Chassis number help
Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2013 2:29 pm
Hello everyone
I've just aquired my first mini. It appears to be an early mk1 mini and I am having a hard time identifying the chassis number and production date. The car is left hand drive, has a State of California assigned number and is registered as a 61. The chassis plate appears to be missing. Hence, I assume why it received an assigned number. I think the car may be a very early 60 since it seems to have a lot of cross over between the two years.
Here is what I've found on the car...
The front and rear windows have the flush surface, there is not indentation
The car has brass hinges
The driver's door handle and boot handle have the raised dot next to the key hole
The front and side windows are stamped with the Triplex Toughened, the rear glass is Destructo
The doors have the rain drain holes on both ends of the doors
The hood appears to have the early style hood prop bracket, however the bracket in the engine bay appears to be the later horizontal bracket
The passenger door lock does not have the round knob lock but has the flat knob lock
The seat brackets are for the hooked style seats
There is a plate on the front slam panel reading 016561
There is an FE plate above the radiator bracket reading FE 27979.
I could not find any numbers on the boot latch
I still need to check the wiper motor for any dates
I've been reading this forum and realize that there are a few members on here that are very knowledgable. Any help or direction would be greatly appreciated.
deborah (new mk1 owner)
I've just aquired my first mini. It appears to be an early mk1 mini and I am having a hard time identifying the chassis number and production date. The car is left hand drive, has a State of California assigned number and is registered as a 61. The chassis plate appears to be missing. Hence, I assume why it received an assigned number. I think the car may be a very early 60 since it seems to have a lot of cross over between the two years.
Here is what I've found on the car...
The front and rear windows have the flush surface, there is not indentation
The car has brass hinges
The driver's door handle and boot handle have the raised dot next to the key hole
The front and side windows are stamped with the Triplex Toughened, the rear glass is Destructo
The doors have the rain drain holes on both ends of the doors
The hood appears to have the early style hood prop bracket, however the bracket in the engine bay appears to be the later horizontal bracket
The passenger door lock does not have the round knob lock but has the flat knob lock
The seat brackets are for the hooked style seats
There is a plate on the front slam panel reading 016561
There is an FE plate above the radiator bracket reading FE 27979.
I could not find any numbers on the boot latch
I still need to check the wiper motor for any dates
I've been reading this forum and realize that there are a few members on here that are very knowledgable. Any help or direction would be greatly appreciated.
deborah (new mk1 owner)