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thinking of purchasing k series minor
Posted: Sat Jul 27, 2013 11:42 pm
by mike the milk
hi does anyone know why I should not by a k series engined modified minor any problems apart from the imfamous head
Re: thinking of purchasing k series minor
Posted: Sun Jul 28, 2013 9:25 am
by charlie_morris_minor
no reason not to
if you speak to jono at JLH, when i spoke to him a couple of weeks back he knew of a k engined traveller for sale..
Re: thinking of purchasing k series minor
Posted: Sun Jul 28, 2013 9:46 am
by chrisryder
The infamous head is less infamous when put into a minor, as far as I've heard (from JLH themselves if I recall).
The problems in rovers were down to cooling, not the engine itself. And in the minor, you can get plenty of cooling!
Re: thinking of purchasing k series minor
Posted: Sun Jul 28, 2013 11:25 am
by mike the milk
thanks will phone jono jlh on Monday also will take into account cooling aspect
Re: thinking of purchasing k series minor
Posted: Sun Jul 28, 2013 5:19 pm
by LouiseM
This is the k series traveller that is currently advertised for sale:
http://www.classiccarsforsale.co.uk/cla ... ris-minor/
Re: thinking of purchasing k series minor
Posted: Mon Jul 29, 2013 4:22 pm
by mike the milk
spoke to jlh today as you said extremely helpful it is the one for sale on classic ads I may be punching above my weight above my budget that one but will keep looking and widen my engine choice
Re: thinking of purchasing k series minor
Posted: Thu Aug 01, 2013 5:26 pm
by bmcecosse
With that Reg number - does it not get Free Road Tax???
Re: thinking of purchasing k series minor
Posted: Thu Aug 01, 2013 10:47 pm
by chrisryder
bmcecosse wrote:With that Reg number - does it not get Free Road Tax???
I thought I'd look that up on the DVLA website...
The vehicle details for NNA 137W are:
Date of Liability 01 04 2014
Date of First Registration 01 08 1980
Year of Manufacture 1971
Cylinder Capacity (cc) 1275cc
CO2 Emissions Not Available
Fuel Type PETROL
Export Marker N
Vehicle Status Licence Not Due
Vehicle Colour MAROON
Vehicle Type Approval Not Available
It's only listed as 1275 for one thing! But does show year of manufacture as 1971 so probably is free tax.
Re: thinking of purchasing k series minor
Posted: Fri Aug 02, 2013 11:16 am
by bmcecosse
Hmmm - but you are not allowed to put a NEWER reg number on a car ??
Re: thinking of purchasing k series minor
Posted: Fri Aug 02, 2013 4:46 pm
by mike the milk
spoke to owner of k series for sale imported ex services car so when comes back into country year brought back in ok to register
Re: thinking of purchasing k series minor
Posted: Tue Aug 06, 2013 9:22 am
by irmscher
Seems very expensive
Re: thinking of purchasing k series minor
Posted: Tue Aug 06, 2013 3:25 pm
by Matt
There was a period of time where the DVLA issued any old plates to cars
There is a Veteran car (1900 I think) which was issued with a B plate (as in 80s, not 60s) when its original plate was sold!
Re: thinking of purchasing k series minor
Posted: Mon Aug 12, 2013 8:29 am
by irmscher
What are the insurance costs due to the mods and do they need an engineers report ?