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We have a 1071 complete engine and gearbox that has sat for many years does turn over freely thinking of putting it up for sale don't know how much it is worth what should I put it up for

Very difficult to say, depends on what is there & what is useable.

Does it still have a useable 163 head & the correct 190 Gearbox? What else does it come with?

If it is all complete, ie. correct in all aspects & useable, then 5,000 plus, but it ALL depends on condition & completeness.

Pictures say a 1000 words.

Great to hear of another one that may come up for sale to the enthusiastic mini crowd

Block number would be my first check, especially as I was told an original was actually a chopped down 1275 block once.

If you haven't done so already, I'd suggest getting the head off and seeing what the bore is like / has it had a rebore etc.

Crank too, as if it has been reground it may not have much life left in it... or could be perfect and that would be very rare in itself.

The gearbox 190 number is probably more important than the actual gears, but the rarity of the originals will add interest.

Until these things are known it is a lot of guess work I'm afraid, so bite the bullet - and fingers are crossed for you

Watching with interest ..

Mine has the correct gears but wrong casing .. apparently not untypical of factory gold seal S boxes.

I have taken some pictures of the engine and gearbox but it says each picture is to large to post is there any other way I can show them

Hi Rodney

Open your pictures with MS paint and use the resize feature, till the size is less than 512kb. Works a charm.

Cheers

If you've taken them with an iPhone then send them to yourself as an email and select low resolution when it prompts you to select an image size.

Presumably Android systems are similar ?

Rodney wrote: ↑Sat Oct 08, 2022 4:23 pm I have taken some pictures of the engine and gearbox but it says each picture is to large to post is there any other way I can show them

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Rodney wrote: ↑Sat Oct 08, 2022 4:23 pm I have taken some pictures of the engine and gearbox but it says each picture is to large to post is there any other way I can show them

I sent you a private message with my email address. I can post them if you're still having troubles.

hi
i used the paint method thanks Philsa
hope these pictures are useful thanks

Bit difficult to see, but the engine and box casting numbers look correct

Need your plus 5 glasses out to see those numbers t

Just view on an old fashioned Lap Top and use the zoom feature.

That looks like a very good find!

i would be interested in the engine and box let me know how much you want cheers Brian

Andrew1967 wrote: ↑Fri Oct 07, 2022 8:37 pm Watching with interest ..

Mine has the correct gears but wrong casing .. apparently not untypical of factory gold seal S boxes.

Andrew, right about the gold seal replacements. My Dad bought a Gold Seal replacement box for his 1071...he installed it (was a 190 case)...took the car out for a drive and was surprised to find out it would barely go over 80MPH! l
Took it apart....had a 3.44 FD!

We are asking £5500 if anyone is interested

Where are you based?

I tried to message you if it has not worked please message me thanks