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Car Forum / MINI / March 2004What's the fuel tank size of the original Mini?
Appreciate knowing how much the original Mini fuel tank held. In gallons. Does anyone have an old Haynes or manual to hand? Thanks Andrew mini@grannybuttonsNOSPAM.com > Appreciate knowing how much the original Mini fuel tank held. In gallons. > Does anyone have an old Haynes or manual to hand? Thanks 5.5 Gallons, 6.6 Funny Gallons, 25 litres. >> Appreciate knowing how much the original Mini fuel tank held. In >> gallons. Does anyone have an old Haynes or manual to hand? Thanks A bit of history for ya Graham FWIW. > 5.5 Gallons, This one is the funny one! > 6.6 Funny Gallons, There not funny gallons, but real gallons - it was the poms who changed the size upwards, because they could not decrease the taxes, so increased the size of the gallon - and its called the imperial gallon to distinguish. Its the US that have retained the original sized gallon. > 25 litres. > >> Appreciate knowing how much the original Mini fuel tank held. In > >> gallons. Does anyone have an old Haynes or manual to hand? Thanks [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > > 25 litres. Hi, Funny, that. According to the yanks, everthing over there is bigger than everyone else's There was this yank tourist in London who saw the London Eye, He told his taxi driver hell, we don't have anything as big as that in the States. The taxidriver replied, "Wait till you see the hamster!" Keith > > >> Appreciate knowing how much the original Mini fuel tank held. In > > >> gallons. Does anyone have an old Haynes or manual to hand? Thanks [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > > Keith HeHeHe, nice one ;-) Fitzy >>> Appreciate knowing how much the original Mini fuel tank held. In >>>gallons. Does anyone have an old Haynes or manual to hand? Thanks [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > >> 25 litres. I can believe this as the US pint is a fluid pound (ie, 16 fluid ounces) whereas the imperial pint is 20 fluid ounces. Mind you the US still uses quaint old obsolete words like 'gotten' and they still measure liquid in quarts so they are stuck in a time warp over there :-) Anyway, the original mini tank was only 5.5 imp gallons. The van tank was 6.5 and the later mini tank was 7.5 imp gallons.  SignatureChris Morriss Thanks to everyone. A great help! Re the gallon sizes, I remember from my childhood classes (I'm older than the Mini) that 'a pint of water weighs a pound and a quarter'. However, an American friend told me that he learned 'a pint's a pound the world around'. A lot of people say America 'clings on to Imperial'. Actually they don't. They use 'customary', which predates Imperial. Good for them! Others mock them for tearing down old buildings and not preserving anything old, but in measures and the use of language they also have a lot that is worth preserving. I hope the Yanks don't change - it'll be a duller place if (when?) :-( they switch to metric. Andrew > > Appreciate knowing how much the original Mini fuel tank held. In gallons. > > Does anyone have an old Haynes or manual to hand? Thanks > > 5.5 Gallons, > 6.6 Funny Gallons, > 25 litres. I think the later ones went to 7.5 UK gallons. Not sure exactly when this happened though, probably early 70's. SignatureRgds Steve steve@dsnclassics.co.uk www.dsnclassics.co.uk >>>Appreciate knowing how much the original Mini fuel tank held. In > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > I think the later ones went to 7.5 UK gallons. Not sure exactly when this > happened though, probably early 70's. IIRC it was later, 80-81 ish.... anyway, my 76 is a 5.5, and an 81 shell I had was fitted with a 7.5 Drew. My November 1961 owner's manual states 5.5 gallons (25 litres, 6.6 US gallons) for the Saloon, 6 gallons (27 litres, 7.2 US gallons) for the Countryman, Van and Pickup. -- Howard Rose '66 VW Beetle 1300 Deluxe '62 Austin Mini Deluxe '64 Austin Mini Super Deluxe www.howard81.co.uk > My November 1961 owner's manual states 5.5 gallons (25 litres, 6.6 US > gallons) for the Saloon, 6 gallons (27 litres, 7.2 US gallons) for the > Countryman, Van and Pickup. I've just learned from historical DTI data that the average gallon of 4star cost 4s3d (in real money, not the modern play money) when the Mini was launched. So, thanks to your help, I can now state with confidence that it cost the first Mini buyers about £1.29 (in modern play money) to fill the tank! >>My November 1961 owner's manual states 5.5 gallons (25 litres, 6.6 US >>gallons) for the Saloon, 6 gallons (27 litres, 7.2 US gallons) for the [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > the first Mini buyers about £1.29 (in modern play money) to fill the > tank! How does that work I make that £1.3.5 in old real money! (5.5 x 4s3d) I recall that about 1976 that petrol started to rise in price. It had been at 4s/gallon consistently till then - which would be £1.2.0 ($2.20) a tank full. Now it cost avg $1.00/lt - $25.00. So from this they allowed 200 miles from a tank full and the MPG about 35miles / gallon. rm >>> My November 1961 owner's manual states 5.5 gallons (25 litres, 6.6 >>> US gallons) for the Saloon, 6 gallons (27 litres, 7.2 US gallons) [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > How does that work I make that ?1.3.5 in old real money! (5.5 x 4s3d) That calculation seems right, but it is more like ?1.17 in play money. -- Rickety >> My November 1961 owner's manual states 5.5 gallons (25 litres, 6.6 US >> gallons) for the Saloon, 6 gallons (27 litres, 7.2 US gallons) for the [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >the first Mini buyers about £1.29 (in modern play money) to fill the >tank! Then again it only cost them £450 for the car! :o) -- Howard Rose '66 VW Beetle 1300 Deluxe '62 Austin Mini Deluxe '64 Austin Mini Super Deluxe www.howard81.co.uk Howard Rose wrote on 03/03/2004 14:26: >>>My November 1961 owner's manual states 5.5 gallons (25 litres, 6.6 US >>>gallons) for the Saloon, 6 gallons (27 litres, 7.2 US gallons) for the [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > Then again it only cost them £450 for the car! :o) Which as a percentage of the average annual wage at the time (750 quid?) was quite a lot. SignatureRoger |
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