The 'RedEx Special' mini - 59 MKK

[mk1]

Welcome to the forum Giles.

I for one am very pleased that this very interesting & original Mini has found a sympathetic & enthusiastic new home.

And I am also pretty much certain that there are very few people who agree with peter's controversial comments above.

mark F

[Old English White]

Yes, I'm with you on that Mark. Preservation has to be the order of the day with this one! Quite unique isn't it

[iain1967s]

HI everyone, 59 MKK is my car. Ive owned it for the last 4 years, other than a deep clean and making sure its mechanically sound its untouched.

regards

giles

I started this thread over a year ago, because I think it’s an absolutely fantastic time capsule of a car.
Great to see you are giving it the gentle ‘oily rag’ treatment - but also glad to see the tiger-print seat cover is no more

[Jib4100]

Still have the leopard seat covers in the boot. Austin had a lot of the extras not working so ive managed to get them working. There was an issue with the coolant system, the block is full of rust causing blockages but I have some nasty stuff to put in that might help.

Great little car and gets lots of attention.

Giles

[mk1]

Gummed up blocks & cooling system is pretty common. I am sure that once you have managed to rinse it through you will notice a huge difference.

I'm not recommending it, but I have filled the cooling system up with about 30% Hydrocloric acid in situations like this. You run the engine up to temp. rinse it through, repeat a couple of times & then rinse thoroughly through with water about 3 or 4 times & jobs a good'un. It works an absolute treat & frees up pretty much everything. Not great if you have an alloy water pump though

Glad to hear that you have managed to get most of the gadgets up & running again.

Glad to hear that you still have the tiger skin cover. My 850 has a lovely pair on BMC leopard print seat covers that I think look great

[mk1]

If you get a minute, I'm sure I'm not the only person who would like to know exactly what all the knobs & dials do. I have sussed most, but the circular black dial that looks like a complicated count down times defeats me.

[Old English White]

I'm sure the hydrochloric acid trick works well. When you drain it out though, probably best to move the car off your beautifully manicured front lawn

[mk1]

Indeed