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If I'm carrying on like a pork-chop, I'm having a great time.

If I go very quiet there's a very good chance I broke something.

Dunno, but I wouldn't take it for a "blast" anywhere with "single leading brake drums" on the front. "Rifle like" gear changes with a pudding "stirer" gearshift is something I'd like to witness!

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67 Deluxe
Dry suspension
1293cc, 11:1 comp, RE 282 camshaft, 45 Weber, extractors etc
4 synchro close ratio gbox
Cooper S brakes, no booster
Stealth box, as Doc says "goes harder and idles!"
RH tank cos I needed it crossing the Nullarbor etc..

The seller Scott Young / Gerhard Schmidt is on here from time to time. His username was Minimonaro but now goes by Monte.

Here are a few photos from the resto.
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I am surprised that a 1967 Mini Minor still had single ls drum brakes. Didn't 2ls ones come in with the windup window doors? With the Deluxe from 1965?

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DrMini- 1970 wasaMatic 1360, Mk1S crank, 86.6HP (ATW) =~125 @ crank, 45 Dellorto (38 chokes), RE282 sprint cam, 1.5 rockers, 11.0:1 C/R.

Who could say what BMC/Leyland got up to....

I have a Pov Pack Clubbie from 76 ... why would they go to the trouble of fitting a special pudding stirrer shift rather than just stick with the rod change .. Maybe I should look at the brakes as well.

Cheers, Ian

My 66 Mini Minor had single leading shoe brakes. The whole front subframe, power unit, rear subframe and floorpan were same as 850 pre 1965, along with the front grille and wiring loom. They really are simply a 850 with wind up windows. Mine even still had a toughened glass windscreen when i got it (long since changed for laminated) - not sure if the Deluxe had laminated? Mine was definetly not a fleet purchase, so no police or PMG ( the main buyers of the Mini Minor) history with mine. In that way it is probably an even rarer survivor in that it was a privately purchased pov pack at a time when the Deluxe was so much better a car!

The fact that mine exists, and there were a few others on the old 850 register, shows that his is not the only one remaining. Most are modified like mine is, but then again, he also states that his has had a bare metal "restoration" + overbore engine, so also not original, but closer to original specs. Documented provenance of being a NSW police station car possibly makes this a bit rarer, but i have never seen the evidence, nor have i asked to see it, so he probably has it. I know he spent an awful amount of time researching to prove the rarity of the car.

He has levelled a lot of criticism at self declared "experts" who told him that no such beast ever existed. I have also previously encountered such, but took the time to politely re-educate. I don't obsess over it, rather in true ausmini fashion, educate, carry on and live happy!

Not sure anyone is prepared to shell out $50k on this, despite rarity, given that you could get an absolute mint Cooper S for that money. Good luck to him i say, it can only increase the value of mine. Must go and up the insured value, heh heh!

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I have the service bulletin where the Mini Minor was upgraded to 2 leading shoe. It was a running change.

This one is regoed as 1763 so does that make it before or after the change in the Service Bulletin?

Car 2317 was the change point, so it should have single leading shoe brakes.
The bulletin also covers the wiper motor change just to give an idea of the date.

Thanks

I'm guessing that is when the stocks of single leading shoe set ups ran out.

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no longer view able what was it ?

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65 panel van Sprog
73 panel van Iggy

A Shadow Blue YMA2S3 Mini Minor for $50k

Wow !!! anyone want to buy my 1966 Seamist Green Morris Mini Minor , a bargain at only $49K , all original and numbers matching ,bought by lady new back in 1966 , have owners handbook with details , must be only the second one left in Australia


Edit : Sorry Mickmini I stand corrected , must be only the third one left in Australia !!!

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1965 Morris 850
1966 Morris Mini Minor
1967 Morris Cooper 'S'
1977 Leyland LS