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[ac427]

How can I verify that a Mini is a genuine 1275GT?

Is it just down to chassis number and engine serial number?

How can I verify that a Mini is a genuine 1275GT?

Is it just down to chassis number and engine serial number?

Is there a register like the one for Mini Cooper's?

Edited by ac427, 18 April 2023 - 03:50 PM.

[GraemeC]

Post some pictures and many people on here will soon pick out the correct (or incorrect) parts.

 

10" wheel GTs are easier to identify with unique bodyshell features and a specific body number prefix.  12" wheel GTs are largely the same 'shell as any Clubman saloon of the same age, just with GT bits bolted on, so much easier to 'recreate'.

[mab01uk]

There is a '1275GT Register' within the 'Mini Cooper Register' details in link below:-

"Between 1969 and 1980 the 1275GT production topped 110,000 and made it a serious sporting Mini in its own right and early excellent examples are now fetching comparable prices to 998 Cooper models. The 1275GT is becoming sought after, in no small part due to the MCR opening its doors to the model. As with the Cooper and Cooper S before it, the 1275GT is able to be copied and some cars that claim to be 1275GT’s are merely Clubman models with big engines fitted. The MCR is able to assist identifying genuine cars and prospective buyers should contact the 1275GT Registrar."

https://www.minicoop...75-gt-register/

 

The Mk1 Forum has a long running 53 page '1275GT thread' with loads of useful info posted in:-

http://mk1-forum.net...php?f=5&t=32925

 

Some period 1275GT magazine articles here:-

https://www.theminif...275gt-roadtest/

Edited by mab01uk, 18 April 2023 - 09:55 PM.

[Chris1275gt]

https://classicregis...81-mini-1275-gt
This should help.