62 Austin Super Seven

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62 Austin Super Seven

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Thought id start a thread for the rebuild of my Super.

As i bought it in July

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Got my interior this weekend

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The seats and panels needed a good clean and had some sort of black paint in places.
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The rear shelf half way done
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The seats now looking a lot better
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That interior scrubbed up really well!
"Get the wheels in line, Get the wheels in line with it! ..... and then slam your brakes on or we'll be in the cabin ! "

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miniminor wrote:That interior scrubbed up really well!
Yeah thanks, I'm really pleased with them :D
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Got a Smiths rev gauge for when its nearly finished

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Replacement panel ?
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Nuffield Motor Products ? Washwood Heath? :geek:
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Nuffield Metal Products. They made bodies for other parts of the Nuffield empire, including the body of my J type van, as well as Morris Minors, and apparently early Minis.

edit: sorry, hadn't realised Graham had replied first.

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Hi Tim, no worries, yours was the more 'complete' answer!

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Thanks for the info guys very helpfull ;) so is this the original front panel then ?
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I think so. NMP is mentioned several times in the book "MINI: The True and Secret History of the Making of a Motor Car" by Simon Garfield, especially in the chapter titled "'This car is going to leak', said Jim Percival". It actually says "...Nuffield Metal Products, who built the bodies for Morris...". I don't know what proportion they built though.

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Great to see another Super being restored - good luck with it!
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coopersean wrote:Great to see another Super being restored - good luck with it!
Thanks looking forward to getting it on the road :D
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Is the mileage to be believed on the speedo?
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miniminor wrote:Is the mileage to be believed on the speedo?
Probably not I have no service history for it and apparently was last on the road in 84 :lol:
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Mine has the same stamp. Traced and documented as a 62 Morris Mini.
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