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My first Mini was just as rusty, and my grandad took it into his garage, stripped it down completely, and rebuilt it. My daughter now runs around in it now. It was a Morris Mini 1000 registered in 1974.
We had a Morris Mini 1000 from new in 1974 a CitronYellow M reg called her Sunshine. Only car I have made money on. Made a small profit when I sold it private. Spotted it many years later still in good nick .Happy Days.
Yes, 2 more cars saved from the scrap yard! I was delighted to hear the Ritz engine running for the short time. Hopefully somebody will buy one or both and see what can be done with them. Once again, a great team effort by the two of you. Thanks for sharing with us. Cheers
Having sat in a factory fresh Mini Ritz in the showroom back in the day - it don't half make me feel old seeing one in this state!...Sadly Austin Rovers Metallic finishes proved to be quite porous and these mid eighties Mini Special Editions - Ritz, Chelsea and Piccadilly deteriorated rapidly and survivors are rare. Even though its categorised the Ritz is very much worth saving - that its survived at all is a miracle. 👍
Any Mini is worth saving cos they aren't ever going to make such an iconic car again! Pink Floyd and Led Zep were icing on the cake :) Best video right here.
Worked at longbridge on mini line cab 1 between 1985 and 1992..my favourite mini special was the ritz.they made a few specials park Lane .mary quant .tennis one 25and .35 nice little cars should of made it with the five speedbox from metro 1.1 it would of sold shed loads
Two more rescued. You've done all you can to save them and you can tell they both have a story. They must be useful to someone, particularly the 1275 engine. 😊👍
Good night Clare and Elton i love watching your RUclips videos on your RUclips channel I hope you both are all well and enjoying your adventures finding old barn finds and showing everyone how you find them and take to auction for people to restore to be put back on the road please keep safe and warm and thanks again for what you both do for everyone to watch on your RUclips channel please keep up your good work on your you tube channel cheers
I got a great little mini cooper in 1970s lay up in garden for a few years i got it for ten pounds cleaned it all up it started first time when the battery was charged replaced a few bulbs took it for mot it passed sold it for £500 magic❤❤❤
About fifteen years ago a polish lad living next door to my warehouse asked me to put his old mondeo on the back of a truck using the forklift. I can still see him in now sitting in the boot to keep the car balanced as i loaded it on. Apparently the car was still worth something in Poland at the time.
great little cars I passed my test in one also had one to drive after I passed if I still had it be worth a few bob now it cost me back in the £250 still can remember the reg on it cheers guys
Next time with the tynes . . . Put a length of 4x2 just over the width of the car on each tyne . . . Have them on their edge . . Lift it up . . Easy . . Yes ive done it . . Great save team . Till next time take care . Bye from NZ👍👋🇳🇿🍻twa
20/25 years ago no1 would have saved them but now Minis are worth saving particularly as everything bodywork wise from panels to complete shells are still made. I never liked minis until i bought an 06 R50 cooper & then a 10 plate R56 cooper S. Would love any from the 60s with the sliding window.
My father was a mini fanatic, owning a traveller and countryman estates, as a kid I was not impressed 😅 as my friends dads owned big saloons. But in 1975 I purchased a 1964 mini saloon , green with a white roof, and I loved it, surprisingly. Two years later off to the scrapyard in the sky she went after several encounters with the police, but my mini got away each time 😅 if I could only tell you the stories, really quite funny. Cheers all 🍻
I'm afraid Claire I also have a very large collection of rare and original cassettes, some quite valuable according to "Discogs". I never play them of course, they're just antiquities really or collectable for fans of the music but I just find them so attractive and tactile. That's probably why I love classic and older cars so much too, good luck at ACA, I'll be glued as usual.
