Project 63 Episode 3 - our Rhodesian Mk1 Mini - geek overload!

We take an in-depth look at our CKD 1963 Rhodesian MkI.
Part 1 - • Project 63 Episode 1 -...
Part 2 - • Project 63 Episode 2 -...
---Video Contents--
0:45​ - Interior features
4:38​ - Exterior features
7:05​ - Engine bay
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[@SimpsonsClassics]

Really enjoying this build guys👍

[@barryscarlett4564]

I've got a Austin 7 mini1963 in new Zealand Owned it for. 28 years. Still running single leading brake shoes. It's never had a panel replaced. Original floors. Just as clean as this mini you are doing the series on.

[@philtucker1224]

Very interesting, had one very similar back in 1971 as my first car and subsequently made a lot of upgrades and improvements as you are discussing here. I will be following this project with great interest! Thanks lads! 🇬🇧😊👍

[@OnlineHousehusband]

Great series MED ....keep the episodes coming.

[@classicminidiy]

Really enjoying this. These 63 body and parts are very very similar to Bad Wolf on my channel. All the little handle and gutter details. It's wild how this has so many original African features.

[@MiniMattTV]

Wonderful little car and that colour is spot on

[@dmcn3226]

Squooshers was the word you were looking for, for the windscreen washers 😉. Seen this car at Simons a while back its soooo clean.

[@michaelhart5886]

Looking forward to seeing what engine and mods are done to this one as I have a 1963 s replica I restored as in my pic

[@masupilamiful]

Hi Guys, just a few pointers from a South-African mini owner, lots of our later cars maybe mid seventies onwards was fitted as standard with heaters. I am not sure if that overflow tank for the cooling system is plastic, but our cars were fitted with a steel one of those. I have plenty of those tanks. Still looking great that Mk1

[@LoneStarMini]

Beautiful gentlemen.....

[@simontemplar4093]

The expansion tank is from the Rover SD1 …🤗

[@gabipo6985]

a almost stock build will be cool do head w stock cam and balancin rods and pistons and multi springs

[@Roger.Coleman1949]

Please respect this is an incredibly rare unmolested Mk1 , it should be maintained as original or make sure that engine does not go missing if you do modify it .I had a ' 63 Mk 1 and there are lots of ' early 'features that were soon updated in 1964, i.e plastic window catches, 2 LS front brakes , quarter light hinges and many more .

[@paulrobinson3528]

9:00 You just try getting the original glass washer bottle, makes Hens teeth look plentiful!!. I know this because i'm looking for one for my 62. Lovely car though

[@markhollinshead4153]

It’d be nice if it’s tuned as per roughly the period it was produced with a few modern touches internally, I liked the walkaround with the history (nice touch👍)

[@barryscarlett4564]

The front skirt. Was cut away after 1967 for More air flow To the radiator. Not disk brakes. As it was only on one side. I'm looking for a washer bottle bracket

[@MEDEngineeringTechVideos]

No it's on both sides for the brakes. The huge front grille does a decent job for the radiator.

[@bodgewell]

It'll be interesting to see if you can find out the original colour. I recently got a heritage certificate for my CKD 1965 mini which was assembled in New Zealand, and unfortunately BMH weren't able to advise the original colour (or most of the usual details aside from chassis number and build date), because it was painted locally when assembled in NZ - may be a similar case for your car?

[@ClassicCarCave]

Steve, So this would have been a CKD which means they will not give you a heritage certificate as i had the same issue with a my 63 austin seven that came from Ireland. It has to be one of the best examples i have ever seen a true time capsule. Cheers Dave

[@MEDEngineeringTechVideos]

Hi Dave, we've had a certificate through but it's not as detailed as for a UK Mini.

[@ClassicCarCave]

Steve it must have gone overseas as a complete unit rather than a CKD because heritage would not issue me one for that reason. Cheers Dave

[@bodgewell]

@@ClassicCarCave I think it's only recently that they started offering certificates for CKD cars. My CKD export was assembled in New Zealand and I got a heritage certificate for it the other day. It really doesn't tell you a lot though! Just the chassis number, build date, destination, and a couple of minor details like "no heater" and "cloth trim".

[@ClassicCarCave]

Jack, Thanks for the info it was about 5 years ago i had the mini but i can tell the new owner he should re-apply. If you like minis take a look at my gulf hill climb mini and let me know what you think. Cheer Dave

[@ronald1968]

Damn, that's almost too nice to mess with.... at least if the original subframe and engine is kept intact like you said it could always be put back......

[@MEDEngineeringTechVideos]

Exactly, yes we'll make sure everything is easily reversible.

[@franktaylor7617]

😎👍 🇺🇸

[@SuperPenseBete]

porcelain green like a lot of South Africain mini

[@10zoll]

Never seen an Ashtray in the rear side pockets. Good Plan to leave it as a non racer.

[@10zoll]

Reversible... Means no hole for a Rod/Remote Change Gearbox so Magic Wand is a must. Converting a 4 syncromesh Remote Gearbox to Magic Wand is possible but expensive if you didnt have a Remote Gearbox in spare... Without the additional Mountpont from the Gearbox a fastroad Engine is maybe to strong so something about 60 Horses is the goal?

[@MEDEngineeringTechVideos]

We have lots of spares :) keep watching to see what we have planned....

[@timsminigarage]

My 850 is running a magic wand converted 4 synchro gearbox. I added the 2 lower engine steadies to the subframe and it’s fine

[@willgrime]

You cOuld fit a period SPQR remote gear change - Steve will have the appropriate ad in his file - which connects to a shorty magic wand-ette above the floor. Ashtrays in the rear pockets were standard. Absolutely loving this series, reminds me of my first Mini - ASE 7B, also Smoke Grey, a nice 850 deluxe which I got just after passing my test in 1971 (on my 17th birthday!). That was the first of a series of five or six cars, oldest a 59, youngest a 68 model, all of which I could just afford to run as a student, but which I could never afford to modify., so this project will perhaps at last let me vicariously enjoy all those mods I wanted to make... Oh, and the Red Bull can will be an attempt to improve the earthing of the coil, always dodgy on older cars as oil seeps into the clamp... Keep them coming. But lose the music, please... Cheers Will

[@D4VE26]

How much did such a beauty cost out of curiosity?

[@MEDEngineeringTechVideos]

Quite a lot! But cheaper than having one restored.