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[techno-steve]

hi could anyone tell me what sort of grille this is.




and how does it screw on to the body would it just be from the inside on the engine bay?

steve
XxX

[Matt.P]

That is a mk1 Morris Cooper grille (wider slats than the austin cooper).
The reason it might look "different" is because it's missing the moustache surround

[Jordie]

looks like a MK1 slatted grill without surround.

[yorkshirechris]

Standard Mk1 grille by the looks of it, and it will likely screw into the front panel from the outside, between the slats.

P.S you coming to le monthly meet tonight?

Edited by yorkshirechris, 02 June 2009 - 04:22 PM.

[techno-steve]

Standard Mk1 grille by the looks of it, and it will likely screw into the front panel from the outside, between the slats.

P.S you coming to le monthly meet tonight?

carnt chris i carnt get there unless you can give me a lift hint hint but dont wurry about it anyways ive twisted my ancle so crnt walk reli anyways

[yorkshirechris]

Bit out of the way for me but if you stick something up on our forum theres a few over your way?

[techno-steve]

Bit out of the way for me but if you stick something up on our forum theres a few over your way?

dont think im going to bother, i carnt walk reli so ill see you all in 2 weeks

[curran]

any more pictures of the mini?

what arches are they? and what size wheels?

[techno-steve]

there 13 x 8 and the arches are group 5s with and extra 6cm on them. its a lad on our local forum

[curran]

is it possible to buy the arches are are they custom made?

link to build thread?


i have 13x8's for the front and 13x10's for the rear so i'm going to need some big arches!

[Jordie]

techno-steve,

I think you have spelt your location wrong mate. Is it not 'wakefield' rather then 'wakefeild'

Thats a nice looking car. I always loved the MK1 grill look, finally got one when i own a clubman so its now for sale on ebay.

[stevo-1991]

bif off topic but is the colour of that mini bottle green ?

[sweetser]

there 13 x 8 and the arches are group 5s with and extra 6cm on them. its a lad on our local forum

Are you sure there not modded group 6 arches?

[Shylos]

Are the older grilles easy enough to fit on a later model car?

[Jordie]

Yeah not too bad. You need a MK1 style bonnet or remove the lip from your current one.

I once bought a MK1 style bonnet with MK3 onward hinge fixings from PL Minis for about £35 brand new. Replaced my rusty one and upgrade at the same time.

The moustache and grill just screw or rivet on then. I prefer to rivit the moustache and fit the grill using grill buttons for quick access.

Ive got a MK1 wavy grill and moustache ending on ebay in the next few hours. Very close to meeting its reserve if anyone is interested....

http://cgi.ebay.co.u...em=260418064839

Jordie