Very nice find.

Because it's a pre-62 and was sold in Vancouver, It's an Austin 850 Countryman.

Most pre-62 export models were called just 850.

The badge at the rear should read Austin 850 (Not Austin Seven or Austin Mini).

Regards,

Miguel

 

 

Aloha Scott!

Congratulations on your latest purchase!!! What a wonderful model choice you made!!! Another Mini Woody rescued and on its way to being restored! Looking forward to hearing about the progress. Thanks for posting the photos. Enjoy your 'new to you' Mini Wagon. We're all excited for you. Like Chuck said, don't forget to register your Wagon with the Mini Traveller & Countryman Registry.     Mini Estate

//www.minitravellerandcountrymanregister.org/

Congratulations on the new acquisition! I look forward to seeing the progress on her restoration!

Nice. Looking forward to photo updates on the resto.

Not running, it had a connecting rod blow through the side of the motor and trans behind the starter. Floors are holy, but it wouldnt keep me from driving it. Seats are pretty shot. Only real major rust is the sills/floor and fenders/A-panels. It will hopefully be completely torn down and doing the body work next month.

Nice BUY! Does it run?  any MAJOR rust- Or holy floors keeping it from driving?

 If it were me - Tune it up = Make it road worthy and use it and enjoy the patina!

Let me get home from work and get it off the car.

Thank you guys for all of the help.

My internal tanked woody was built early August '61, chassis VIN A AW&7 141300-ish.

It was one of the last few 100 to have the int tank, the change being at body no 12900.  Note that body number IS NOT the same as the chassis / VIN number.

The body number on your heritage cert is entirely consistant with a underneath tank.

Could you post the FE number - on a little plate on the inner fender by the radiator cap.  This is a useful dating item too.

 

 

 

As requested, the Heritage Certificate

I think my car had this issue, according to the Certificate it was built Sep '61 and Dispatched in Dec. I am working on getting the wife to send me a copy of the Cert right now. Thank you for the welcomes, it is nice being back around a Mini.

yes big al, 1961 would have internal tank like my car has, maybe he should post the vin number and production date if ti has a heritage cert? mine was built in july of 61 but didnt get registered in california until 62 which we talked about in a different thread, anyway, welcome to the mini world.

The change from internal to external is around October 1961. I guess September is close enough to around October!

Register your car with //minitravellerandcountrymanregister.org/

Great project!!  Yes  some are worth 12k, others are valued at twice that if done right

clubman 76

First of all congrats on the purchase-

You will need "BIG BALLS" for the resto but support is here-

I notice the gas filler is for an external tank, on a 1961 l thought they were internal tanks- ?

I sold a mate to yours, fully restored  same colour,(internal tank) to a buyer in Tennessee in 2012 for $11,900.00

BIG AL

 

 

 

I bought a Mini over the weekend! I am ecstatic. Started the tear down last night, I am hoping to get the motor out by the end of next week...I should take some time off work. The car is a 1961 Austin Seven Countryman with the heritage papers to prove it, it was built in Sept '61 and dispatched in Dec, so it makes it kind of unique I think, because these usually didn't sit around for 3 months.

Now I just need to get it apart to start the long process of restoring it. And again thank you Tagus for all of your help and words of wisdom, if it weren't for you I would probably be stuck on a mountain in Canada.