Here is a pic of one (early metal)refitted by Tony Ennion, displayed at beaulieu a few years ago, I guess it would of been spot welded originally, perhaps that is why there are holes in it.
Thanks for the e-Bay tip, I've banged a bid on. James's question was the result of a discussion we had lastnight. I've been looking for ametal one for a while, it seems incorrectly.
I've just bought an old wreck of an 850, mainly to get the metal fitting, grrrrrrrrrrrr
My car is a September build and should have the plastic one, so I'd be better to get one of them. Oddly, it doesn't seem to have ever had the fresh air tubefitted, the bulkhead plate seems untouched. It has had a bump in the front right corner and that probably explains why the part is missing, particularlynow that we know it was plastic.
Your right there James, the metal one spot welds to the slam panel and the side of the front panel, the lugs on the plastic on look to attach in the same positions with self tappers I imagine here's one on the bay. [url=http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/MK-1-MINI-COOPER-S-AIR-HOSE-GRILL-NOS-GENUINE-BMC_W0QQitemZ290233475794QQihZ019QQcategoryZ43122QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/MK-1-MINI-COOPER-S-AIR-HOSE-GRILL-NOS-GENUINE-BMC_W0QQitemZ290233475794QQihZ019QQcategoryZ43122QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem[/url]Gray
JK's reducer kits are good, but they were originally white i think.
According to Parnell, your pipe would have been the earlier non-plastic type, JK does the large dia ones, and you will need about half a length, i'm not sure if he sells short ones or not, also not sure if he does the small dia pipe, anyone know?
[b]ka2s4 wrote: [/b] ”
JK's reducer kits are good, but they were originally white i think.
According to Parnell, your pipe would have been the earlier non-plastic type, JK does the large dia ones, and you will need about half a length, i'm not sure if he sells short ones or not, also not sure if he does the small dia pipe, anyone know?
J” The small diameter pipe is with the kit,the shorter large rubber one's can be made on request,i'm waiting for one at the moment.
Regards
John
Al, my 1966 'S' was an Australian build and although it has a 'fresh air' type heater fitted, like yours, it has never had an air intake, so no 'grille' for it on the front panel, and just a blank screwed on to the bulkhead where the hose would normally pass through. Don't know if this was normal Australian practice as Oz cars are not that common here in the UK!
Did you notice above that Gray had one. Now, I accept thathe offered it to me because I am one helluva fellow;) but you might be able to be nice to him and have him offer it to you too.I needa plastic one and the e-Bay one is springing upwards.
minorparts wrote:
“Al, my 1966 'S' was an Australian build and although it has a 'fresh air' type heater fitted, like yours, it has never had an air intake, so no 'grille' for it on the front panel, and just a blank screwed on to the bulkhead where the hose would normally pass through. Don't know if this was normal Australian practice as Oz cars are not that common here in the UK! ”
Oz Cooper S's never had the fresh air pipe, due to the bulldust over there.
I think it was dust, could have been s**t i suppose:P
[b][/b] ”
JThe small diameter pipe is with the kit,the shorter large rubber one's can be made on request,i'm waiting for one at the moment.
Regards
John”
Did you notice above that Gray had one. Now, I accept thathe offered it to me because I am one helluva fellow;) but you might be able to be nice to him and have him offer it to you too.I needa plastic one and the e-Bay one is springing upwards.
Regards
Al
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Can I put myself down as third in line for it….?:)
Well done Al, I know I had one a while ago, but having spent a long time in the garage looking this weekend I guess it must of got thrown out as it was not right for my 64 car.:(
[b]Alasdair Brass wrote: [/b] “Well, guys, I got the e-Bay one but I had to pay! Thanks for the tip Gray, but I'm now 70 quid poorer !!!!!!! 😯 Ouch.
Al
” Hello Al,i don't like to break this news to you but i found these on the Minimail website last night,they are NOS Leyland,forth item down.
