I beg to differ on the hydrolastic bit
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I beg to differ on the hydrolastic bit
arther dailey
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so geussing a few of you would recognise magazine , car and car conversions ?
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tells me you age 
, joking aside it was a darn good mag , lots of rally minis etc featured .
, joking aside it was a darn good mag , lots of rally minis etc featured .
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Sorry I got confused, the hydroelastic came out in 1964, so not all mk1s are hydroelastic
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mini was on rubber cone suspension till 1964 ater 64 was hydrolastic see wicki
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An Almond Green Mark I Morris Mini Minor
The suspension in all UK models was replaced by a Hydrolastic system in 1964. The new suspension created a softer ride, but it also increased weight and production cost; in 1969 the original rubber suspension reappeared except on 1275 GT, Clubman and Cooper S models. Many other production changes occurred over the life of the Mark I Mini.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mini_(Mark_I)
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An Almond Green Mark I Morris Mini Minor
The suspension in all UK models was replaced by a Hydrolastic system in 1964. The new suspension created a softer ride, but it also increased weight and production cost; in 1969 the original rubber suspension reappeared except on 1275 GT, Clubman and Cooper S models. Many other production changes occurred over the life of the Mark I Mini.
Mini from 1959 to 1964 was on rubber cone suspension
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Oh yes,it was thanks to that mag that my minivan had a head with reshaped combustion chambers/enlarged ports with matching manifold and a 1.5" SU carb - and the obligatory straight-through exhaust.
What it was to be young & silly.....
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When I rebuilt my Mini Marcos (OK, a 1275cc A+) my engine builder fitted another oil filter between the pick-up pipe and the oil pump. Involved blocking off oil galleries and a bit of machining. I was able to fit a remote filter head and a spin on filter cartridge. Odd thing was that the oil pressure momentarily dropped a couple of psi when the throttle was blipped.
I also seam welded all the joins on the front subframe.
Then I sold it and bought a Citroen DS, comfy!
I also seam welded all the joins on the front subframe.
Then I sold it and bought a Citroen DS, comfy!
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Mini’s changed to hydrolastic in 1964 IIRC, the same time they changed from a spring type clutch with a smaller diameter crank and primary gear bore to a larger crank and diaphragm clutch . The original 997 Cooper was introduced in 1962 and had hydrolastic suspension
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An Almond Green Mark I Morris Mini Minor
The suspension in all UK models was replaced by a Hydrolastic system in 1964. The new suspension created a softer ride, but it also increased weight and production cost; in 1969 the original rubber suspension reappeared except on 1275 GT, Clubman and Cooper S models. Many other production changes occurred over the life of the Mark I Mini.
Mini from 1959 to 1964 was on rubber cone suspension
Not true! The Mini van, traveller and pick up all still had rubber suspension throughout their production
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Triple C! Hell yes. I have loads of them in binders in my attic. Don't have the heart to bin them.
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Talk about chalk and cheese!
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If you do give me a shout (please) nostagia is strong on that , a previous ex girlfriend insisted on me clearing mine out ...I was weaker then!
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Or did she have more 'leverage'?
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I think you get the jist ! 
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Ah, Clive Trickey. Directly responsable for me 'wasting' oodles of time making Minis go too fast.Oh yes,it was thanks to that mag that my minivan had a head with reshaped combustion chambers/enlarged ports with matching manifold and a 1.5" SU carb - and the obligatory straight-through exhaust.
What it was to be young & silly.....
BTW The 997 my brother had and I rebuilt with a new shell was rubber, not Hydro. Shells expensive, shirley not
, £165 back then..in '66 and the one I re-engined with all my van bits was £30 from a yard. Cors.. price of bread has gone up a bit too.
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Ah, Clive Trickey. Directly responsable for me 'wasting' oodles of time making Minis go too fast.
BTW The 997 my brother had and I rebuilt with a new shell was rubber, not Hydro. Shells expensive, shirley not
Back in 1974 on my full time advanced engineering course I had a tutor called John ( ??? ) Moss , he'd had a fair bit to do with designing the original mini .
He told us that the original build had wheels the size of a Morris Oxford , handled like a dream but at 160 miles per hr was considered too fast for the British roads so rather than totally re engineer things they put the smaller wheels on it and got a very nice serendipity as well as an award winner all over the world
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Hi, And ever since the customers and enthusiasts were trying to find ways to get bigger wheels on it, in the pursuit of low 0 to 60 times and 100mph.
Colin
