Hi All,

Just looked at a Leyland mini, I can work out it's an S that had a 998 in it, car does not have the chassis plate, got the number from the Radiator panel, it's XNHAB18Y 104677.

Trying to work out a year or any further spec's on it.

XNHAB18Y 104659 is 9/78
XNHAB18Y 104987 is 10/78

This is the closest I have to compare to

The last car built in the XN range is Leyland Mini LS 1275 XNFAD18Y 105303. This means that your car XNHAB18Y 104677 is 603 from the end of production. What I can also tell you is that 998cc engine is correct as dictated by the "B" in the build code. The car is also the base model, Leyland Mini, as shown by the "H" as distinct from the models available at the time being Leyland Mini S XNFAB18Y, Leyland Mini LS 1275 and Leyland Mini Van XNPFB18Y, all of these vehicles shared the same number system starting at 100001, and as stated above, the last used number being 105303. To confuse the issue further the Moke rang utilised the same numbers as well.

Therefore what we can about your car is that it is the base model vehicle fitted with a 998cc engine which should have engine number prefix 99H889AJH with an engine number around 005000. The engine code is 99H 998cc high compression engine, 889AJH compliant with ADR27a emission control measures.

Hope this helps.