While we're on the subject,has anyone got a heater intake blanking plate/fitting to sell ? Don't think I can run to Alasdair's wallet size though. 😀
1071bob wrote:
“[b]android wrote: [/b] “Has anyone got a heater intake blanking plate/fitting to sell ? Don't think I can run to Alasdair's wallet size though. :D”
The spare metal one I have has been swapped for a plastic one, I didn't really need the plastic e-bay one after all!!!!! Grrrrrrrrrrrr. Anyway, I'll have a spare now.
i was joking ive not been to thailand it was china wow what a world.you can post them if you like that a bit over my head right not.lucky i have photos of it ive built other cars and took no photos, another car im building still, a lot bigger job than the mini like it took me well over two years to panel it it was a wreck only panel i didnt cut off was the roof skin,hp V8 with all the gear,i have not one photo of it,i started it over eight years ago andstill on the go.
Hi – I've got one of these in the garage and was told its from an early Cooper but I can't validate it anywhere. I plan to fit it to my Mk1 S when I can get a large air intake duct from JK .
Can someone enlighten me by supplying more detail on JK, AND any bright idea,s on where a suitable roof aerial can be obtained? I have seen some body on Ebay selling the right pattern for £42 ish but I once bought an MGA for that much so it seems an awful lot for a bit of chrome.
Thanks
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The plastic ones were, or should be,pop rivetted in place
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Thanks guys – Brilliant 😀
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Here is a pic of one (early metal)refitted by Tony Ennion, displayed at beaulieu a few years ago, I guess it would of been spot welded originally, perhaps that is why there are holes in it.
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JK sells the big hoses, but where can we get the small dia ones for late S cars?
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Hi Gray,
Thanks for the e-Bay tip, I've banged a bid on. James's question was the result of a discussion we had lastnight. I've been looking for ametal one for a while, it seems incorrectly.
I've just bought an old wreck of an 850, mainly to get the metal fitting, grrrrrrrrrrrr
Regards
Al
I have noticed in John Parnell's book there is a change listed in May '66
'Metal air intake gauze tube replaced by plastic unit'
Does this refer to the round thing just behind the grille?
I have never seen a plastic one, so if anyone has a photo…:)
Also how were these fixed?
This change is listed just after the plastic reducing adapters on the 'S'
And before the change to plastic tube.
J
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I have a metal vent spare somewhere just needs a bit of a tweek where it was removed, if you guys are desperate. Gray
Hey you can never have enough spares so the 850 will always be handy.
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Thanks Gray,
My car is a September build and should have the plastic one, so I'd be better to get one of them. Oddly, it doesn't seem to have ever had the fresh air tubefitted, the bulkhead plate seems untouched. It has had a bump in the front right corner and that probably explains why the part is missing, particularlynow that we know it was plastic.
Regards
Al
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[b]ka2s4 wrote: [/b] ”
JK sells the big hoses, but where can we get the small dia ones for late S cars?” He doe's the reducer kits too.
🙂
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Your right there James, the metal one spot welds to the slam panel and the side of the front panel, the lugs on the plastic on look to attach in the same positions with self tappers I imagine here's one on the bay. [url=http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/MK-1-MINI-COOPER-S-AIR-HOSE-GRILL-NOS-GENUINE-BMC_W0QQitemZ290233475794QQihZ019QQcategoryZ43122QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/MK-1-MINI-COOPER-S-AIR-HOSE-GRILL-NOS-GENUINE-BMC_W0QQitemZ290233475794QQihZ019QQcategoryZ43122QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem[/url]Gray
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Thanks Elanelise,
I'll keep that in mind. What does the original small hoselook like, can anyone supply a photo? If I knew what I was looking for, I'd keep an eye out.
Regards
Al
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Here's JK's reducer kit,
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Thanks mate, looks like it is plastic, is that correct? What diameter, do you know?
Regards
Al
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JK's reducer kits are good, but they were originally white i think.
According to Parnell, your pipe would have been the earlier non-plastic type, JK does the large dia ones, and you will need about half a length, i'm not sure if he sells short ones or not, also not sure if he does the small dia pipe, anyone know?
J
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[b]ka2s4 wrote: [/b] ”
JK's reducer kits are good, but they were originally white i think.
According to Parnell, your pipe would have been the earlier non-plastic type, JK does the large dia ones, and you will need about half a length, i'm not sure if he sells short ones or not, also not sure if he does the small dia pipe, anyone know?
