This article is exclusively written by and copyright ©2025 of Ian Beaton and Richard Pengelly jointly, with all rights reserved and cannot be copied or reproduced in any form without their permission, but has been featured in the Mini Cooper Register monthly magazine Cooperworld. Chapter 1: Introduction Working on the basis of two heads are better […]
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Rover Mini SPi and MPi This article is exclusively written by and copyright ©2025 of Ian Beaton and Richard Pengelly jointly, with all rights reserved and cannot be copied or reproduced in any form without their permission but was featured in the Mini Cooper Register monthly magazine Cooperworld. Chapter 1: Introduction This is another joint article […]
During and after covid a lot of standard small and large bore heads plus rare large bore heads emerged as owners seemed to dig out forgotten or stored cylinder heads, but since 2022- there seems to be a levelling of prices requested by sellers except some who claim misleading facts and ask for high prices […]
This book has 495 pages with 486 pages of text including many great quality photos, illustrations and useful charts. This is not a rehash of the usual stories about Mini, Cooper, Cooper S, or 1275 GT stories seen before, or a retelling of Longbridge articles. Instead, Mini Regards explores the unique production story of South African Minis […]
These downloadable templates can be printed out to scale to help you fit the Sportspack for: – MS135 – WHEEL ARCH SET OF 4 GENUINE SPORTSPACK ARCHES A4 printable PDF below Large printable PDF below
Fitting and removal of rivet The plates were held on by a Hammer Drive Screw — that is to say a screw that is fitted by using a hammer into an interference-fit hole. They are threaded, although the block is not. If you want to remove, do not chisel off and hope to drill out […]
The Cooper S 4.5″x10″ Dunlop wheel 21A1286 (LP883) was an optional extra introduced for the Cooper S MK1 and painted in Old English White (WT3). The same option available for Mk2/3 was painted Dover Grey (GR34). This wheel was made to fit over the 7.5″ disc and S caliper with the extra inch being internal […]
What is new old stock parts? New old stock refers to original parts made and sold by the manufacturer when the vehicle was still in production. The Mini had many distinguishing change points over its lifetime and restorers or owners look for the exact original replacement which might not be readily available new any longer […]
Genuine original Minilite wheels were absent from the market from around 1982 until 1989 and sadly missed. By early 1989 I had many samples of my own plus customers original Minilites wheels in magnesium and alloy so I started the pursuit of getting the old 10″ ST wheel with the wide flat face outer edge […]
The Design and Development Story, as told by Alex Moulton, the Originator of this Hydraulically Interconnected Rubber Springing System Used on the Morris I 100 Car Each of the rear Hydrolastic units has its axis approximately 15 deg to the horizontal and the piston of the diaphragm-type displacer is deflected by a short arm projecting […]