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New section coming to the MK1 Site soon!
Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2014 3:49 pm
by mk1
Following a couple of requests & a few good submissions I am starting on a new section on the Main MK1 site.
I am updating the accessory section & will be including complete scans of some of the accessory supplements printed in the Motoring press throughout the 1960's. I have literally dozens of these in my collection.
The reason for this is that original accessories are invariably more expensive than I can afford nowadays & by using these old articles as an archive the salient information is kept.
Here's a little taster from Autocar back in July 1963, courtesy of a good friend of the MK1 site Garry Honywill.
http://mk1-performance-conversions.co.u ... sories.pdf
Re: New section coming to the MK1 Site soon!
Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2014 4:27 pm
by Pete
Great idea.
Re: New section coming to the MK1 Site soon!
Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2014 4:41 pm
by Gareth Brandt
I have had a mini with "Ritmo" covering on the dash
Re: New section coming to the MK1 Site soon!
Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2014 7:20 pm
by UHR850
Jippy, well done lets go for it.
Re: New section coming to the MK1 Site soon!
Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2014 8:26 pm
by timmy201
The K F Ward grille in there looks the same as the Styla / Super Accessories one I had..
viewtopic.php?f=5&t=10499
Re: New section coming to the MK1 Site soon!
Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2014 9:29 pm
by Nevsmini
Great idea. Just found out were the seat brackets came from on my 63 Radford Elf thanks to this
Re: New section coming to the MK1 Site soon!
Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2014 10:53 pm
by mini63
I cant like the elf-esque fibreglass boot for 25 quid....
Re: New section coming to the MK1 Site soon!
Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2014 11:27 pm
by 850GT
Great idea, the period after market stuff is cool !
Re: New section coming to the MK1 Site soon!
Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2014 10:11 am
by nick@dunsdale
mini63 wrote:I cant like the elf-esque fibreglass boot for 25 quid....
that surely must have been ugly back then as well ....lol
Re: New section coming to the MK1 Site soon!
Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2014 10:18 am
by mk1
that surely must have been ugly back then as well ..
But useful if you have a family of 4 who are going on holiday in the family Mini.
Very few households had 2 cars in the 60's and this would have been a practical all be it ugly accessory.
Re: New section coming to the MK1 Site soon!
Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2014 10:20 am
by nick@dunsdale
Nevsmini wrote:Great idea. Just found out were the seat brackets came from on my 63 Radford Elf thanks to this
Hmmmm interesting they are cast, on a seat bracket !!, i would think a seat bracket is under constant amounts of high stress.
As far as i am aware cast iron has no yield point it just break's, whoops i wonder if anyone if found themselves suddenly in the unable to reach the pedals lol.
cool brochure though
Re: New section coming to the MK1 Site soon!
Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2014 10:24 am
by mk1
They aren't cast iron, they are alloy.
Re: New section coming to the MK1 Site soon!
Posted: Sun Dec 21, 2014 7:42 am
by Spider
I remember when I was a wee tacker seeing one of them boot extenions, made me want to reach to an axe! Most folk out this way just bought a Morris 1100 if they wanted more boot space.
mk1 wrote:They aren't cast iron, they are alloy.
And they are for a He-man
