe was the location of a car plant belonging to British Leyland, which in its later years assembled models including the Mini and the Austin Allegro from crated kits shipped from the company's Cowley facility.[2] A significant milestone was reached in June 1977 when the plant produced its 500,000th vehicle, an Austin Allegro 1300 Special.[3] The Seneffe plant was closed in 1982 as the company's aging model range lost market share across Europe, with further loss of demand resulting from the depressed state of the UK economy at the time. With alternative employment opportunities limited, the plant closure triggered considerable bitterness locally.

[Spherix]

All I know by head is that I believe all or most of them had Cibie headlights, those had larger chrome rings around them as well.