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 […]
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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 […]
So many misleading articles and claims of rarity seem to crop up about the A series heads I have decided to add my own findings, starting from when I first began unbolting parts and changing cylinder heads at H.A Saunders an Austin/Morris main dealership where I started work in 1963, coincidently the same year that […]
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 […]
These are the two early interior lamps we have remanufactured. Either early type Pointed ends or Blunt ends for any Pre October 1974 models. 14A9148 with the pointed ends and black switch was fitted to Mk1 Mini to Oct 1964 and Elf/Hornet MK2 1965. Lamp body length is 13.6cm(5.35″) by 3.40cm(1.34″) body width and listed […]
24A2158CHROME the chrome version was first used on the 1961 Morris Cooper and then on the Cooper S 1070 from 1963, then 970/1275 until about 1965 when the stainless steel version 24A2158 was fitted as an alternative material for longevity, both having the lower grille bar extrusion with pointed ends. 24A2159 is a stainless steel […]
HISTORIC SUPPLIER PIANOFORTE & PRICES- By 1981 the ALA6668 Cooper S Mk2 grille had become NLA from Leyland under the ten year stocking rule and the aftermarket product was very poor quality so I approached Pianoforte the original suppliers who offered to reintroduce the grille solely for us in Feb 1981 with a tooling renovation […]
21A1477 Front only, 1 orange or green band, standard use pre December 1965 for Cooper and S, Hornet and Elf. 21A1703 Rear only, 1 orange or green band, standard use pre December 1965 for Cooper and S, Hornet and Elf. 21A1804 Front and Rear, one orange band, standard use December 1965 on for Cooper and […]
Gold and Silver seal and other Replacement A series Mini engines available from BMC/Leyland & Rover. These are not the original production line numbers as usually found in log books at original point of sale on new cars but factory replacement engine numbers that could have been fitted to your Mini. These are all the […]