I am not an expert on Minis but the Ritz is obviously more original than the black/yellow one. Having said that it is the sort of thing many people did back in the day. Replacing the shell for such a small car was quite easy to do, you could do it on your driveway, if you had one! These days there is 'Mini heritage' so I suppose in theory you could get a shell much closer to the original if you so desired. Some interesting tapes in there, I think the only ones I am familiar with would be 'The Doors', 'Led Zep' and 'Pink Floyd' which I tend to play on a Sunday afternoon (Pink Floyd that is in CD form). Thanks for the video Claire and Elton.👍👍
The black mini shell appears to be an early 70s Mk3 model with the original 70s seats! I guess you could re-shell as a Mk1 with the identity, but not sure whether the donor car’s identity could be recovered (likely not sadly - but might be ideal for a race car project)
That's well dodgy !😮😅😊 How good is that easy start 🤔 I seem to remember Mini doors had a cord that you pulled, before levers ? Propellorheads did that song with Shirley Bassey
@@UKBarnFinds You are so kind. Btw my 2. car was an orange Mini (850), first one was Mk.1 Escort Estate (3-door). And now I drive an EV..what progress lol
my first car when i was 16 was a black 1973 l reg mini 1000 and second one i had i was 22 and orange 1100 clubman that was a 1980 v reg and i am 6 foot just glad they had sporty steering wheel with my long legs ... were fun to drive at the time but now i am 55 dont think i could lift my self out one if i managed to fall in it lol...i mostly owned 4 mk2 escorts and two mk5 cortinas one of them was 1.3 2 door thats the car i wish i could get back not seen it in 30 years......good work you do with your beautiful wife....
Great video. I hope that the older mini isnt brought at auction just for its number plate but personally I'm not hopeful. I've got this horrible feeling it'll end up on some awful electric suv. Also I've never heard the use of the word "tyne" used in connection with fork lifts before. I've always thought they were called forks, therefore leading to the machines name, forklift. I'm not saying I'm right though, every day is a school day!!!
Your videos always make me think about my first car when I was eighteen it was a 1954/56 100E I used to around all the scrap yards in Essex looking for various parts to put on it number plate was 804 APC or APC 8O4 it was a sort of ice cream car white on top yellow on the bottom someone will buy the minis especially the black one for the number plates 😊😊
The spare doors are post 1966 according to the door handles. And if i'm not correct. You would find metal window locks on a 1961 opposed to the later plastic ones as present on these doors.
Would love to buy the Nissan badge. :) Me and my partner have quiet a few Nissans between us. Would fit great on his Nissan vest with the rest of the badges!
The door could be correct for 1961 Claire , but the exterior handle isn't .They would have been the ' open spear ' type lever and these are the later ' safety ' ones with a curved end and a finisher stud.As you probably know , the ' DX ' number is local to you , registered in Ipswich in September 1961.I have a September 1961 Austin Seven Mini , registered in Cambridge , where I am !.Will be interesting to see what they make and would not be surprised if they do better than you'd think !.
It would be nice if something did do well at auction. Fingers crossed. What condition is your Mini in? Isn’t it strange how they often seem to stay local?
Them minis can be saved they are easy and simple to work on will be alot of welding I've had a few when I was 18 i rebuilt one as i just started welding in the end it was a 1360 turbo everything from a modified metro turbo it was fast but dangerous but them was the days when cars was simple and easy to maintain and repair
The black Mini is a MkIII shell, doors, switch panel and remote gearbox link to a 998cc MKIII era engine and box. Then we get into the real hodge-podge mix that makes this car up.... The dashboard top and gauge binnacle is from either a Clubman of the 70s era onward or a Mk5 Mini (the era of the silver car). The bonnet badge is from a MkII....but is on a MKIII or later bonnet. The boot badging is MkIII in that even though the Austin Mini used that script and style of badge for the MkI, it would say Austin Seven, not Austin Mini in 1961. The doors brought out from inside the car are likely from a MkII, or as that car is badged as an Austin, may indeed be the original MkI doors....but would take a lot of faffing to get to fit and look right on the MkIII shell because they are not the same size. (The difference between Austin and Morris Mkl Mini doors is that the Morris ones have a pull-cord arrangement instead of the lever-action one in the black cover near the door mechanism. ) As to restoration? Well, as with any project, the sky's the limit and only restricted by the size of one's bank account. Over here (NZ) I've seen worse than that come back from the dead....but not economically viable as a "do up and flick" restoration to be sure. Most restorers would