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[gaspen]

"1000 De Lujo" or DeLuxe in English :)  Cooper's VIN should start with GT....

 

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[sigfurniture]

excellent work gaspen..thanks a lot..nice to know a bit of the back ground of the story..the previous owner was pretty un helpful. the lujo part (luxury) will suggest the interior trim i suppose..does it explain the disc brakes?

Edited by sigfurniture, 04 January 2021 - 10:38 PM.

[Itsaminithing]

Looking more closely at the engine bay....

That's an Authi Hydrovac-Bendix brake servo & it still has the Authi radiator (thicker than the UK version).

I cant make out if that is a 1275 A or A+ series engine. Is the engine number stamped directly on the block or does it have a riveted engine number plate?   -Authi always stamped their engine blocks. The engine could be from a Authi Mini-Cooper, or the Authi version of the ADO16.The Authi engine numbers are fairly easy to identify.

Gaspen will hopefully be able to identify everything that was original -as he owns an Authi & has done a lot of research on them.

 

http://www.austinmin...thi1000mk3.html

http://www.minipassi...0 1000 1970.pdf

http://www.austinmin...nt_authi.html   (not sure that this is a complete list as i've found some Authi Minis were painted in other colours).

Edited by Itsaminithing, 05 January 2021 - 08:46 AM.

[gaspen]

excellent work gaspen..thanks a lot..nice to know a bit of the back ground of the story..the previous owner was pretty un helpful. the lujo part (luxury) will suggest the interior trim i suppose..does it explain the disc brakes?

 

I think that your car is a Mini 1000 and it does not had disc brakes from factory. Only the 1275 models had disc brakes (1275 C, 1275 GT and the Authi Cooper ) It seems that somebody upgraded to disc brakes together with the A+ engine.  Authi engines were painted brown.

 

Deluxe means the interior instead, but the rear opening side windows were the also the part of these cars. And I see the aerial hole at the rear right corner of the car - unique for Authis 

 

 

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I share you the parts catalog for Authi, I hope you can use them.

 

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[gaspen]

If you registered on FB you should join the Authi group, they are very helpful

 

AUTHI MINI REGISTER GROUP | Facebook

[sigfurniture]

just registered gaspen..thanks for that and all the info..likewise itsaminithing..those catalogues are great 100 000 peetas for a new car !!..hehe..just what i needed..i´ll check the details on the engine next time i´m up at the mechanics..hes finishing off the battery connections and fuel tank stuff

 

cheers guys..ace !