Doesn't this look nice.
It's not mine i just stumbled over it. I think it looks beautiful.
It's not mine i just stumbled over it. I think it looks beautiful.
Spotted for Sale - Very Pretty
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NickDunning
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Nice looking car, regardless. Hardly original though if all the panels have been replaced!webmaster said:
Demetris
Well-Known Member
The doors are having the early handles so they cannot be from a series 2 car.
Also, in the factory manual (up to series 1 cars) there are instuctions and measurements on fitting this side optional side trim. So everything could be original.
Talking about originality, my 1970 2000 TC, being a German export model, despite being a series 1 car, has the series 2 door handles. And the doors are original, with the original rust at the bottom, and fixed rear quartelights to go with the flow through ventilation system.
However, the series 2 door handles are not chrome as usual, but polished aluminium!
Inside there is more head scratching...
The window winders and door opening handles are not secured in the usual P6 way with the wire clip. Instead they are bolted on the square stub shaft, like in the minis... I thought that this was a conversion, but the square stub shafts have no cut outs for the wire clip. Instead they are drilled and tapped. However, the car as i bought it came with crudelly drilled and fitted series 2 interior fittings.
Can anybody guess the original fittings on a series 1 German car? Rudiger perhaps?
cheers,
Demetris
Also, in the factory manual (up to series 1 cars) there are instuctions and measurements on fitting this side optional side trim. So everything could be original.
Talking about originality, my 1970 2000 TC, being a German export model, despite being a series 1 car, has the series 2 door handles. And the doors are original, with the original rust at the bottom, and fixed rear quartelights to go with the flow through ventilation system.
However, the series 2 door handles are not chrome as usual, but polished aluminium!
Inside there is more head scratching...
The window winders and door opening handles are not secured in the usual P6 way with the wire clip. Instead they are bolted on the square stub shaft, like in the minis... I thought that this was a conversion, but the square stub shafts have no cut outs for the wire clip. Instead they are drilled and tapped. However, the car as i bought it came with crudelly drilled and fitted series 2 interior fittings.
Can anybody guess the original fittings on a series 1 German car? Rudiger perhaps?
cheers,
Demetris
NickDunning
Active Member
It's difficult to tell, but they look more like Series II side strips to me Chris.chrisyork said:
Still, lovely car.