J” The small diameter pipe is with the kit,the shorter large rubber one's can be made on request,i'm waiting for one at the moment.
Regards
John
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Al, my 1966 'S' was an Australian build and although it has a 'fresh air' type heater fitted, like yours, it has never had an air intake, so no 'grille' for it on the front panel, and just a blank screwed on to the bulkhead where the hose would normally pass through. Don't know if this was normal Australian practice as Oz cars are not that common here in the UK!
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I'm after a metal type for my project. There doesn't seem to be many around:(
Bob
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Hi Bob,
Did you notice above that Gray had one. Now, I accept thathe offered it to me because I am one helluva fellow;) but you might be able to be nice to him and have him offer it to you too.I needa plastic one and the e-Bay one is springing upwards.
Regards
Al
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a metal one popped up on the bay some time ago but that was damaged
i'm still looking for a good metal one for my 64
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Alasdair Brass wrote:
“Hi Gray,
I've just bought an old wreck of an 850, mainly to get the metal fitting, grrrrrrrrrrrr
Regards
Al
”
At least with the plastic one you won't need to do any welding:D
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minorparts wrote:
“Al, my 1966 'S' was an Australian build and although it has a 'fresh air' type heater fitted, like yours, it has never had an air intake, so no 'grille' for it on the front panel, and just a blank screwed on to the bulkhead where the hose would normally pass through. Don't know if this was normal Australian practice as Oz cars are not that common here in the UK! ”
Oz Cooper S's never had the fresh air pipe, due to the bulldust over there.
I think it was dust, could have been s**t i suppose:P
J
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Probably a bit of both James:D:D:D.
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JThe small diameter pipe is with the kit,the shorter large rubber one's can be made on request,i'm waiting for one at the moment.
Regards
John”
Hi John,
Is the plastic screen in the kit too?
Regards
Al
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Hello Al, the kit consists of the two reducer ends,plastic pipe and the wire clips,the plastic mesh grill is not included.
Regards
John
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[b]Alasdair Brass wrote: [/b] “Hi Bob,
Did you notice above that Gray had one. Now, I accept thathe offered it to me because I am one helluva fellow;) but you might be able to be nice to him and have him offer it to you too.I needa plastic one and the e-Bay one is springing upwards.
Regards
Al
”
Can I put myself down as third in line for it….?:)
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Well, guys, I got the e-Bay one but I had to pay! Thanks for the tip Gray, but I'm now 70 quid poorer !!!!!!! 😯 Ouch.
Al
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I was watching it too. Glad it has gone to a good home, but a hell of a lot of money to pay for it.
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Well done Al! Glad my car doesn't need one:cool:!
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Well done Al, I know I had one a while ago, but having spent a long time in the garage looking this weekend I guess it must of got thrown out as it was not right for my 64 car.:(
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Hi Al….
You don't by chance have a spare metal one lying about do you?
😀
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[b]Alasdair Brass wrote: [/b] “Well, guys, I got the e-Bay one but I had to pay! Thanks for the tip Gray, but I'm now 70 quid poorer !!!!!!! 😯 Ouch.
Al
” Hello Al,i don't like to break this news to you but i found these on the Minimail website last night,they are NOS Leyland,forth item down.
[url=http://www.minimail.co.uk/products.jsp?q=heater]http://www.minimail.co.uk/products.jsp?q=heater[/url]
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While we're on the subject,has anyone got a heater intake blanking plate/fitting to sell ? Don't think I can run to Alasdair's wallet size though. 😀
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…. if you have 5040 yen to spare
[url=http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=ja&u=http://g-minimum.co.jp/blog/%3Fpage_id%3D25&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=6&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3D24a1967%26hl%3Den]http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=ja&u=http://g-minimum.co.jp/blog/%3Fpage_id%3D25&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=6&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3D24a1967%26hl%3Den[/url]
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5040 Yen works out at just over £ 24 that is ex shipping, might be worth the while for the people who need one
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[b]android wrote: [/b] “Has anyone got a heater intake blanking plate/fitting to sell ? Don't think I can run to Alasdair's wallet size though. :D”
Make me an offer.:D Bob
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1071bob wrote:
“[b]android wrote: [/b] “Has anyone got a heater intake blanking plate/fitting to sell ? Don't think I can run to Alasdair's wallet size though. :D”
Make me an offer.:D Bob
”
Bob,sent you a PM !
