Post by tjm2954 on Nov 16, 2015 17:02:37 GMT -5
Up for sale is my 1972 Austin Mini. Car is located in Columbus, IN 47203. I have a clean Indiana title in hand.
Currently asking $9,200 or best offer.
I have put a lot of hard work, time and money into this car, but it is time to let someone else enjoy it. This is my second Austin Mini, so I'm making space for the other one (a 1989).
The car is a MK3 having been built in 1972, but it also features the well-known "magic wand" shifter. For anyone who knows much about these cars, this is a rare factory combination as normally a MK3 should have a remote shift linkage which comes through the floor near the driver as opposed to through the firewall. The car also features the standard rubber-cone and shock suspension system (that's right, there are no springs on this car!).
This car currently has 83,883 miles on it with much recent work performed (see list below).
The engine is a BMC (British Motor Corp) PreA+ 850cc Inline-4, in transverse mounting position.
The Mini sports a manual, 4speed transmission.
It is also right hand drive and still features its original United Kingdom license plate on the front.
This past winter I went through the tedious process of having the cylinder head rebuilt, which included:
- New Intake and Exhaust valves
- New hardened exhaust valve seats, so the car can now run unleaded 87 gas without the need to add lead substitute
- New valve guides
- De-carboning all pistons
- New copper head gasket
- New cylinder head studs
- New valve cover gasket
- New larger impeller/higher flow water pump
- New spark plugs (NGK)
- New 3-core radiator
- New fan belt
- New thermostat (82degC)
- New oil filter and oil change
- Chrome valve cover bolt/washer kit
- MOWOG green cylinder head and valve cover paint job
- New coolant hoses for entire coolant system (bypass hose, radiator hoses, heater core hoses)
- Fresh coolant, of course
Other recent work on the inside of the car includes:
- Fresh carburetor tuning, which means this car runs excellent
- New heater core
- Completely stripped, POR-15 painted and rebuilt heater core housing
- Addition of Innocenti Mini wood-grain center binnacle, which allowed for adding coolant temperature and oil pressure gauges
- Completely rebuilt dashboard and parcel shelf
- Replaced transmission shifter with non-broken one
- Custom trunk liner (the factory originals were cheap and do not last long)
- New distributor and spark plug wires
- Front seats and rear bench seats redone with new upholstery
- New floor carpeting
On the exterior of the car, there has also been a fair amount of work performed between 2011 and today:
- The car was stripped down paint-wise a few years back (2011) and much work was done to it at that time. The major work included the panels listed below being replaced, primer painted, followed by an exterior respray with Deep Cherry Red Pearl (2011 Chrysler color RP/JRP). I do have one pint of this paint left for touch up work, if ever needed, in the future.
- Replaced left and rear quarter panels with new replacement panels
- Replaced rear lower valence panel with new replacement panel
- Replaced front grille with NOS
- Upgraded to new Wipac Halogen headlights for better night driving
- New Yokohama 10" tires, 165/70R10 (Total ~$1000, with wheels below)
- New Mamba 10" wheels
The bad:
- The engine does leak some oil. For anyone that knows Mini's, they all leak oil. Some say if you find an Austin Mini that doesn't leak oil, you should fill it up because it's empty!
- There are a couple of rust spots on the car. Pretty much every Austin Mini will have some rust on it as British Leyland added almost no rust proofing at the factory. If you find a frame-off restored Mini with all rust removed, expect to pay around $20,000 for it.
Currently asking $9,200 or best offer.
I have put a lot of hard work, time and money into this car, but it is time to let someone else enjoy it. This is my second Austin Mini, so I'm making space for the other one (a 1989).
The car is a MK3 having been built in 1972, but it also features the well-known "magic wand" shifter. For anyone who knows much about these cars, this is a rare factory combination as normally a MK3 should have a remote shift linkage which comes through the floor near the driver as opposed to through the firewall. The car also features the standard rubber-cone and shock suspension system (that's right, there are no springs on this car!).
This car currently has 83,883 miles on it with much recent work performed (see list below).
The engine is a BMC (British Motor Corp) PreA+ 850cc Inline-4, in transverse mounting position.
The Mini sports a manual, 4speed transmission.
It is also right hand drive and still features its original United Kingdom license plate on the front.
This past winter I went through the tedious process of having the cylinder head rebuilt, which included:
- New Intake and Exhaust valves
- New hardened exhaust valve seats, so the car can now run unleaded 87 gas without the need to add lead substitute
- New valve guides
- De-carboning all pistons
- New copper head gasket
- New cylinder head studs
- New valve cover gasket
- New larger impeller/higher flow water pump
- New spark plugs (NGK)
- New 3-core radiator
- New fan belt
- New thermostat (82degC)
- New oil filter and oil change
- Chrome valve cover bolt/washer kit
- MOWOG green cylinder head and valve cover paint job
- New coolant hoses for entire coolant system (bypass hose, radiator hoses, heater core hoses)
- Fresh coolant, of course
Other recent work on the inside of the car includes:
- Fresh carburetor tuning, which means this car runs excellent
- New heater core
- Completely stripped, POR-15 painted and rebuilt heater core housing
- Addition of Innocenti Mini wood-grain center binnacle, which allowed for adding coolant temperature and oil pressure gauges
- Completely rebuilt dashboard and parcel shelf
- Replaced transmission shifter with non-broken one
- Custom trunk liner (the factory originals were cheap and do not last long)
- New distributor and spark plug wires
- Front seats and rear bench seats redone with new upholstery
- New floor carpeting
On the exterior of the car, there has also been a fair amount of work performed between 2011 and today:
- The car was stripped down paint-wise a few years back (2011) and much work was done to it at that time. The major work included the panels listed below being replaced, primer painted, followed by an exterior respray with Deep Cherry Red Pearl (2011 Chrysler color RP/JRP). I do have one pint of this paint left for touch up work, if ever needed, in the future.
- Replaced left and rear quarter panels with new replacement panels
- Replaced rear lower valence panel with new replacement panel
- Replaced front grille with NOS
- Upgraded to new Wipac Halogen headlights for better night driving
- New Yokohama 10" tires, 165/70R10 (Total ~$1000, with wheels below)
- New Mamba 10" wheels
The bad:
- The engine does leak some oil. For anyone that knows Mini's, they all leak oil. Some say if you find an Austin Mini that doesn't leak oil, you should fill it up because it's empty!
- There are a couple of rust spots on the car. Pretty much every Austin Mini will have some rust on it as British Leyland added almost no rust proofing at the factory. If you find a frame-off restored Mini with all rust removed, expect to pay around $20,000 for it.