Front panel and grill required
- Doug G
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Front panel and grill required
Where can I get a front panel and grill for a circa 1973 Mini Moke?
. . . and at what price.
. . . and at what price.
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Re: Front panel and grill required
Come on summer
- spider
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Re: Front panel and grill required
There's also M-parts.
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Re: Front panel and grill required
Yeah, true spider. There was an exchange of PMs where I told him about them
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Re: Front panel and grill required
reading it back, that sounds worse than it is!! What I mean is I PM'd Doug a link to them
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Yeah, yeah, you told Doug where to go,,,,,,,,,
It's OK mate, we expect little else from you
It's OK mate, we expect little else from you
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- Doug G
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Re: Front panel and grill required
Have emailed but no responses.
Can anyone help?
Can anyone help?
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- spider
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Re: Front panel and grill required
Doug, thanks mate for posting,,,,,, I was thinking every had gone on holidays and left me here on my own.
Did you try M-parts? I've been in email correspondence with them over the past few days, didn't seem to be any issues.
http://www.m-parts.co.uk/
http://www.m-parts.co.uk/index.php?rout ... uct_id=350 (don't be put off by the 'out of stock' thing)
Or, if you've deep pockets,,,, very very deep,,,,, there's these guys
http://minisport.com.au/moke-front-end- ... xed-grille
Did you try M-parts? I've been in email correspondence with them over the past few days, didn't seem to be any issues.
http://www.m-parts.co.uk/
http://www.m-parts.co.uk/index.php?rout ... uct_id=350 (don't be put off by the 'out of stock' thing)
Or, if you've deep pockets,,,, very very deep,,,,, there's these guys
http://minisport.com.au/moke-front-end- ... xed-grille
Old Mokers never die, they just smell that way.
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Re: Front panel and grill required
The Minisport Australia panel is manufactured by Moke Panels in the UK, so Doug would be paying for it to circumnavigate the planet, as well as import duties into Australia and then into his home country. That said, its price isn't a lot worse than the 395 pounds plus VAT listed on the Moke panels website.
I have no personal experience of Leo's panels, but every comment I've read about them is positive.
A year or two back you could buy a Choke front panel, but I definitely would not not recommend the ones I've seen, for starters I don't think they're the right shape, but more importantly they weren't pressed, they were cut out of flat sheet in layers to make the stepped recess around the grille etc. They looked very un-professional.
Tim
I have no personal experience of Leo's panels, but every comment I've read about them is positive.
A year or two back you could buy a Choke front panel, but I definitely would not not recommend the ones I've seen, for starters I don't think they're the right shape, but more importantly they weren't pressed, they were cut out of flat sheet in layers to make the stepped recess around the grille etc. They looked very un-professional.
Tim
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Re: Front panel and grill required
I knew it,,,,,,,,,, I just knew it,,,,,
See. You have all buggered off on holidays.Tim wrote: ,,,,,,to circumnavigate the planet,,,,,,,,
Tim
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Re: Front panel and grill required
I wish.
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Re: Front panel and grill required
My moke is an circa 1973 aussie model with intregal grill.
Is it better to just replace the front end with intregal grill OR get an Aussie front end with a removable grille?
Is it better to just replace the front end with intregal grill OR get an Aussie front end with a removable grille?
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Re: Front panel and grill required
If you only drive it and never have to service it then go for the origional look. If you have any sympathy for any mechanic working on it then go for the removable grille.
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Re: Front panel and grill required
I'm pretty big on originality - you should see the lengths I'm going to with my Traveller restoration. I would never cut an intact grille out of an early Moke, but faced with your situation I would definitely fit the later Aussie front.
Tim
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