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66Traveller wrote: ↑Mon Dec 13, 2021 11:17 am Nice colour Aqua - any more photos?

Unfortunately this is the only other photo I have. I don't have any more details on the car, I think I saved the photos because I like that colour 1275GT and I thought for 'reference purposes' the wheel arch extensions had been fitted very neatly.

mab01uk wrote: ↑Mon Dec 13, 2021 9:44 am

Nice looking car.
I see it's one of those early cars with a t-handle boot lid that we were discussing on the old adverts thread the other day.

The Mk1 /Mk2 boot lid handle is a feature of 1970 built 1275GTs.

Interestingly I once owned a 1974 pre export Innocenti 1300 Cooper which also had that feature.

Hi, I've been a GT owner for over 30 years, thought I would drop in and say hello. My current work in progress is a new build using a heritage shell. The donor car was completely rotten:

Welcome aboard. The little GT seems to be a firm favourite on this forum where a couple are being restored/rebuilt.

The (1976) Longbridge Tunnel 1275GT, the last Mini to 'leave' Longbridge, pictured below on display at the British Motor Museum, Gaydon.





News (2012) : The final Mini leaves Longbridge:-
https://www.aronline.co.uk/news/news-th ... ongbridge/

Final Longbridge factory Mini sold at auction (2013)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-23482725

Remember a lot of interest in that at the time and discussed extensively. Who owns it now?

miniminor wrote: ↑Mon Dec 20, 2021 5:54 pm Remember a lot of interest in that at the time and discussed extensively. Who owns it now?

I think the person who bought it at auction for £1400 decided it was better left as it was found (with some panel/roof straightening carried out!) rather than fully restored and is now on loan to the Gaydon museum for as long as they want, not sure if it is currently on display or in the storeroom...but a recent visitor to the museum on here may know?

In October of this year it was upstairs with all the weird and wonderful prototype vehicles above the Jaguar heritage collection.

I didn’t get a shot of it but the MGF test mule Metro was interesting.

Wanted a set of useable Challenge Wheels 12inch or 10 inch "if" there are any about ?

Tupers wrote: ↑Mon Dec 20, 2021 8:35 pm In October of this year it was upstairs with all the weird and wonderful prototype vehicles above the Jaguar heritage collection.

Luckily it's on wheels, as in aug 2019 it was in the main building with/near the 60th anniversary corner.

Found this pic lurking on my PC whilst looking for something else - no idea where it came from!
JR

1275GT Registered: Jan 1973
(Taken at Brands Hatch Mini Festival 2021)
Photo: MAB

Very nice, any interior shots?

jayare wrote: ↑Mon Dec 27, 2021 10:03 pm Found this pic lurking on my PC whilst looking for something else - no idea where it came from!

gtinbits.jpg

JR

Airfix have come a long way since the sixties

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This is a great thread. Thanks for sharing the paint chart info.
Would anybody know what year Damask Red was introduced on 1275GT's?
I am going to take a stab and say 1973 but I cant find anything definitive.
Thanks

surfblue63 wrote: ↑Fri Sep 10, 2021 3:21 pm Also on the main site are a couple of earlier listings of GT colours and trims


October 1969 List https://mk1-performance-conversions.co. ... Models.pdf


September 1976 https://mk1-performance-conversions.co. ... tripes.pdf


Also I do have most of the brochures for 1970s cars scanned somewhere. When I find them I will post them up.

Do we have any GT owners with a 'genuine BL box' fetish?

I have empty boxes for CZH1202 (3 dial gauge housing) and 21A2226 (steering wheel). They're beaten up cardboard boxes that have been written on but have the BL labels and printing. If anyone can make use of them then they're free as long as you cover postage.

Nice thread. I hope it keeps going......

jayare wrote: ↑Mon Dec 27, 2021 10:03 pm Found this pic lurking on my PC whilst looking for something else - no idea where it came from!

gtinbits.jpg

JR

Pretty much what my GT looked like when bought it ( only with lots and lots of added rust…!). It is interesting that the photo is of a 1969/ early 1970 GT - no holes in the inner wings, bonnet prop on the right hand side , vinyl on the rear companion bins, mk2 type boot lid handle , early deeply padded seats etc