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Hi people,

Here is my next project, it's an actual "Barn Find" (the red one)

Very original old girl, not been on the road since 1996.

She's a little rusty, but still quite sound, more pics to follow.

James

Nice! What year James? Looks similar to mine (but yours in better nick!) late 67, just before Mk2.

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Mines a future project, in storage, look forward to seeing yours progress!

Mines a 67 too, built 17th April, dispatched 29 June for Henleys, Bristol.

It came to New Zealand in 1969.

AFAIK we never assembled them here.

J

that looks in great condition

'barn find' over here normally means 'hopeless piece of shite with a none existent lower 12"'

Nice find James

Don't let Al have this one, he has enough Minis now

Excellent, I suspect they are quite close, I'll PM you my numbers, I haven't got a heritage cert for mine yet, but did look up the numbers last time I was at Gaydon.

Not sure how mine got to Aus as they weren't built here either.

The wood is all off mine and in various states of disrepair, are you sourcing new wood?

I'm sure we will speak more (I hope!)

Great project!

Graham, thanks for your comments, the wood will be replaced eventually, not sure if I'll buy a kit or have some made here - my dad could do it.

here are some more pics

Great find that James,which corner of Canterbury did you find that little beaut ?
You're destroying my future dream of returning to NZ etc etc they'll be nothing left.
Good for you,at least it's in cosher hands !

https://picasaweb.google.com/1079705300 ... redirect=1

Looks familiar.... if the link works

Cheers, Ian

PS Can anyone enlighten me as to why the photos stored in Picasa don't work using the "(img)" option??? ...Or what I did wrong when I tried (see above).

Nice found James!
I'm look forward for the project start and update, as I need some courages to start mine!

As you can see the rear doors have been replaced and there is no badging or wood.

Has anyone got a good pic or dimensions of where the badges would be?

Thanks boys.

J

Plenty of pictures here

http://www.minitravellerandcountrymanre ... 5&Itemid=5

KA2S4 wrote:
As you can see the rear doors have been replaced and there is no badging or wood.

And neither no sign of the dredded tinworm either

LDR209H wrote:Great find that James,which corner of Canterbury did you find that little beaut ?
You're destroying my future dream of returning to NZ etc etc they'll be nothing left.
Good for you,at least it's in cosher hands !

Found this one in Upper Kaiapoi...

I reckon there's still plenty (some) left to be had out of sheds etc, better be quick though!

J

Upper Kaiapoi sounds fancy!

Very nice car James

Cheers mate,

Boot badges now on after careful study of online pictures.

J

James, contact Ian and Helen of the traveller register they can supply you with a form template / measurements