Does anybody know AAO? ( or LAO?)
Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2012 3:45 pm
Hi to all, first post,
Having had plenty of relatively modern minis, 70s,80s,90s stuff with windy up windows, which were all great fun, I fulfilled a long held ambition and bought a Mk1 at the start of the year. I've had a nice summer with it covering about 1000 mostly dry and mostly reliable miles, turning a lot of heads and making people smile along the way. (hoping it's the car!
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So there's the photos of AAO773A, a 1963 Morris mini minor super deluxe in surf blue and old english white, all pretty standard with the exception of inertia reel belts front and rear, a necessary safety addition for the little ones.
Can anybody help me piece together any of the car's history?, I know so little about it and would love to hear from anyone who may recognize it from the past, (Sadly I don't have the original bill of sale, full service history, every mot, tax disc and a little black note book with every journey recorded by a fastidious first owner like so many lucky others!!)
What I do know is that it was registered on 18th June 1963 as 14 LAO in Carlisle, it sadly lost this number due to a cherished transfer in 1994 (Where is 14 LAO now?) and became AAO773A, also a Carlisle number, it was restored in 2010/11 and bought by me from the Cumbria Mini Centre in Penrith in February 2012 showing 77000 miles.
Where has it been since new, who owned it, loved it, drove it, broke it, fixed it in it's almost 50 years?, I have no idea. I wrote to the two previous keepers on its (modern) logbook but got no response.
So if anybody knows this little Mk1 from the past I'd love to hear from you.
And yes, I know the grille should be chromed, not painted, I'm on the lookout for a really good one, I bought what was described as a good re chromed one on the 'bay a few months ago but was very disappointed with it. So if anyone has one gathering dust in the garage.....................give me a shout.
best regards,
Gav.
Having had plenty of relatively modern minis, 70s,80s,90s stuff with windy up windows, which were all great fun, I fulfilled a long held ambition and bought a Mk1 at the start of the year. I've had a nice summer with it covering about 1000 mostly dry and mostly reliable miles, turning a lot of heads and making people smile along the way. (hoping it's the car!
)So there's the photos of AAO773A, a 1963 Morris mini minor super deluxe in surf blue and old english white, all pretty standard with the exception of inertia reel belts front and rear, a necessary safety addition for the little ones.
Can anybody help me piece together any of the car's history?, I know so little about it and would love to hear from anyone who may recognize it from the past, (Sadly I don't have the original bill of sale, full service history, every mot, tax disc and a little black note book with every journey recorded by a fastidious first owner like so many lucky others!!)
What I do know is that it was registered on 18th June 1963 as 14 LAO in Carlisle, it sadly lost this number due to a cherished transfer in 1994 (Where is 14 LAO now?) and became AAO773A, also a Carlisle number, it was restored in 2010/11 and bought by me from the Cumbria Mini Centre in Penrith in February 2012 showing 77000 miles.
Where has it been since new, who owned it, loved it, drove it, broke it, fixed it in it's almost 50 years?, I have no idea. I wrote to the two previous keepers on its (modern) logbook but got no response.
So if anybody knows this little Mk1 from the past I'd love to hear from you.
And yes, I know the grille should be chromed, not painted, I'm on the lookout for a really good one, I bought what was described as a good re chromed one on the 'bay a few months ago but was very disappointed with it. So if anyone has one gathering dust in the garage.....................give me a shout.
best regards,
Gav.
I can fully understand you want to find the history, of the former owners.
