Anyone know their Rootes engines?

If it's a Series VI Minx (1965-67), there's 1725cc's in there.

not by any means an expert on these but it looks exactly the same as evilgeds 1725 in his humber septic bar the valve cover his one is alloy

jamin sadly new panels are pretty much limited to cills.. but sunbeam alpine in teh westmidlands offer a fair selection of handmade repair sections for wings and rear arches etc.. so might be worth giving them a bell?

I also own a 71 clubman and the minx heater is alot better but still leaves alot to be desired!! I found my heater pipes were all split so ive replaced them and its not to bad.
Only pic ive got at the mo is here s750.photobucket.com/albums/xx146/puchmaxi50/64%20Minx/
As for the MPG's i worked mine out as around 22-24 mpg's....................bad but then its driving something different so worth it. An old boy at work said they used to convert them to run SU's from mini's. Ive also been talking to some LPG places and they reckon it'll convert fine with 40% savings on fuel. I wouldn't be so bothered but i commute 40 miles a day so its getting expensive.
I'm thinking the same as you, leave it for the winter then play in the summer.
I'll get some more pic's soon.
B

20mpg? wow. Mine only got that bad if I was trying to get it to do 80+ on the motorway.

Round town it'd easily bring back 35mpg. Fresh oil in the engine, gearbox and rear end helped a lot, setting the tappets on these is fairly simple affair- they tend to run smooth, I just set the idle down low and tweaked them with a screwdriver and nipped up the locknut with the engine running and hot, back them down until they silent, then wind them off until they just tic tic tic slightly. I had a Zenith downdraught on mine, needed a jolly good clean out internally, the emulsion tube was all blocked up with years of muck as standard they have a filter that'll catch things like gravel and possibly sharp sand. Again tune that by ear, set the idle so that a blip of the throttle and settle down with the voltage regulator set right keeps the dynamo warning light off with the headlights on and you should be set.

they're not the revviest of engines, nor the most potent but the gearboxes are beautiful and they do go on and on if you keep the oil changed regularly. I used Asda's five-quid-a-gallon oil and changed the oil and filter once the oil began to change colour.

Adjusting the timing doesn't make a whole lot of noticeable difference, it'll still run 20 degrees off the mark... timing light is your friend. Get it set to what the manual says then retard it a few degrees for whatever fuel you're using. Keep a spare set of points and a flatbladed screwdriver in the glovebox too. That can be changed at the roadside in a few minutes flat and it'd been the saving grace for mine once or twice

Enjoy it, they're fun to drive and always get good comments.

--Phil

I have cleaned and set everything up on mine, i have the original sales leaflet and that says average fuel consumption is 25mpg's so mine dropping just 1mpg over 46 years is not bad.
Brilliant fun to drive and love the looks!!
Gonna do some searching and find out if there's any easy transplants
B

OD does make a major difference but with his being an Automatic its going to be a major working to get it in there. pedal box, slave cylinders, flywheel, clutch etc..
if your getting 25mpg then be happy.. I cant get that out the humber round town.. on a run I can beat that a bit but not by much... will sit at 75 on the m-way all day long though..

Id leave it as an automatic,i do tend to be biased towards autos but a 66 minx auto has to be a bit of a rare old beast thesedays

i spotted it was auto before you mentioned it a bit of a giveaway really that extra dipstick

have you got any more pics of the car on here? if not lets see the rest of it ;D

Huggz
Jodie

Don't supose anyone has an overdrive box???