look at the structural areas - firewall, A,B and C pillars, roof gutters, sills (inner and outer) and subframe mounting positions - and if they are ok, then it's worth replacing the floor pans, boot sections, nose clip and valances. I've now got a little project myself - a 1977 Mini. She was running and driving - and still does...just not on the road any more...er...... It's a good car structurally and I've spent a fair bit of cash to get her mechanically (and suspensionally) sound, but sitting in the drive while a relative's furniture has kept it out of the garage has not done it any favours and there are a few spots of rot (and previous owner's bodging) that have gone "whoopee!!!" and had a field day with a few areas that have cropped up in the timeframe....so now she needs more of a restoration than what she initially came off the road for. No matter - furniture is going in a month and she'll be back inside where I can take bits off and get at what I need to. The little silver one had a great sounding little engine - although valve bouncing is never a good thing to do to an A-series! It may have been the camera, but I saw nothing on that which spooked me - and I am easily spooked. The passenger's side is obviously the worst and I'd be taking a good look at the sills and on the front wings where someone has shaved the panel seams. The biggest concern would be what is behind that foam on the engine side of the firewall as the original sound-deadener had a habit of filling up with water and rotting it out, let alone several lumps of what looks like foam mattress! The scuttle panel at the lower edge of the windscreen and the panel underneath the rear window have some rot, but nothing that requires serious surgery from the video. Doors for the MkIV onward are a dime a dozen to replace too. However, the nose cone looks great and the original Ritz-only pieces are still there and in reasonable fettle. Finding an original Ritz now is a rare thing - especially if you can find the centre caps for the bespoke alloy wheels.... All-in-all, quite a good little find there. Elton is correct about the black car - the 1275cc engine that is listed as being part of the car's credentials was still a twinkle in the eye - not appearing until very late in the MkII / early MKIII era. With Minis being sought after in any state in the UK (from what I have heard) I reckon they will sell well. I'd love to have a look over the Ritz as it was a version we never got down here, but it's a bit far to travel for me to see the wee beasty! I'd love a set of the cloth seats from that era - high back with headrest and a good thick material cover. Way better than the vinyl bucket seats that can leave one with third degree burns in the New Zealand sun! All the best
We always love your replies! Thank you so much for taking the time to post them, as they’re really handy for anyone reading them. I bet you can’t wait to get that garage space back!
Keep an eye on the petrol. If E5 goes you might waste your money rebuilding one. But on a lighter note If you said you can have an E type Or Cooper. It would be a mini. Your only supposed to Blow the bloody doors Off......
Blue light on forklift , mini definitively not mk1 , wrong in so many ways , but still wounder full savings as always your work appreciated , still catching up with your previous postings
A+ engines were fun, reliable and very economical. I had a 1983 Mini Mayfair in silvery-green with a bright yellow engine. Always a pleasure to drive, right up until 14 years old and 94000 miles when the bodywork and underside sadly fell apart.
The black mini hasn’t been re-shelled. Someone has just swapped the number plates off a 1961 car onto a ‘70s mini. Probably happened when pre ‘73 cars became tax-free in the ‘90s.
Worth saving? I suppose nostalgia says they are but personally I wouldn't bother. The very first car I ever bought, when I was 17 (about a thousand years ago), was a 1966 D reg Austin Cooper S, back in those days they were the car all the young guys wanted, kind of like a 'hot hatch' of it's day. I hated mine...lol No matter what anyone tells you, they were not fast, they did not handle particularly well and they were bloody noisy and uncomfortable, even at 50mph they felt as though you were doing 100. They may look cute but they're bloody awful (sorry to the lovers, just my opinion).
Surely that 1961 mini is beyond saving??🤨. At least the wheel nuts came off. Today I tried and failed to remove one brazen wheel bolt from a 2008 car and flippin failed🥵
Newer cars are so pants like that! I removed wheel nuts from a car today that had been buried in the ground for decades. No wheel attached and I had to dig out the brake disc with a shovel, but the nuts all came off 😂 ~ Elton
Another tip for the glass, see where the little dot under the word Toughened, T=1, O=2, U=3 etc etc, 0 year didn't have a dot, obviously the doors are 60's so it's just determining the year by the dot method
i think the black & red mini is either on a private registration plate as it's got a pre 1963 reg plate on it! but the body shell is A 1970s shell! but worth saving they both are!!!
