Austin Mini Pickup from 1969
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 18 ก.ย. 2024
- I have a very cool visitor in the garage.
A 1969 Austin mini pickup in a really good condition!
This car is not mine, but a good friend of mine has decided that its time to let this car go because its not being used anymore.
I offered to help with this.
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My favourite uncle had a business using JCB diggers. He had a (green I think) Mini van and a white Mini pickup, but the pickup was his favourite. He used to put digger buckets into the back to take them to various job-sites. When he eventually stopped digging holes with his JCBs (the last time I know about was on his 90th birthday!) he had the pickup professionally restored and it was parked in his garage. When he died last year his daughter drove the pickup behind the car that carried his body to the village Church, a fitting tribute I thought. The pickup must be the least common of the Mini fleet (along with the Mini-Moke), so certainly a collectible vehicle these days, but in their day, a real work-horse. Thanks for the video, and the memories. Les in UK
That's a sweet little 1960s car! Those open Minivans are now quite rare, too. Something that always raises a smile at a classic car show. Quite an historic car design too, not least for the influence on many later car designs and engines internationally.
Years back, many British secondary schools would have an old Mini or Minor in their engineering workshops, with the cars and engines continually being taken apart or being put together again. I'm sure many car mechanics around the world cut their teeth on the A-series engine. The engine was used and developed for many BMC/BL cars between 1951 and 2000. Nissan also made it under licence in the 60s, and developed it into a whole family of engines as well.
.. What really surprises me is how well they actually drive compared to many other 60´s cars... its really a fun little thing!
What a great little vehicle. I've had 4 Minis over the years, including a 1275GT.
I've always admired old utility vehicles like this - the fact that this sort of car used to be someone's workhorse is so wild when compared to the utes of today.
Most of the Giant pickup trucks driven here in the USA carry payloads of air, so one of these has as much utility today as then
I'll look forward to your next video and will pay particular attention to the state of your knuckles. Mine have just about healed up now after 40 years without a mini :) Many fond memories though.
Haha! I was once stuck in the engine bay of my rover mini cooper... ;)
Beautiful example and rare, reminds me of the old mini i had, that i hand painted blue with white roof, fun little cars economical an in todays congested towns and side streets so easy to park
Its amazing to watch this car next to anything modern that is considered small.... its like different worlds!
@@SeasideGarage i guess modern equivalent size wise would be smart and toyotaIQ, tho you could squeeze 4 in a mini
I'd never thought of the pick-up having that feature, but I remember earlier Mini saloons had the top hinged number plate as well. A relatively simple but clever feature.
Its so simple yet so satisfying!... Go away with all the electric self opening hatches..... A hinge is enough to satisfy me! haha
@@SeasideGarage Don't get me started on self-closing tailgates. I've noticed several cars with them recently. I almost want to go up to the owner and say 'How lazy are you?!' My first car didn't even have a choke warning light. Rant over.
it also has the wrong rear lights (from an estate or van) tidy looking car tho. worth lots these days
My first car was an 850 Mini Van, like all other classics Minis RUST!!!!!
Ahah. The genius of the Issigonis design. Interesting presentation again from DK. You have a much larger version with your transverse six cylinder Princess of course as well as the Metro.
I'm old enough to remember when Minis in all its various forms were a frequent sight everywhere on UK roads.
That Gearbox in the engine's oil pan / sump was a master space saving stroke. Best to change the oil at HALF the manufacturer recommended for longevity. In the late 1960s, when my then girlfriend passed her driving test aged eighteen, she asked me to find her a nice Mini for her cross-London Job commute. No way would I want a front wheel drive car. That mindset was soon to change when I found her a tidy 848cc Mini. I used it a few times for getting about the madhouse which was and still is London traffic. Immediate convert.
