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[Aridgerunner]

Check it out. It's a very nice Mr. Potato head.

[beardylondon]

https://bringatraile...-morris-mini-2/

Im not entirely sure what’s going on with the doors, they are not from a mk1, as the internals are mk3 onwards. So I presume they are mk3 doors with some fake external door hinges stuck on and someone has rounded off the regular square part on the door bottom.
The rear window does look the smaller correct mk1 tough, so that’s some skill to fill that in.
Someone in the comments even said it looks like a Mk5 chassis (they meant shell but are probably American) from when it was restored and painted.
Who knows!

Edited by beardylondon, Today, 07:45 PM.

[mab01uk]

On closer inspection of all the photos, I am not surprised this has confused some people. The Minis bodyshell appears to have some early Mk1/Mk2 features as well as features from later Mk3 onwards.

The doors have Mk3 internals and door handle but rounded front corner, external hinges (not fake) and the side windows in the doors and rear panel appear to be the height of earlier Mk1/2 Minis. (ie. The door & rear side window frames (with early piano hinges) do not almost reach up to the roof gutter if you look closely). The roof gutter has the small corner drainage slits of Minis up to Mk3 and not the large gap that Mk4 onwards shells gutters had in each corner (bridged by a black plastic trim).

The bonnet hinges are in the earlier inward position of Mk1/2 and the front bulkhead has the black blanking plate for the early style heater trunking. The rear bulkhead has the earlier Rotadip size/shape hole. The handbrake has the earlier twin cable setup. The inner door frames are a combination of early Mk1/2 with mods to for incorporate the 'hybrid' doors with early type check straps. The steering column is early Mk3 type with steering lock. Brake/Clutch pedals are the small early type. Very early Mk1 high level seat belt mounts, sun visors and Mk1/2 headlining and bodyshell inner roof rails (Mk3 onwards inner roof rails are a completely different shape). Round floor tunnel with floor start pressing Mk1/2/3. Remote gear change, solid mount front subframe Mk1/2/3. There is more that others may want to spot...

 

An interesting Mini, not simply a later re-shell or Re-Vin (or 'ringer') but it appears to be a much modified 'hybrid' Mini with features and parts from many different eras of Mini!

Edited by mab01uk, Today, 06:59 PM.