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minichicago - 29 Jun 2004 18:21 GMT

Anyone going to be in Illinois this week?
http://www.minimeet2004.com/

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Ti - 11 Jul 2004 21:50 GMT

> Anyone going to be in Illinois this week?
> http://www.minimeet2004.com/

This is a bit off topic, but I wanted to ask an Illinois/Mini specific question.
I live in a suburb of Chicago and just got a 1972 Mini Austin Van from Ecuador.
I plan on bringing ot back in a few months (boat, then train) and want to know
if there are any emissions issues I need to deal with?

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minichicago - 12 Jul 2004 01:10 GMT

No. It is 25 years old. You need the shipping documents and an epa waiver
plus pay a little duty.

>> Anyone going to be in Illinois this week?
>> http://www.minimeet2004.com/
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> I plan on bringing ot back in a few months (boat, then train) and want to know
> if there are any emissions issues I need to deal with?

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Ti - 12 Jul 2004 20:18 GMT

Thanks!

Do you have experience with Mini vans? I'm new to Minis,
but I have kind of figured out they are all pretty similar.
I ask because the stick
shift on the van is very far forward, right next to the gas
pedal, and normally I've seen the shifter in non-Van
models right next to the driver almost near the handbrake.

Seems a little odd to me, and because I have no other Mini Van
to compare it too, nor any photos of one, I can't verify if it has
been modified or not.

> No. It is 25 years old. You need the shipping documents and an epa waiver
> plus pay a little duty.
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> > I plan on bringing ot back in a few months (boat, then train) and want to know
> > if there are any emissions issues I need to deal with?

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iBuyMinis.Us - 13 Jul 2004 08:55 GMT

Magic wand shifter per chance?

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> Thanks!
>
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> > > I plan on bringing ot back in a few months (boat, then train) and want to know
> > > if there are any emissions issues I need to deal with?

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Ti - 14 Jul 2004 17:19 GMT

I think that may be what it is, now that I've researched it. Thanks for
the tip! I hadn't heard of it before.

Aside from location and such, are there any other ways for me to tell?
Was the magic wand shifter standard on vans?

> Magic wand shifter per chance?
>
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> to know
> > > > if there are any emissions issues I need to deal with?

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iBuyMinis.Us - 15 Jul 2004 09:21 GMT

I am but a puppy when it comes to knowledge on Minis, some of this Guys here
are infinitely more knowledgeable than me.

Look here for what a magic wand looks like on my Moke.

http://austinmini.ositech.net/Moke/EnginePainting/images/DSC01902.jpg

http://austinmini.ositech.net/General/Misc/images/DSC01922.jpg

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> I think that may be what it is, now that I've researched it. Thanks for
> the tip! I hadn't heard of it before.
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> > to know
> > > > > if there are any emissions issues I need to deal with?

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t.a.j.m.vdnbogaard@uvt.nl - 15 Jul 2004 15:20 GMT

>I am but a puppy when it comes to knowledge on Minis, some of this Guys here
>are infinitely more knowledgeable than me.
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>> Aside from location and such, are there any other ways for me to tell?
>> Was the magic wand shifter standard on vans?

it was AFAIK up to around 1973
(according to: http://drcwww.uvt.nl/~bogaard/van2.htm)

http://drcwww.uvt.nl/~bogaard/van2002/van5.jpg
this is how it's situated in my '71 Van
(lever not in place)

>> "iBuyMinis.Us" <QuickSilver@OsiTech.Net(remove)> wrote in message
>news:<zzMIc.56386$qw1.5180@nwrddc01.gnilink.net>...
>> > Magic wand shifter per chance?

HTH,
Theo van den Bogaard

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Ti - 16 Jul 2004 20:54 GMT

> >> I think that may be what it is, now that I've researched it. Thanks for
> >> the tip! I hadn't heard of it before.
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> this is how it's situated in my '71 Van
> (lever not in place)

Yes, that's how it looks in my '72 Van, the exact same placement.
I guess it also helps me verify the accuracy of the year as well,
since the history of the van at your page (and at miniresource.com)
tells it as:
April 1973: Rod-operated gearchange introduced.

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rickety - 15 Jul 2004 19:04 GMT

> Thanks!
>
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>>> I plan on bringing ot back in a few months (boat, then train) and
>>> want to know if there are any emissions issues I need to deal with?

If I understand your question, early minis (not just vans) had a shifter
that was far forward. In right hand drive position cars this is nearer the
clutch of course, but left hand drive it would be near the gas pedal. It was
a long, bent rod that went through the floor and then directly into the gear
box extension. Later models (I can't recall which year) used a so-called
"remote controlled gear shift" which used a set of rods parallel to the
floor to link a vertical shifter through to the original spot.

Sometimes when cars change countries, the history "gets lost" and a vehicle
becomes much newer (if it is to the sellers advantage!) based on the "first
registered date" in a country, instead of the manufacturing date.

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