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Author:  Anthony [ Wed May 16, 2018 9:41 am ]
Post subject:  Beehive heater
Trying to find the rubber stoppers that hold the heater core into the heater box on my beehive heater for my cooper S. any ideas where I might find some or make them??
Author:  winabbey [ Wed May 16, 2018 11:27 am ]
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Do a Google search on rubber buffers.

Last time I was in Clarke Rubber they had various sizes of those.
Author:  deluxe67 [ Wed May 16, 2018 4:06 pm ]
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What does a beehive heater look like and what years was it fitted?
Author:  Anthony [ Wed May 16, 2018 4:15 pm ]
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winabbey wrote:
Do a Google search on rubber buffers.

Last time I was in Clarke Rubber they had various sizes of those.


thanks, I didn't know what they were called. looks like there is a whole world of them now.
Author:  gtogreen1969 [ Wed May 16, 2018 4:30 pm ]
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deluxe67 wrote:
What does a beehive heater look like and what years was it fitted?


The Smiths RF230 Beehive Heater was used on few different cars of the 60's and 70's. It could be purchased as an after market heater kit as well.

Between Oct and Dec 1970 some of the MK2 Cooper S cars were factory fitted with these before the Plastic Clubman style was fitted to the 1971 Cooper S / Mini K. So far I have come across 11 late 1970 Cooper S cars with it fitted.

They were bolted through the firewall with 3 bolts and the standard J brackets were removed.

Here is a pic of it fitted to car 2700 and a rear photo showing the mounting buffers.

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YG2S4 2700 Beehive Heater.jpg

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Beehive rear.jpg
Author:  winabbey [ Wed May 16, 2018 4:40 pm ]
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gtogreen1969 wrote:
Here is a pic of it fitted to car 2700 and a rear photo showing the mounting buffers.

I see a handbrake warning light, so is this an SPO41 car? If so we should update the Register. :wink:
Author:  gtogreen1969 [ Wed May 16, 2018 4:48 pm ]
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winabbey wrote:
gtogreen1969 wrote:
Here is a pic of it fitted to car 2700 and a rear photo showing the mounting buffers.

I see a handbrake warning light, so is this an SPO41 car? If so we should update the Register. :wink:


Here are a few threads on that car.

viewtopic.php?f=2&t=83604
viewtopic.php?f=27&t=87117&p=954281#p954281

I can't confirm it was Ex-police but cooperess once owned it. viewtopic.php?f=2&t=9&p=1014727&hilit=2700#p1014727
cooperess wrote:
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Hi All,

I am here to get back into the old school Mini Cooper 'S' or Clubman GT.

I was once in the pit crew for Lakis Manticas at Hume Weir when he was racing against Peter Brock when he was fibre glassing his 1070cc Austin Mini Cooper 'S' to light weight it, many nights were spent tuning his cars in Woy Woy and testing it and I got fibre glass in my skin, young and foolish in the 1960's.
I have had many Cooper esses since then, the last was 1970 model which was sold several years ago. Maybe someone knows the owner and I can buy it back.
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Author:  deluxe67 [ Wed May 16, 2018 5:23 pm ]
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Thanks gtogreen,

Never seen one of those, you learn everyday. The one I have must be the Clubman type. Were any of them any better than the others? The Clubman type is quite good...
Author:  gtogreen1969 [ Wed May 16, 2018 5:26 pm ]
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deluxe67 wrote:
Thanks gtogreen,

Never seen one of those, you learn everyday. The one I have must be the Clubman type. Were any of them any better than the others? The Clubman type is quite good...
I believe the clubman style moved the most air of them all. That was one of the reasons for the change in heater types.
Author:  gtogreen1969 [ Wed May 16, 2018 5:29 pm ]
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Sorry about all the thread hijacks Anthony.

Did you track down a buffer that will fit?
Author:  Anthony [ Wed May 16, 2018 5:30 pm ]
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gtogreen1969 wrote:
Sorry about all the thread hijacks Anthony.

Did you track down a buffer that will fit?

No, but I think I now have plenty to go on. At work now and will have time to search around


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Author:  gtogreen1969 [ Wed May 16, 2018 5:56 pm ]
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gtogreen1969 wrote:

Did you track down a buffer that will fit?


There are heaps of different sized rubber buffers called "button bumpers". https://www.google.com/search?q=rubber+ ... 60&bih=567
Author:  Anthony [ Thu May 17, 2018 3:01 pm ]
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gtogreen1969 wrote:
gtogreen1969 wrote:

Did you track down a buffer that will fit?


There are heaps of different sized rubber buffers called "button bumpers". https://www.google.com/search?q=rubber+ ... 60&bih=567



when you know what they are called its a bit easier. I thought I was going to have to 3d print some!!
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