I'm SELLING: 1976 Leyland Morris Mini Clubman Van, from Australia to USA

[carzmine9]

UK = Door Handles - Australia = Door Opening thingies !!!

[04josrey]

mini sport .co.uk about the solanoid

[damo4576]

My first car was a Clubman estate, 1981. You don't know how many memories came back hearing the springs on the rear doors, lol.

[scmini]

so cars with lift up door handles are australian? so thats most of the cars in the world....nice

[ozgribbo]

UK versions had a push button handle and later models had interior hinges . Didn't break as often as OZ models. Had a green version of the model shown. Busy restoring a 65 and a 77

[gemahl1]

my yellow devil leyland mini has a broken passneger side door handle too lol

[nyniaan]

part 2

I like Seven Enterprises for parts, they have better in-stock than Mini Mania (usually).

Vans were not Estates or Countryman - those had rear seats or footwells behind the front seat where you could add seats, and their spare is inset in the back floor.

The van has only two seats, is very difficult to turn into a four-seater, and like the truck the spare is behind the LH seat under the van deck.

[AussieSong]

Minis are the best

[grahamkeithtodd]

seen the "new" mini clubman estate?

looks like a dogs dinner on wheels!

[joshuacorin]

Try minimania dot com for a solenoid.

[lawrencesculpher]

i got my mini clubman today woooo mines the not the van tho

[RaceAndRally]

Oh right, so lift up door handles mean that its from Austalia? Hmm, my Mini, built in Britain is now Australian!

[dgkuhns]

I'm just telling you what the Queensland Mini club told me. Plus the paint decals on the engine compartment say it's from Australia, as do a number of other things.

[superjack07]

Most Brit mini companies send abroad, but your best bet for the USA is Mini Mania.

[lazydennis3456]

WOW. Ive got the a mini form the axact same era. By the way its called a Leyland Mini Clubman. Not Morris, those are the old ones. Anyway mine is a 1978 mini clubman, exact same colour- yellow devil, exact same engine and everything, Except mine is a saloon. Hehe, Id love one of those van ones.

[dgkuhns]

g'day from the USA! Thanks for the advice. Any ideas where I could get a Silenoid?

[joh2]

Yes, the later Aussie ones were all badged as Leyland - even the Marina was badged as Leyland instead of Morris...

In New Zealand, the Austin and Morris badges were kept on the Minis until the end of local production in the early 80s!

[ozgribbo]

Correct. And the battery was just behind the driver's seat.

[stevenrobingreenup]

Hello im coming to Austalia, Perth, from the UK on March 12th if you still need one of these things "a starter solenoid" i would gladly bring one out for you just post you address and i will send it. Steve

[mrspivvy]

you can probably get anything you need from the UK, British motor heritage even makes new mini bodyshells

[Jorpson]

Hi

nice estate! but kinda van like with the flat load area...and glass where the solid panels would have been..

I saw one in a scrap yard with those windows (but 4 seats) years ago but not since..

The door handles are Innocenti style I think...certainly unusual.

hope you have fun with it