Found a Morris Mini Cooper...61 for sale., Anyone know much about them? Options

[Joe Bob]

Seems to be relatively solid, no bondo, no rust....two engines. I have some pics I will post in a bit. He's asking 4,000....needs paint and interior.....12V POSITIVE ground..... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/headbang.gif)

I need another project like I need a whole in the head....plus....it's....English..... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/barf.gif) and LUCAS.... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/barf.gif) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/barf.gif)

But it looks fun...... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/blink.gif)

[lapuwali]

Actually, for toll booths, the RHD works out, as the car is so narrow, you can easily slide open the passenger window and hand over the money. For a drive-up window, this is more of a problem, but I don't frequent drive-up fastfood places, and so few banks in CA have drive-up ATMs, that it's not really a problem.

For the later cars with roll-up windows, RHD might be more of a problem in LHD countries. All the more reason the early sliding window cars are cooler, too.

As for the VTEC conversion, there are several sites with people doing this DIY. You have to lengthen the nose of the car some to fit the engine and the radiator. The 1300 Suzuki twin-cam engine (esp. in turbo form) is an easier fit, and you can get 150hp or so from them, which is way more than adequate. The A-series is not only fairly small, but the radiator fits on the side, in the left-hand fenderwell. The A-series is pretty much bulletproof, and good to 110hp or so before it starts to get really expensive. There are also DOHC heads available that go on the A-series block, and you can get 120-130hp out of those engines.