1960 mini parts prices?

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1960 mini parts prices?

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I am doing a project on early mini costs and wonder if anyone can remember the prices of servicing and service parts,( plugs, points, filters, oil etc) in the early 1960's I cannot find much Googling it!
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This useful 1965 BMC booklet below gives the time in hours allowed for various jobs to be carried out by motor mechanics in the Dealer/Garage workshop. So if you can also find out the garage hourly labour rates for the years you are interested in, you could then work out the labour cost for various jobs and add the replacement parts prices (when known) for the average total cost.

Schedule of garage repair times for BMC Mini/Hornet/Elf, 1100 & 1800 (1965) :-
How long should a job take? (scroll down)
https://mk1-performance-conversions.co. ... 0times.pdf
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Many thanks! That is so useful, labour rates are easy to find.
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Poofacio wrote: Wed Feb 21, 2024 11:32 pm I am doing a project on early mini costs and wonder if anyone can remember the prices of servicing and service parts,( plugs, points, filters, oil etc) in the early 1960's I cannot find much Googling it!
I have a 1960 dealer servicing price list. I will try to dig it out for you
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