New section coming to the MK1 Site soon!

[mk1]

Following a couple of requests & a few good submissions I am starting on a new section on the Main MK1 site.

I am updating the accessory section & will be including complete scans of some of the accessory supplements printed in the Motoring press throughout the 1960's. I have literally dozens of these in my collection.

The reason for this is that original accessories are invariably more expensive than I can afford nowadays & by using these old articles as an archive the salient information is kept.

Here's a little taster from Autocar back in July 1963, courtesy of a good friend of the MK1 site Garry Honywill.

http://mk1-performance-conversions.co.u ... sories.pdf

[Pete]

Great idea.

[Gareth Brandt]

I have had a mini with "Ritmo" covering on the dash

[UHR850]

Jippy, well done lets go for it.

[timmy201]

The K F Ward grille in there looks the same as the Styla / Super Accessories one I had..

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[Nevsmini]

Great idea. Just found out were the seat brackets came from on my 63 Radford Elf thanks to this

[mini63]

I cant like the elf-esque fibreglass boot for 25 quid....

[850GT]

Great idea, the period after market stuff is cool !

[nick@dunsdale]

I cant like the elf-esque fibreglass boot for 25 quid....

that surely must have been ugly back then as well ....lol

[mk1]

that surely must have been ugly back then as well ..

But useful if you have a family of 4 who are going on holiday in the family Mini.

Very few households had 2 cars in the 60's and this would have been a practical all be it ugly accessory.

[nick@dunsdale]

Great idea. Just found out were the seat brackets came from on my 63 Radford Elf thanks to this

Hmmmm interesting they are cast, on a seat bracket !!, i would think a seat bracket is under constant amounts of high stress.

As far as i am aware cast iron has no yield point it just break's, whoops i wonder if anyone if found themselves suddenly in the unable to reach the pedals lol.

cool brochure though

[mk1]

They aren't cast iron, they are alloy.

[Spider]

I remember when I was a wee tacker seeing one of them boot extenions, made me want to reach to an axe! Most folk out this way just bought a Morris 1100 if they wanted more boot space.

They aren't cast iron, they are alloy.

And they are for a He-man