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Hey guys, I have just found out I have a plastic grill for the fresh air heater. If anyone wants it, give me a yell. I dont need it, mine is metal
Cheers, Colin
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Hi guys,
The spare metal one I have has been swapped for a plastic one, I didn't really need the plastic e-bay one after all!!!!! Grrrrrrrrrrrr. Anyway, I'll have a spare now.
Al
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You have mail 🙂
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hi james did my photos turn up or do i still not know how to work my computer?
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Yes they did turn up,
I thought you might have been taller;)
Do you want me to post some up here?
J
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hehe what are you talking about i didnt send you my photos of my trip to thailand did i.hehe
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Not unless you were carrying out what looks like an immaculate restoration on a Mk1 S in Thailand.:dude:
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i was joking ive not been to thailand it was china wow what a world.you can post them if you like that a bit over my head right not.lucky i have photos of it ive built other cars and took no photos, another car im building still, a lot bigger job than the mini like it took me well over two years to panel it it was a wreck only panel i didnt cut off was the roof skin,hp V8 with all the gear,i have not one photo of it,i started it over eight years ago andstill on the go.
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For some reason they won't upload to Photobucket, or copy and paste from my folder:?
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Thanks for the intake grille, Colin, i got it this morning:)
[IMG]http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj106/ka2s4/IMG_8152.jpg[/IMG]
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another one on the bay:
[url]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BMC-MINI-COOPER-FRESH-AIR-HEATER-INTAKE-PLASTIC-24A1967_W0QQitemZ170252462837[/url]
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richy59driver wrote:
“my 1962 has the early fresh air heater
it has the odd ball air intake fitted with shut off valve and cable!!!
seen some of these heaters with the standard 'tea strainer' intake fitted too
is this flap type one correct for an oct 62 car?
i think it is as it should be,the car seems totally unmolested
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This one?
[IMG]http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj106/ka2s4/IMG_7995.jpg[/IMG]
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Hi I have a spare small bore pipe for a late S if you rinterested . No good to me as mines a Mk1 s
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my 1962 has the early fresh air heater
it has the odd ball air intake fitted with shut off valve and cable!!!
seen some of these heaters with the standard 'tea strainer' intake fitted too
is this flap type one correct for an oct 62 car?
i think it is as it should be,the car seems totally unmolested
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could you put a picture of that online?
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I think you can still get the plastic ones new from minimail 01989720111
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thats the bugger,yeah
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Hi – I've got one of these in the garage and was told its from an early Cooper but I can't validate it anywhere. I plan to fit it to my Mk1 S when I can get a large air intake duct from JK .
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the cooper s was never fitted with these
these are all pre mar 63
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wanna sell it bruce?
Does anyone have a metal intake up for grabs ?
androi wrote: “Does anyone have a metal intake up for grabs ?”
I've made a few of these Andy, PM me for more info.
I saw that Brian Hore had one at the weekend, superb standard as ever Bob, also the 970 rad brackets were good, put me down for one.
Bob you have PM !! Must applaud you for your efforts once again. 🙂
just reading the thread,
I need to get a reducer kit and intake gauze for my mk11 's' could you let me have details of JK ? I am not familiar with the initials.
thanks
jim
Jim Drak wrote: “just reading the thread,
I need to get a reducer kit and intake gauze for my mk11 's' could you let me have details of JK ? I am not familiar with the initials.
thanks
jim”
[URL]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=350312922641&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:GB:1123[/URL] John Kelly MCR Mk1s registrar
JK??
Can someone enlighten me by supplying more detail on JK, AND any bright idea,s on where a suitable roof aerial can be obtained? I have seen some body on Ebay selling the right pattern for £42 ish but I once bought an MGA for that much so it seems an awful lot for a bit of chrome.
Thanks
Don