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 […]
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Mini Spares Centre’s 50th birthday celebration party was brought forward to 23rd August to cover the disastrous cancellation of the August 2025 planned International Mini Meet at Laughton show ground in East Sussex. Mini Spares recognising the fact that many customers from the all over the world who had made travel and accommodation arrangements and […]
August 1959 the mini was shown to the world by Tony Ball dressed as a magician producing a Mini out of a giant top hat to the tune of “that old black magic” and with the mist from the dry ice clearing he waved his magic wand with something new coming out of the mini […]
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 […]
A few years back when writing the article on A series cylinder head types I added the 8 port cast iron head as designed by Eddie Maher and Harry Weslake. Eddie Maher was well known at Morris Engines and in the tuning world as he was instrumental in the Sebring and Le Mans Sprites using […]
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 […]
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 […]