who ever butchered this together needs shooting

Series 1's yea I can see they should be left alone but back in the 60's everyone was cutting them up as everyone is now cutting up Disco's in some years to come believe it or not people will cry over Disco's some are already crying over older 4 door RRC's ones we used to buy and sell for £50 and a beer

jamesmartin said:

most had common sense then

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yeah, dont stick yer hands in the moving parts...

My dads old workshop had a belt driven machine room, circular saw, bench plane, lathe, and a friggin big band saw. no guards on owt, bit o mesh round the belt if you had to stand close to it, but nowt much.
Kinda stuff you see in them Mooseums now

I was using them as soon as I was old enough to reach properly, and to this day I remember me dads wise words, "it dunt matter if it wood or yer 'and, itll still cut it!"

and its not that long ago (ok 20yrs)

jai_landrover said:

Series 1's yea I can see they should be left alone but back in the 60's everyone was cutting them up as everyone is now cutting up Disco's in some years to come believe it or not people will cry over Disco's some are already crying over older 4 door RRC's ones we used to buy and sell for £50 and a beer

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True, my old man used to buy minis for £30, use the alloys then scrap it, it's a sacralige looking back

jamesmartin said:

most had common sense then

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sadly lacking these days

I quite like it

It doesnt say what state it was in before it was modified, perhaps it was a wreck.

The old series models are only revered as they became rare, anyway, I thought the beauty of these were the meccanno nature of them. If it bothers the OP so much then buy it and restore it.

andyg16v said:

It doesnt say what state it was in before it was modified, perhaps it was a wreck.

The old series models are only revered as they became rare, anyway, I thought the beauty of these were the meccanno nature of them. If it bothers the OP so much then buy it and restore it.

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rare been the important word