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My first Mini was just as rusty, and my grandad took it into his garage, stripped it down completely, and rebuilt it. My daughter now runs around in it now. It was a Morris Mini 1000 registered in 1974.
The fact that your daughter has it now is so cool. Real heartwarming stuff. ❤️
@@UKBarnFinds My other daughter has my Mini Clubman estate. They both needed transport for uni, and I fell soft.
Lucky girls!
@@UKBarnFinds Silly Daddy! 🤣
We had a Morris Mini 1000 from new in 1974 a CitronYellow M reg called her Sunshine. Only car I have made money on. Made a small profit when I sold it private. Spotted it many years later still in good nick .Happy Days.
Yes, 2 more cars saved from the scrap yard! I was delighted to hear the Ritz engine running for the short time. Hopefully somebody will buy one or both and see what can be done with them. Once again, a great team effort by the two of you. Thanks for sharing with us. Cheers
Having sat in a factory fresh Mini Ritz in the showroom back in the day - it don't half make me feel old seeing one in this state!...Sadly Austin Rovers Metallic finishes proved to be quite porous and these mid eighties Mini Special Editions - Ritz, Chelsea and Piccadilly deteriorated rapidly and survivors are rare. Even though its categorised the Ritz is very much worth saving - that its survived at all is a miracle. 👍
Any Mini is worth saving cos they aren't ever going to make such an iconic car again! Pink Floyd and Led Zep were icing on the cake :) Best video right here.
Worked at longbridge on mini line cab 1 between 1985 and 1992..my favourite mini special was the ritz.they made a few specials park Lane .mary quant .tennis one 25and .35 nice little cars should of made it with the five speedbox from metro 1.1 it would of sold shed loads
Two more rescued. You've done all you can to save them and you can tell they both have a story. They must be useful to someone, particularly the 1275 engine. 😊👍
Good night Clare and Elton i love watching your RUclips videos on your RUclips channel
I hope you both are all well and enjoying your adventures finding old barn finds and showing everyone how you find them and take to auction for people to restore to be put
back on the road please keep safe and warm and thanks again for what you both do for everyone to watch on your RUclips channel please keep up your good work on your you
tube channel cheers
Love watching you two working together having a laff and trying ur best to save some our great British motoring history!!
Good luck with these two cars, it’s good you have saved two iconic cars. I owned a 1981 mini hl with my wife. Good luck down in Sussex..
Great video guys. Love the old minis Enjoyed watching. 👍🏼👍🏼
Can't remember last time i saw a mini ritz, so well worth restoring. best thing about these. can buy nearlly everything..
Yeah, there are some great companies for parts. I suppose the tricky bits to find will be any correctly coloured trim bits. EBay to the rescue!
I got a great little mini cooper in 1970s lay up in garden for a few years i got it for ten pounds cleaned it all up it started first time when the battery was charged replaced a few bulbs took it for mot it passed sold it for £500 magic❤❤❤
Yeah well worth saving the prices are only going up. Work to do but worth it in the end you'll see 👍👍#Mini original 💯✌️
In the mid-1980s, the presence of a shiny, silver Mini 'Ritz' reminded the neighbours how posh you were.
Nice one, can`t beat a simple "A" series motor for reliability.
Loved my 1982 Mini Mayfair C173 HOP
About fifteen years ago a polish lad living next door to my warehouse asked me to put his old mondeo on the back of a truck using the forklift. I can still see him in now sitting in the boot to keep the car balanced as i loaded it on. Apparently the car was still worth something in Poland at the time.
great little cars I passed my test in one also had one to drive after I passed if I still had it be worth a few bob now it cost me back in the £250 still can remember the reg on it cheers guys
Next time with the tynes . . . Put a length of 4x2 just over the width of the car on each tyne . . . Have them on their edge . . Lift it up . . Easy . . Yes ive done it . .
Great save team .
Till next time take care .
Bye from NZ👍👋🇳🇿🍻twa
What could possibly go wrong indeed? Looks like you had fun doing the rescuing. Another enjoyable video, keep 'em coming.
Thank you. We did enjoy this one. A nice, simple job.
