My First Mk1 Mini in 1974

Post by **mab01uk** » Sat Oct 11, 2014 5:42 pm

My first '65 Mk1 Morris Mini-Minor (Tweed Grey) shown here in 1974 before and.......just after I had 'upgraded' the badges, door mirrors, grille and rear lights to Mk3, fitted 'Tilling' winding windows, smoke tinted glass, rear wiper, roof aerial, some 6x10 Mambas with 165 Goodyear Rally Specials, centre exit exhaust and new reflective numberplates + wiper aerofoils !

Note also my 'period' flared jeans and British Leyland badged Rally Jacket.....still have hair but not quite so long.

Post by **JC T ONE** » Sat Oct 11, 2014 5:49 pm

Awesome

what a nice car, this is just how Mini,s and their owners looked in the 70ies

Post by **mab01uk** » Sat Oct 11, 2014 6:03 pm

A couple of years later this was my second Mini a '67 Mk 1 (not found many photos of this one yet), now upgraded to 998cc eng/box from a Mk3 write off and with many other bits transferred over from my previous '65 Mini which had rusty sills, rear subframe and failing Hydrolastic plus some accident damage to the front end. Sprayed black in my dad's single garage by my brothers and I with black 'shadowlite' glass, W&P nudge bars and a Webasto sunroof from a Triumph Herald. Scrapyards were full of Heralds with sunroofs so we used to remove them recover vinyl and refurbish as required and them fit them to many different cars for friends and family (if they were brave enough to have the the hole cut).

Post by **JC T ONE** » Sat Oct 11, 2014 6:34 pm

Ohh - getting better & better

me like

Love the Playboy sticker

Post by **InimiaD** » Sat Oct 11, 2014 7:37 pm

That brings back some memories, including the attire.

captain · Post by **captain** » Sat Oct 11, 2014 7:46 pm

spot on love them old memories thanks for posting

Post by **spoon.450** » Sat Oct 11, 2014 8:55 pm

Brilliant....love the 70's photos

Post by **foxy52** » Sat Oct 11, 2014 10:13 pm

mmmm love the bull bars !!!.. great shots those...strange I never owned a mk 1... as I passed my test in the 70,s to it had to be a newer car !! lol...3 minis,1 pug and 5 v dubs all in a decade !!!!....tks for posting...foxy52

Post by **rich@minispares.com** » Mon Oct 13, 2014 9:09 am

those photos look great

I might have to buy a rally jacket like that for when im in the er-cooper s

mk1 · Post by **mk1** » Mon Oct 13, 2014 9:17 am

Same pics after a quick whizz through Photoshop.

Post by **mab01uk** » Mon Oct 13, 2014 8:20 pm

mk1 wrote:Same pics after a quick whizz through Photoshop.

Thanks Mark......much improved !

Found a front view....

mk1 · Post by **mk1** » Tue Oct 14, 2014 8:57 am

You are welcome, and again. . .

miniminor · Post by **miniminor** » Fri Sep 27, 2019 5:09 pm

Changing Mk1 features to make them look like those 'modern' Mk2s

DB1380 · Post by **DB1380** » Fri Sep 27, 2019 5:18 pm

Them Flares must have been dangerous to drive in !! lol

Great pics though.

Oneball · Post by **Oneball** » Thu Sep 05, 2024 8:18 pm

Fab pics!

Rolandino · Post by **Rolandino** » Thu Sep 05, 2024 9:20 pm

I do love those nudge bars! Remember working at Minispares and fitting them for girls at the back of the shop at Friern Barnet! Got lots of dates with them.

MiNiKiN · Post by **MiNiKiN** » Fri Sep 06, 2024 8:05 am

Rolandino wrote: ↑Thu Sep 05, 2024 9:20 pm I do love those nudge bars! Remember working at Minispares and fitting them for girls at the back of the shop at Friern Barnet! Got lots of dates with them.

You fitted smooch bars, so to speak

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