1961 AUSTIN MINI COUNTRYMAN

Make: AUSTIN
Model: MINI COUNTRYMAN
Registration: 887 XWB
Engine Size (cc): 998
Year of Manufacture: 1961
Date First Registered: 15/03/2024
Current V5: YES
Location: PICKERING
You can view from: Wednesday 14 May - Tuesday 20 May 2025

Current V5 present. Paperwork includes a previous V5, DVLA correspondence, a British Motor Industry Heritage Trust Certified Copy of a Factory Record, some printed technical data, some printed information from the vendor, and various invoices.

The vendor has provided the following:

Body:

• New custom-made stainless steel floor
• Painted in 2-part paint (touch-up paint in box)
• New door and window rubbers and felt window tracks
• Original wood

Engine:

• Not original (approximately 1978) 998cc
• Borded out 20 thou over
• New pistons, rings, oil pump, double row timing chain, lifters, and high-lift camshaft
• Skimmed cylinder head (higher compression)
• Crank reground with new bearings
• The engine number from the engine in the car is attached to the key ring. The engine number on the car now is just for fun

Gearbox:

• 4 syncro box
• 3.1 final drive
• New bearings and bushes
• Center oil pickup

Exhaust:

• Stage one kit. Set up for future air fuel ratio gauge

Cooling:

• New radiator, hoses, water pump, thermostat, cap, (original radiator in box)

Clutch:

• Reground the flywheel with the new ring gear
• Reground the backing plate
• New clutch plate, slave cylinders

Electrical:

• New generator, starter motor
• High-power electronic ignition and coil
• Plugs & wires
• Temperature gauge
• Fuel gauge (new), fuel sender is new but not installed, and is in the back of the car in a box, requires a new voltage stabilizer!

Other:

• New tyres, wheel bearings
• Upholstery (spare upholstery roll in the back of the car

It has driven 250 miles since the rebuild.