1275 GT thread

[rolesyboy]

Has anybody got a decent photo of the engine bay of an early 1972 1275GT please?
I am trying to figure out which servo should be fitted. I have a Lockheed unit part number 3232656C which looks 'right' but I can't seem to establish this as all photos I can find are grainy black and white (& often the servo is out of focus)
Also which ignition splashguard should it have. I think it should be black one with the domed section (as opposed to the flat version which I think was fitted to later cars)
Lastly when did they stop fitting the vinyl on the outside of the rear map pockets and upper A pillars.
Thanks
Mark

[woodypup59]

We asked a related question on the GT f/b page a few weeks ago, though we were interested in brake routing.

Hopefully this works ...................

https://scontent-lcy1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/ ... e=646A25B1

and

https://scontent-lcy1-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/ ... e=646BB7B5

[rolesyboy]

Thanks. Simon has provided a bit of info to me but from the pics you have added there are two different types. Bronze one looks like the J plate barn find car on Hydro. The other doesn't. Mine is a dry car
Did they differ from factory? Cheers

[mab01uk]

Classic Mini 1275GT Garage barn find
Garage/barn find, parked up for 22 years.
1 owner from new
Old style log book
2 sets of keys
Requires possible complete restoration on bodywork,
Original colour
Requires possible engine rebuild/refresh.
Was running and driving when parked up.
Owned in family since 1974.
Will need to trailered away
Collection within 7 days of auction ending
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/115813025952 ... edia=EMAIL

[Pete]

Early 12” wheel car that isn’t it. Looks pretty straight but if it’s been parked on that very damp floor for 22years it might be fairly ripe underneath. Bracken colour so should have the Sorrel interior, no interior pictures though. I had one very similar.

[mab01uk]

[Costafortune]

Early 12” wheel car that isn’t it.

You would get away with a conversion to 10" RoStyles with that.

[mab01uk]

"Tiger Tim" a 1275GT prepared by the late Daniel Richmond of Downton Engineering.



RAM 777H
✗ Untaxed
Tax due: 26 April 1983
Vehicle make MORRIS
Date of first registration April 1970
Year of manufacture 1970
Cylinder capacity 1275 cc
Export marker No
Vehicle status Untaxed
Vehicle colour BLACK
Date of last V5C (logbook) issued 18 May 1983

[Quinny1293]

And so my GT has gone in for some rust repairing. Hopefully wont be too long and then ill have it back again.

Potentially thinking of building a spare S motor i have for it, which will have a little more power for the little GT.

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[Costafortune]

That looks like my old J plate one - red, white stripes and black roof.

[GrayB]

Love the 100 mpg in the small print

[mab01uk]

[Quinny1293]

Here is some tests on the South African GT that I've managed to receive during the last few years.

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[Quinny1293]

Here is some more. Some of it is in Afrikaans and i do apologize for that.

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[MiNiKiN]

In Austria a dealer special from Britih Leyland Austria was available. Called "1275 GT Monte Carlo" and apart from the 340mm steering wheel it offered a modified engine that delivered 78PS @ 5500rpm.
'Only a handful were made and there are said to be 2 or 3 still in existence.

The cover of the leaflet and a page from the "Typenschein" (which is the Austrian V5)

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Leaflet courtesy B.M.C of Austria

[mab01uk]

[mab01uk]

[mab01uk]

(Already posted in the 'At the Auctions' thread but thought it should also be recorded here for completeness....)

Built in period by Richard Longman for Patrick Motors
Replica of his 1978/1979 British Saloon Car Championship-winning Mini 1275 GT
Used for promotional purposes and never raced
Requires recommissioning before use:-
https://www.bonhams.com/auction/28307/l ... -no-18330/

[mab01uk]

Oulton Park 1978
Photo: Steve Murphy

[mab01uk]