20/25 years ago no1 would have saved them but now Minis are worth saving particularly as everything bodywork wise from panels to complete shells are still made. I never liked minis until i bought an 06 R50 cooper & then a 10 plate R56 cooper S. Would love any from the 60s with the sliding window.
My father was a mini fanatic, owning a traveller and countryman estates, as a kid I was not impressed 😅 as my friends dads owned big saloons.
But in 1975 I purchased a 1964 mini saloon , green with a white roof, and I loved it, surprisingly.
Two years later off to the scrapyard in the sky she went after several encounters with the police, but my mini got away each time 😅 if I could only tell you the stories, really quite funny. Cheers all 🍻
Haha! If we bump into you, please tell us some of those stories 😂
I'm afraid Claire I also have a very large collection of rare and original cassettes, some quite valuable according to "Discogs". I never play them of course, they're just antiquities really or collectable for fans of the music but I just find them so attractive and tactile. That's probably why I love classic and older cars so much too, good luck at ACA, I'll be glued as usual.
I am not an expert on Minis but the Ritz is obviously more original than the black/yellow one. Having said that it is the sort of thing many people did back in the day. Replacing the shell for such a small car was quite easy to do, you could do it on your driveway, if you had one! These days there is 'Mini heritage' so I suppose in theory you could get a shell much closer to the original if you so desired. Some interesting tapes in there, I think the only ones I am familiar with would be 'The Doors', 'Led Zep' and 'Pink Floyd' which I tend to play on a Sunday afternoon (Pink Floyd that is in CD form). Thanks for the video Claire and Elton.👍👍
Would love that Ritz. Still definitely worth an attempt to get it back on the road.
The black mini shell appears to be an early 70s Mk3 model with the original 70s seats! I guess you could re-shell as a Mk1 with the identity, but not sure whether the donor car’s identity could be recovered (likely not sadly - but might be ideal for a race car project)
It'd be worth a try. I think they're collectibles now.
That's well dodgy !😮😅😊
How good is that easy start 🤔
I seem to remember Mini doors had a cord that you pulled, before levers ?
Propellorheads did that song with Shirley Bassey
It's gonna be a good evening...a new videos from you two :) Glad to see you again, cheers :)
We love seeing you in the comments ❤️
@@UKBarnFinds You are so kind. Btw my 2. car was an orange Mini (850), first one was Mk.1 Escort Estate (3-door). And now I drive an EV..what progress lol
I had a Mini Piccadilly as my first car (C plate, 1986) metallic gold paint, and it had exactly the same seats as your Ritz.
On the Ritz it’s possible the diaphragm on the SU carb has a problem allowing full revs
There's no diaphragm on SUs, only Strombergs. I suspect it needs oil in the dashpot, or the piston is corroded and sticking...
my first car when i was 16 was a black 1973 l reg mini 1000 and second one i had i was 22 and orange 1100 clubman that was a 1980 v reg and i am 6 foot just glad they had sporty steering wheel with my long legs ... were fun to drive at the time but now i am 55 dont think i could lift my self out one if i managed to fall in it lol...i mostly owned 4 mk2 escorts and two mk5 cortinas one of them was 1.3 2 door thats the car i wish i could get back not seen it in 30 years......good work you do with your beautiful wife....
Great video. I hope that the older mini isnt brought at auction just for its number plate but personally I'm not hopeful. I've got this horrible feeling it'll end up on some awful electric suv. Also I've never heard the use of the word "tyne" used in connection with fork lifts before. I've always thought they were called forks, therefore leading to the machines name, forklift. I'm not saying I'm right though, every day is a school day!!!
Your videos always make me think about my first car when I was eighteen it was a 1954/56 100E I used to around all the scrap yards in Essex looking for various parts to put on it number plate was 804 APC or APC 8O4 it was a sort of ice cream car white on top yellow on the bottom someone will buy the minis especially the black one for the number plates 😊😊
Scrap yards used to be such fun. Climbing all over cars stacked 3 or 4 high, there can’t be many that would allow it now 😂
Tape of the doors in the mini with the doors 😂
I can't believe you have a 'You Can with a Nissan' badge - if our paths cross at a show.......🤣
@19.19, it's got the earlier inset bonnet hinges & also the radiator cowl of a MK1 & 2
The spare doors are post 1966 according to the door handles. And if i'm not correct. You would find metal window locks on a 1961 opposed to the later plastic ones as present on these doors.
