Mini Hunt

Owen

Right boyos I'm on the hunt for an old old Mini. My mother handed me a bunch of slides to scan in today, and in one of them, there was a Mini ... you'd think after bringing all the MINIs home, she'd tell me all about the car we had in the family eh? Anyway, the reg seems ot be HZD254. It appears to have Austin Se7en badging, but I'm open to correction on that. Anyone know the whereabouts of the car today, or know someone who might know? Cartell.ie doesn't have much info at all, in fact, it has none 8O

L-M

Best of luck with the search, would love to touch up the bits in that pic lol:P

L-M

Edit: Was too bored not too lol
Quick one

Max_Damage

If the reg. doesn't show up on Cartell, it means the car has either being scrapped or declared off the road since 1993 (most likely the former though).

Owen

I partly guessed at much. I was hoping someone might know of it lying in a barn/field somewhere, as I have the resources to restore it. Wishful thinking I know, but I would love if someone knew of it.

carchaeologist

HZD*** is either an august/september 1962 dublin reg.As it doesnt show on cartell your best bet is that its in a shed somewhere,though thats unlikely given its age.It looks like austin se7en badging alright,and being a 62 thats very likely.

carchaeologist

Just looking at the pic again,whats the car in the background,theres an air of wolseley 1500 about it but its not,looks very french?

L-M

It's not a 1400B Fiat is it?

carchaeologist

Limerick-man wrote: »

It's not a 1400B Fiat is it?

One of these..?Looks like it is alright.

Must be a rare car these days!

L-M

carchaeologist wrote: »

One of these..?Looks like it is alright.

Must be a rare car these days!

I'd say so too, a good nic Austin Mini irish reg would be rare enough too i'd say.

carchaeologist

Limerick-man wrote: »

I'd say so too, a good nic Austin Mini irish reg would be rare enough too i'd say.

Yep,im thinking theres a few around the place still, hiding away in sheds...!The original seven was an extremly basic car.

L-M

carchaeologist wrote: »

Yep,im thinking theres a few around the place still, hiding away in sheds...!The original seven was an extremly basic car.

Lol, so very true.

Fella down the road from me has a collection of vintage cars, one being an early 60's Austin Mini in an old english white type colour. Cracking car, he let me have a look around them one day, and have a go at starting them. I got stuck on the mini, took me a few mins to find the starter, which is where???:D

carchaeologist

Push button on the floor if i remember correctly?Or is that the window washer?Hmm...

L-M

carchaeologist wrote: »

Push button on the floor if i remember correctly?Or is that the window washer?Hmm...

Aye, button on the floor lol. Had me stumped.

carchaeologist

Limerick-man wrote: »

Aye, button on the floor lol. Had me stumped.

Tis a good one alright!!

DaveCol

Very interesting. You never know it could be still out there.
It doesn't look like the basic spec version, so I am guessing it is a Deluxe because of the bumper overriders and chrome trim in the window surround.

I had a 1960 Austin Seven, and they are very basic. I sold it to about two years ago to a guy in Cork who plans to restore it, after he finishes a Wolseley Hornet resto.

Try posting up on www.irishminis.ie to see if anyone knows about it

Hifive

Limerick-man wrote: »

Lol, so very true.

Fella down the road from me has a collection of vintage cars, one being an early 60's Austin Mini in an old english white type colour. Cracking car, he let me have a look around them one day, and have a go at starting them. I got stuck on the mini, took me a few mins to find the starter, which is where???:D

Stretching the old memory a bit now, but I think it was a foot operated button on the floor?? Or was that my sisters old Fiat 500!

Seeing that old pic of that Mini really brought back memories.
My mother had several Minis, her first one was XZD 697. A Turquoise blue Austin Mini se7en very similar to that one, complete with slidey windows and the fluted front grille.
Basic was too plush a term for it but it was a great little car. I was ferried here and there in it for years. Often myself, my brother and about four of our friends were collected from school in it. It was eventually sold to one of my sisters boyfriends for £50.00 but was replaced by another Mini, a blue 1976 Mini 850, reg 237 HYI (may have been HYI 237) which hadn't nearly as much charm.

EDIT
Beaten to it on the starter question several times:(

Anyway the reason for the delay in posting was cause I've been searching for an old pic of it and had eventually given up and posted my reply, however I've just found an old pic from the from the late sixties of me (yes I know:eek:) My sister on the right and some buddy of hers, with the car on Dollymount strand. She used to let me sit on her knee and steer it up and down the beach!

carchaeologist

Hifive wrote: »

a blue 1976 Mini 850, reg 237 HYI (may have been HYI 237)

It would have been 237HYI,thats a 76 dublin no.

Owen

My family were a bit mad when it came to cars, they bought all the weird models as soon as they came out, Humber Sceptre, Beetle, Triumph TR6 and Herald. As I'm on the Committee of my Mini Club, I would love to track this car down and restore it for my kids in time to keep.

VolvoMan

If it doesn't show up on the system that means it has either been scrapped or exported sometime before 1993. That was the year the vehicle database became computerised.

carchaeologist

VolvoMan wrote: »

If it doesn't show up on the system that means it has either been scrapped or exported sometime before 1993. That was the year the vehicle database became computerised.

It still could be in a shed or somewhere possibly since before then,most of the cars in the kilgarven museum in kerry are old irish regd,but have been in the museum so long and not taxed they missed the changeover and dont show on cartell.Thre must be more cars out there like that.

DaveCol

Here is a photo of my old one:

carchaeologist

^Where is she now?

L-M

That an Escort beside it?

DaveCol

carchaeologist wrote: »

^Where is she now?

It was bought by a dedicated Mini fan from Cork.

And it is a 1972 Rover 2000TC beside it

DarenO

DaveCol wrote: »

Here is a photo of my old one:

that wasn't originally in a house in Bray back in the 80s by any chance, or am i thinking there is another WZA mini survivor

Darren

carchaeologist

The ministox formula for the younger drivers in rosegreen in tipp was always very popular back in the 90s,anyone else remember them?These are english pics below,but it was the same thing in rosegreen.



You would forget how easy it was to pick up a mini back then!

DaveCol

DarenO wrote: »

that wasn't originally in a house in Bray back in the 80s by any chance, or am i thinking there is another WZA mini survivor

Darren

As far as I know it was only on the Northside, so there could be another survivor

G Luxel

I am sure that the car in the background in the first picture is a Fiat 1100 type 103 (1953-1962). There is a similiar car on the cover of IVS this year.

jozi

Ned87: you should also check http://www.miniresource.com/forums/

Good luck in your search, I hope you find it!