What year is this Mini?

[threespires]

What year is this Mini?

[Skyedriver]

Which bit of it?
I rather seems like a bitza

[threespires]

Skyedriver said:

Which bit of it?
I rather seems like a bitza

It's been sat for many years but is one car. It belonged to an elderly man who passed away. It came as part of a house and contents purchase

[FWDRacer]

Photo of the roof gutters will confirm if a Mk3. Badging Looks like one - but that is Mk1 boot handle.

[threespires]

FWDRacer said:

Photo of the roof gutters will confirm if a Mk3. Badging Looks like one - but that is Mk1 boot handle.

I've written off for the chassis number, hopefully I'll get it later today. If she see's this, maybe we will get a photo of the roof gutters too....

Thanks for your input

[threespires]

More pix -

I was given this info :-
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Information under bonnet:

A little slim metal plate screwed onto the engine reads 99H353E-H15676

Imprinted on the actual body right at the front, to the right of the bonnet latch is the number 9624.

Screwed onto the left hand side of the body is a plaque which states that Kennings SA were the importers and distributors with their address.

Then on the same plaque:
Marque - Austin
Type - 1000
Chassis No. 9624
Poids total en charge 934 kilos.
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Edited by threespires on Friday 12th June 19:39

[Orcadian]

Kennings SA, if that means South Africa, then many peculiar models were built under licence there. If it's all pretty much original, then the rear number plate light puts it after 1969 and the boot lock handle is mk2, as are the rear lights. BUT, it has wind up windows!. If it is a SA car, then they used all kinds of weird stuff on even the later cars. There is a SA built 1275E (like a GT) here in Orkney which has wind up windows but the front subframe is the 2 bolt in each tower type and it has factory, but unusual lower engine steadies. The colour looks to be Bedouin from about 1969.

An interesting rare car if it's original.
Ian

Edited by Orcadian on Sunday 14th June 20:16

[threespires]

Orcadian said:

Kennings SA, if that means South Africa, then many peculiar models were built under licence there. If it's all pretty much original, then the rear number plate light puts it after 1969 and the boot lock handle is mk2, as are the rear lights. BUT, it has wind up windows!. If it is a SA car, then they used all kinds of weird stuff on even the later cars. There is a SA built 1275E (like a GT) here in Orkney which has wind up windows but the front subframe is the 2 bolt in each tower type and it has factory, but unusual lower engine steadies. The colour looks to be Bedouin from about 1969.

An interesting rare car if it's original.
Ian

Edited by Orcadian on Sunday 14th June 20:16

Interesting info, a South Africa car could answer the 'bitsa' comments earlier -

I got the Chassis Number today :-

Chassis number. XA2S1-N-9624.
I believe this makes it a Mini 1000 Mk 111 manufactured between 1969-1974.

Thanks for your info

[FWDRacer]

Mk3 gutters.

Interesting little Car - and if it is a CKD (Complete Knock Down) Mini then all the slightly oddball bits stand a chance of being period and correct.

Get it back on the road and start enjoying it.

[threespires]

FWDRacer said:

Mk3 gutters.

Interesting little Car - and if it is a CKD (Complete Knock Down) Mini then all the slightly oddball bits stand a chance of being period and correct.

Get it back on the road and start enjoying it.

That's the intention..

[iSore]

Bedouin beige, toggle switches and centre key start means it's about a 1970. The Austin badge on the boot means it's an export car built at Longbridge. Kennings were a big BL distributor in the day and handled a lot of exports.
9624 is a very low vin number so I'd say it was late 1969 or early 1970.

It's possible that it's El Paso beige as very early Mark 11 cars used the left overs from mark 11 production.