When we decided to get married and buy a house, my sports car was sold and I got a new Mini 1000 in 1970. It cost £702 ( UK POUNDS ) on the road new price! They go for many thousands now. I travelled much for my job and the fuel consumption/fuel allowance for work travel was an advantage with a car which would do 50 mpg on a long run. To take further advantage or the Rally Winning legendary Mini handling and road holding, I fitted up rated suspension dampers and slightly wider steel wheels. That enabled the car to really handle well. Some of my x-country work travel journey times I would struggle to match today even with 200 and 260 BHP MGs and rovers. It really could cover ground quickly and safely for such a small low powered car. That car went on to do 100,000 plus very reliable and hard miles. I did service it myself. Sold for £400 in 1977. The only major reliability issue was a seized up left rear suspension bush. My fault for not greasing the nipple properly. Inexpensive fix for me on these simple cars.
For the average daily driver, front wheel drive is best of all worlds. My father had a 1964 Mini Van which was his job workhorse. Got a picture of him with the Mini Van somewhere. Great cars provided great memories for this family and many others. We still have an MG Metro in the family. At the recent MG 40 event, it was the oldest post-Abingdon, Longbridge built MG at the show with hundred plus MGs.
Thank you John!
yes! I suddenly have a lot of British stuff in my collection!
I have the same feeling in my Abarth 112... The 70HP and incredible nimbleness makes it just as quick, or even quicker then much more powerful cars on the twisties...
I am always amused about the fact that rwd once was the way to go.... maybe because I live in a country with icy winter..
Love a bit of Mini content. Can't believe it's been two years since your Cooper project! I'll be building back my 1330 Stage 3 85BHP engine tomorrow following a recent head refurbishment and repaint of the block & head. It's been off the road too long and was my first car back in 1995!
Thats so cool Tim! That must be a beast on the road!
Yea the time has went by so fast....
The first Cooper engine was 997cc, 55bhp. The 998cc engine had a shorter stroke and came in 1964. The Cooper S had a 1071cc engine , also a 970cc engine for a short while and finally a 1275cc engine
Ah yes... I am no mini expert... even though I try to be... ;)
People these days refer to the Cooper name and assume that all 1960s Minis were Mini Coopers. In fact Coopers were a small number of faster variants to the standard cars. So I will add to the engine list: 848cc (most original Minis had this engine), 998cc in Mini 1000 (1970s), 1098cc (original Mini Clubman), 1275GT (in Mini 1275GT with Clubman style body. This engine was slightly different to the "real" 1275 Cooper S engine and produced less power)
And of course, your Metro has essentially the same drivetrain as this Mini in the guise of the A+ series engine, with improvements of course, but as an iconic car, they still raise a nice smile when you see a Mini buzzing by, the sound, the shape and the size, they are just the perfect little cars... :D
Yea.... 20 years later then this! and pretty much exactly the same... haha
@@SeasideGarage Yep, about the biggest change, aside from the bodyshell, was they switched from the rubber cone suspension to the Hydrogas system, the rest is pretty much the same setup, it's why a lot of Minis ended up with the souped-up MG Metro running gear being retrofitted to give them a proper pocket rocket little car... :D
@@twocvbloke The suspension system on original minis started as rubber cone, moved to Hydrolastic but ... then changed back to rubber cone a few years later. Hydrolastic was more complex (expensive), much heavier. This suspension was only used for 5 years out of the entire life of the original Mini production. (Hydrolastic used a water based fluid not gas. You might be confusing this with the Metro suspension system.)
Wow. That is so cool. I have NEVER seen or heard of a mini brand pick up. K swap it. Ha
My 63 mini pick up was 850 cc as far as I know they all were.
The Mini Pick-up was introduced in January 1961 with the 848 cc engine. The 998 cc engine became an option in October 1967.
hmmm so it could be the original engine size then :)
Such a beautiful pickup. Lucky you got to work on it, even if it was just to fix it. Greetings from Græsted 🛵
Fed vogn, sådan en laban skulle man ha
... Det er jo perfekt timing nu hvor du leder efter ny kanal bil! ;)
Steve moors is looking to buy this
Hey how can I get one in the USA?
hmm.. is it to big for hand luggage?
Ikke noget negativt men jeg tror du vil få flere visninger på dansk 😊
ts a 997 cc not 998 :D