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Re: WTH??!?! Have you seen this item on ebay.

Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2016 9:03 am
by Toby
Looks like early Cooper and S levers make more money than the straight ones from a 59 nowadays

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Gearlever-Cla ... 7675.l2557

Re: WTH??!?! Have you seen this item on ebay.

Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2016 12:11 pm
by gs.davies
Tim wrote:
minitravellerman wrote:I've toyed with fitting an A35 dash to a Mini before (and a Midget one incidentially) as the widths are pretty similar.
What are the seats out of does anyone know?
Issigonis' concept sketches for the original Mini clearly show he was thinking along the lines of the A35 dash too.

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Tim

Interesting that he also had the cold air vents long before they were introduced. I wonder why it took so long for them to come in?

Re: WTH??!?! Have you seen this item on ebay.

Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2016 1:03 pm
by Old English White
Am I the only one who thought this was on the inexpensive side?

Re: WTH??!?! Have you seen this item on ebay.

Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2016 1:06 pm
by gs.davies
Old English White wrote:
Am I the only one who thought this was on the inexpensive side?
No, I agree. Bargain.

Re: WTH??!?! Have you seen this item on ebay.

Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2016 1:50 pm
by rich@minispares.com

Re: WTH??!?! Have you seen this item on ebay.

Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2016 3:31 pm
by Jeroen Booij
Pete wrote:
billycooper wrote:http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/WOLESLY-HORNE ... 6016.l4276

Fancy another Hornet Pete :lol: :lol:
No , but Jeroen will love it! :shock: :lol:
Oh yes, I do!
Pity the original registration reg number appears to have gone, though.

Re: WTH??!?! Have you seen this item on ebay.

Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2016 4:48 pm
by Old English White
Well spotted but if it is a 1962 that registration wouldn't have been original either! ("B" suffix = 1964).

Re: WTH??!?! Have you seen this item on ebay.

Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2016 5:12 pm
by Spitz
Toby wrote:Looks like early Cooper and S levers make more money than the straight ones from a 59 nowadays

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Gearlever-Cla ... 7675.l2557
How does this differ from a regular remote shifter?

Re: WTH??!?! Have you seen this item on ebay.

Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2016 5:22 pm
by mk1
It doesn't.

Just more ebay nonsense!

M

Re: WTH??!?! Have you seen this item on ebay.

Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2016 5:33 pm
by rich@minispares.com
mk1 wrote:It doesn't.

Just more ebay nonsense!

M

its not rubber bushed, its a solid metal one

you can make one from a magic wand lever if you are desperate

Re: WTH??!?! Have you seen this item on ebay.

Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2016 5:34 pm
by surfblue63
gs.davies wrote:
Old English White wrote:
Am I the only one who thought this was on the inexpensive side?
No, I agree. Bargain.
Me too, that was cheap.

Re: WTH??!?! Have you seen this item on ebay.

Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2016 6:13 pm
by tintoptom
Spitz wrote:
Toby wrote:Looks like early Cooper and S levers make more money than the straight ones from a 59 nowadays

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Gearlever-Cla ... 7675.l2557
How does this differ from a regular remote shifter?

Later gear sticks had the anti rattle weight (the cylindrical budge at the base of the later gear stick) and as such I believe that the domed rubber gaiter that was another feature of the earlier coopers won't fit over it.

Important if you want the interior of your 1070 to look right!

Re: WTH??!?! Have you seen this item on ebay.

Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2016 6:32 pm
by mk1coopers
I paid £5 for the last one of those early levers I got as a spare, and it came with the remote!

No one wanted it, it's wasn't chrome so it wasn't for a Cooper :roll:

Re: WTH??!?! Have you seen this item on ebay.

Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2016 6:34 pm
by swifty
I don't think that the clubman made its reserve ? Or did it ? ... Ken

Re: WTH??!?! Have you seen this item on ebay.

Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2016 8:24 pm
by minimans
mk1coopers wrote:I paid £5 for the last one of those early levers I got as a spare, and it came with the remote!

No one wanted it, it's wasn't chrome so it wasn't for a Cooper :roll:
Were all the cooper ones chrome? I thought that was just the elfs and hornets?

Re: WTH??!?! Have you seen this item on ebay.

Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2016 8:35 pm
by mk1coopers
minimans wrote:
mk1coopers wrote:I paid £5 for the last one of those early levers I got as a spare, and it came with the remote!

No one wanted it, it's wasn't chrome so it wasn't for a Cooper :roll:
Were all the cooper ones chrome? I thought that was just the elfs and hornets?
The early ones that go with the small dome rubber gaiter are black, the later ones are chrome, it was (is) just another one those Cooper / S myths (like 'can't be a Cooper S it's only got one fuel tank ect )

Re: WTH??!?! Have you seen this item on ebay.

Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2016 8:38 pm
by minimans
mk1coopers wrote:
minimans wrote:
mk1coopers wrote:I paid £5 for the last one of those early levers I got as a spare, and it came with the remote!

No one wanted it, it's wasn't chrome so it wasn't for a Cooper :roll:
Were all the cooper ones chrome? I thought that was just the elfs and hornets?
No the early ones that go with the small dome rubber gaiter are black, the later ones are chrome it was (is) just another one those Cooper / S myths (like 'can't be a Cooper S it's only got one fuel tank ect )
Thats what I thought just checking. At my age things start to blur....................

Re: WTH??!?! Have you seen this item on ebay.

Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2016 9:42 pm
by Matt_Tupman
swifty wrote:I don't think that the clubman made its reserve ? Or did it ? ... Ken
No it didn't, my brother was the highest bidder.

Re: WTH??!?! Have you seen this item on ebay.

Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2016 8:57 am
by Toby
mk1coopers wrote:
minimans wrote:
mk1coopers wrote:I paid £5 for the last one of those early levers I got as a spare, and it came with the remote!

No one wanted it, it's wasn't chrome so it wasn't for a Cooper :roll:
Were all the cooper ones chrome? I thought that was just the elfs and hornets?
No the early ones that go with the small dome rubber gaiter are black, the later ones are chrome it was (is) just another one those Cooper / S myths (like 'can't be a Cooper S it's only got one fuel tank ect )
Well... Both are original and new old stock

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Re: WTH??!?! Have you seen this item on ebay.

Posted: Thu Jan 14, 2016 10:23 am
by tintoptom
maybe we should start a proper thread on this?! :lol: :lol:

The other area to consider (as well as the mutants) is the Supers which I believe had black sticks to start with, then went over to chrome... Where's garry (FCV.66) when you need him! ;)

I guess Toby's chrome non anti rattle stick would fall into the transition period?