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#1 bwwooster

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Posted 06 March 2025 - 05:19 PM

Grrrreetings from California! Hopefully my '66 won't get jealous, but I just couldn't pass up this Inno! It's a '72, or at least that's what its papers say (sorry, no pics-- no photo bucket etc)

 

 

So... what are the differences? So far I've found that I needed 10mm and 14mm wrenches to remove the seat pivot bolts, but I have to say I like those little shouldered bolts. And the little red light between the large clocks was worrying me -- I thought it was an ignition light and wasn't going out when I revved the engine a bit-- until I translated a picture from the owners' manual and figured out it's the parking brake warning light.

 

I'd really like to get some quick-release bonnet hinges, but I'm not sure whether the stuff Mini Spares, etc. have will work. The hinges are in the same place as my MkI, but they look a lttile different when I hold the old MkI parts along side. Anyone know about this? Or how the headlamps are wired? They seem to come on whenever the ignition is on...

 

Thanks!

 

John T.



#2 DeadSquare

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Posted 07 March 2025 - 09:44 AM

Lucky you !

 

There was once talk of 'revitalising' the Mini with the Inoccenti, when the 9X was dropped.



#3 mab01uk

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Posted 07 March 2025 - 12:11 PM

Welcome to TMF!

 

The 'Mini Cooper Register' below is worth joining for a great monthly magazine 'CooperWorld' and its 'Innocent Mini Cooper Register' is a great source of information on Innocenti specifications, history, etc:-

https://minicooper.o...ooper-register/


Edited by mab01uk, 07 March 2025 - 12:12 PM.


#4 MatthewsDad

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Posted 07 March 2025 - 12:58 PM

I noticed that in the most recent edition of Cooper World (the MCR's monthly mag) there is a new Innocenti registrar in post. I'm sure they'd be keen to hear from you.




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