The black mini appears to be a clubman post 1973 pre 1976. Modified with a "round mini front end".
I see on ACA's website they are selling a MK1 Bodyshell in the same Auction.
A match made in heaven!
I've certainly saved worse - well done you two!
Would love to buy the Nissan badge. :) Me and my partner have quiet a few Nissans between us. Would fit great on his Nissan vest with the rest of the badges!
The door could be correct for 1961 Claire , but the exterior handle isn't .They would have been the ' open spear ' type lever and these are the later ' safety ' ones with a curved end and a finisher stud.As you probably know , the ' DX ' number is local to you , registered in Ipswich in September 1961.I have a September 1961 Austin Seven Mini , registered in Cambridge , where I am !.Will be interesting to see what they make and would not be surprised if they do better than you'd think !.
It would be nice if something did do well at auction. Fingers crossed. What condition is your Mini in? Isn’t it strange how they often seem to stay local?
Missed you guys! ❤
Them minis can be saved they are easy and simple to work on will be alot of welding I've had a few when I was 18 i rebuilt one as i just started welding in the end it was a 1360 turbo everything from a modified metro turbo it was fast but dangerous but them was the days when cars was simple and easy to maintain and repair
The black Mini is a MkIII shell, doors, switch panel and remote gearbox link to a 998cc MKIII era engine and box.
Then we get into the real hodge-podge mix that makes this car up....
The dashboard top and gauge binnacle is from either a Clubman of the 70s era onward or a Mk5 Mini (the era of the silver car). The bonnet badge is from a MkII....but is on a MKIII or later bonnet. The boot badging is MkIII in that even though the Austin Mini used that script and style of badge for the MkI, it would say Austin Seven, not Austin Mini in 1961. The doors brought out from inside the car are likely from a MkII, or as that car is badged as an Austin, may indeed be the original MkI doors....but would take a lot of faffing to get to fit and look right on the MkIII shell because they are not the same size. (The difference between Austin and Morris Mkl Mini doors is that the Morris ones have a pull-cord arrangement instead of the lever-action one in the black cover near the door mechanism. )
As to restoration? Well, as with any project, the sky's the limit and only restricted by the size of one's bank account. Over here (NZ) I've seen worse than that come back from the dead....but not economically viable as a "do up and flick" restoration to be sure. Most restorers would look at the structural areas - firewall, A,B and C pillars, roof gutters, sills (inner and outer) and subframe mounting positions - and if they are ok, then it's worth replacing the floor pans, boot sections, nose clip and valances. I've now got a little project myself - a 1977 Mini. She was running and driving - and still does...just not on the road any more...er...... It's a good car structurally and I've spent a fair bit of cash to get her mechanically (and suspensionally) sound, but sitting in the drive while a relative's furniture has kept it out of the garage has not done it any favours and there are a few spots of rot (and previous owner's bodging) that have gone "whoopee!!!" and had a field day with a few areas that have cropped up in the timeframe....so now she needs more of a restoration than what she initially came off the road for. No matter - furniture is going in a month and she'll be back inside where I can take bits off and get at what I need to.
The little silver one had a great sounding little engine - although valve bouncing is never a good thing to do to an A-series! It may have been the camera, but I saw nothing on that which spooked me - and I am easily spooked. The passenger's side is obviously the worst and I'd be taking a good look at the sills and on the front wings where someone has shaved the panel seams. The biggest concern would be what is behind that foam on the engine side of the firewall as the original sound-deadener had a habit of filling up with water and rotting it out, let alone several lumps of what looks like foam mattress! The scuttle panel at the lower edge of the windscreen and the panel underneath the rear window have some rot, but nothing that requires serious surgery from the video. Doors for the MkIV onward are a dime a dozen to replace too. However, the nose cone looks great and the original Ritz-only pieces are still there and in reasonable fettle. Finding an original Ritz now is a rare thing - especially if you can find the centre caps for the bespoke alloy wheels....
