The old minis were wonderful. I had a 1960 850 with a Speedwell conversion and just to keep on topic all minis of that era had a couple of their own built in stop/start features. If it rained the water used to come in through the grille and straight into the distributor and you always knew when the s/s was about to cut in by the coughing and spluttering which preceded it. Solution was either a plastic bag tied round the distributor or else a carefully moulded bit of aluminium would do the trick. The second s/s feature was the electric petrol pump thoughtfully mounted under the car on the rear subframe so that when it stopped working which it often did, you could jump out, lie on the floor and give it a whack with a spanner which would cure the problem for a few miles. The good thing was in those days you could take things apart and fix them. A new set of contacts and the pump was good as new.147daytona wrote: ↑Sun Jul 07, 2019 8:42 amReminds me of a lad i knew in the early '80s who owned an original Mini 1275 GT.
He fitted a massive amp and sub in the boot, virtually filling it, but when he went out at night the poor little dynamo couldn't cope, and with every beat of the music, the headlights would dim in sync. Not only could you hear the beat, you could see it
Its still on topic.....more or less.... but now with a bit of a twist
I think now stop start has finally been solved then its a good place to keep all the "old vehicle" chats in one place.
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