Nice old rear hydro subframe pic

[AndyPen]

Searching through stuff I found this today - quite a good reference shot. It appears to be on a jig of some kind, for testing perhaps?

Does anyone put any kind of padding on top these days?

rear-hydro-subframe.jpg

[bwaminispeed]

I think that is set up on the line, the front subframe will be on the dolly in front of it, just waiting to mate up with a body.....

[TECH396]

That's a great reference piece. I've never noticed the use of the two spool mounts and bracket for the tailpipe before.
I'm planning on putting my padding back, I saved my original stuff. The body wasn't rotting at those locations on my car.
It looks to be jigged & ready to "marry" to the body

[Craig]

It does look like the assembly line ??
Great reference picture
Anyone have the front picture ????

Craig

[winabbey]

I think that is set up on the line, the front subframe will be on the dolly in front of it, just waiting to mate up with a body.....

Yes, the two hydro pipes heading north in the pic must be attached to something and not swinging in the wind. A front subframe is the obvious answer.

I'll add to the request for a pic of the front subframe dolly.

[OGW 1082]

Hello all,
Here's the full picture.
Regards,
Glen

[Simon776]

It is part of a sequence of pictures of a pre-production build.

[winabbey]

Hello all,
Here's the full picture.
Regards,
Glen

Many thanks Glen.

Long way round for that image - from Oz to UK and back to Oz.

[850man]

That photo is in one of the Mini books, the one with 33EJB on the cover from memory.
Edit - Mini Rob Golding.

[johnv]

So only the hydro pipes go ‘under’ the subframe? .. think I got mine wrong ..

[STG95F]

So looks like the rear silencer was black from the factory

[nick rogers]

It's a very early wet car as it still has a non-damped gearstick.

[AndyPen]

Yes Nick, it is a pre-production set up from Feb - March 64 as far as I can recall. That's why there is no positive crankcase ventilation etc. It may even be a 1071??

I see it has been posted already but here is the front picture, slightly out of focus on the original photograph due to depth of field in relatively low light.

front-subframe.jpg

[Gary Schulz]

These photographs are fantastic reference material. Any chance that the original source could be scanned at high resolution and made available somewhere? I don't believe I have ever seen them anywhere else.

So this is just a setup for a prototype hydro build I presume? No way they did production this way...

The rear brake drums suggest this is a non-S Cooper I would think.

[bwaminispeed]

The picture is the right way up, the pipes go up the front face, and ,over top of the rear subframe......

[bwaminispeed]

Gary, you would be surprised how crude the ealy Mini production line was.......

Looks like a 998 Cooper (90 degree mounted heater valve), with the later airbox (but, not chopped for the brake cylinder), probably late 64ish.....

[AndyPen]

I was told at the time is was an S but you are right about the drums causing doubt Gary. Or they may have said Cooper and I jumped the gun.

Sometime around the early to mid 90s I was researching my Feb 64 car as I also had a pile of bits from a 970 and was confused as to what went with what.

Long story short, gaydon responded with an invite to visit along with pics of my shell etc - memory is flakey but I think they were restoring AJB 44B. They let me photograph bits and I was rather cheeky and took pics of some of the photos they had out.

My Research timeline was Jan - March 64, hence I am fairly confident on the dates.

[360gts]

It looks like a 998 Cooper unit...it has the old style remote noisy gear lever. Top rad hose is the style for the non S engine too.
The silencers were black back then...and were welded together.......still have the original one off my 64 1071.
Also, interesting...no MOWOG on the rear crossmember!

[STG95F]

It looks like a 998 Cooper unit...it has the old style remote noisy gear lever. Top rad hose is the style for the non S engine too.
The silencers were black back then...and were welded together.......still have the original one off my 64 1071.
Also, interesting...no MOWOG on the rear crossmember!

Dermott , Do you know if the silencers were black on all the MK1 Cooper range ??

Ian

[nick rogers]

The CV nuts appear to be the smaller inch and 3/16" which would also confirm Cooper, Not S.