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£4,000 - £5,500
1964 Austin Mini Mk1
Registration No: 7648 NU
Manufacturer:Austin
Model: Mini Mk1
First Registered:1964
Registration No: 7648 NU
Mileometer:38,753
Chassis No: a2s7/466100
MOT:March 2018
Colour: Red
The production version of the Mini was demonstrated to the press in April 1959, and by August several thousand cars had been produced ready for the first sales. The Mini was officially announced to the public on 26 August 1959. The Mini was marketed under BMC's two main brand names, Austin and Morris, until 1969. The Morris version was known as the Morris Mini Mini-Minor, and the Austin was sold as the Austin Seven. In 1964, the suspension of the cars was replaced by another Moulton design, the hydrolastic system. The new suspension gave a softer ride, but it also increased weight and production cost. In 1971, the original rubber suspension reappeared and was retained for the remaining life of the Mini.
BMC insisted that the way company overheads were shared out, the Mini always made money. Larger profits came from the popular De Luxe models and from optional extras such as seat belts, door mirrors, a heater and a radio, which would be considered necessities on modern cars, as well as the various Cooper and Cooper S models.
The Mini entered into popular culture in the 1960s with well-publicised purchases by film and music stars. The Cooper S version was also used by some British police departments as a plainclothes car.
The vendor has owned this early 1964 car for about 20 years. He has fitted new inner and outer sills, front wings, bit of boot floor, door skins, and lower quarter panels, but the rest is original, and the car was treated to a respray in 2010. It could do with a few cosmetic bits and bobs but basically every thing is original and correct.
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