All-in-all, quite a good little find there. Elton is correct about the black car - the 1275cc engine that is listed as being part of the car's credentials was still a twinkle in the eye - not appearing until very late in the MkII / early MKIII era. With Minis being sought after in any state in the UK (from what I have heard) I reckon they will sell well. I'd love to have a look over the Ritz as it was a version we never got down here, but it's a bit far to travel for me to see the wee beasty! I'd love a set of the cloth seats from that era - high back with headrest and a good thick material cover. Way better than the vinyl bucket seats that can leave one with third degree burns in the New Zealand sun!
All the best
We always love your replies! Thank you so much for taking the time to post them, as they’re really handy for anyone reading them. I bet you can’t wait to get that garage space back!
I believe Mk 1 windows had chrome, not plastic, catches.
Hmmm interesting video… I would love to save the mk1 thingy aha
Keep an eye on the petrol.
If E5 goes you might waste your money rebuilding one.
But on a lighter note
If you said you can have an E type
Or Cooper.
It would be a mini.
Your only supposed to
Blow the bloody doors
Off......
@16.00, Certainly is a Triggers broom, there was another term you missed & it's what you do to a bell
That one and the other mini are the "finds of the century, "they are the "real deal"...(with apologies to Derick Matthewson...😁)
@17.40, the door has the 1966 mod of the safety boss for the outer door handle
I think you meant Mini Bitz. Those are MkI doors. The Ritz might be a project car that could be swapped into another shell.
Mini Bitz 😂😂😂
All the panels are available even heritage bodyshells they could be easily restored
Blue light on forklift , mini definitively not mk1 , wrong in so many ways , but still wounder full savings as always your work appreciated , still catching up with your previous postings
@7.45, it's Ernie the fastest Milkman in the East
The sliding windows would be the original doors
And original colour is that dark maroon
But they are both very sad 😢😢
@6.32, 998cc A+ were Yellowy & the 1275 A+ were Red
A+ engines were fun, reliable and very economical. I had a 1983 Mini Mayfair in silvery-green with a bright yellow engine. Always a pleasure to drive, right up until 14 years old and 94000 miles when the bodywork and underside sadly fell apart.
@19.17, not a 1275, check the engine number prefix
The black mini hasn’t been re-shelled. Someone has just swapped the number plates off a 1961 car onto a ‘70s mini. Probably happened when pre ‘73 cars became tax-free in the ‘90s.
About the only thing not rusty would be the number plate.
Worth saving? I suppose nostalgia says they are but personally I wouldn't bother. The very first car I ever bought, when I was 17 (about a thousand years ago), was a 1966 D reg Austin Cooper S, back in those days they were the car all the young guys wanted, kind of like a 'hot hatch' of it's day. I hated mine...lol No matter what anyone tells you, they were not fast, they did not handle particularly well and they were bloody noisy and uncomfortable, even at 50mph they felt as though you were doing 100. They may look cute but they're bloody awful (sorry to the lovers, just my opinion).
The inner handles were a conversoon from a cable that stretched from a hook inside the door inner front to the catch on the latch. Very basic...
Correct door for 1961. Dash is not. Tail lights are not
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Surely that 1961 mini is beyond saving??🤨. At least the wheel nuts came off. Today I tried and failed to remove one brazen wheel bolt from a 2008 car and flippin failed🥵
Newer cars are so pants like that! I removed wheel nuts from a car today that had been buried in the ground for decades. No wheel attached and I had to dig out the brake disc with a shovel, but the nuts all came off 😂 ~ Elton
@@UKBarnFinds Wow thats mad, had a long lever on it and still no go. Brother is going to try to use the "ugga dugga" gun on it, shouldn't have to WTF.
Another tip for the glass, see where the little dot under the word Toughened, T=1, O=2, U=3 etc etc, 0 year didn't have a dot, obviously the doors are 60's so it's just determining the year by the dot method
All classics are worth saving, but all the modern cars let them rot
You have some work to do on that mini
You need to save as much of this petrol engine stuff to try to save us from this electric nightmare rhat is being forced on us
i think the black & red mini is either on a private registration plate as it's got a pre 1963 reg plate on it! but the body shell is A 1970s shell! but worth saving they both are!!!