A WORD ABOUT HERITAGE

Many people are wondering why Heritage can produce all the original parts for MGB and Midgets yet leave Mini owners desperate for such major panel work as Mini doors or door skins, as fitted to every Mini saloon up to 1969 and all vans.  It is getting serious now as the front panel and rear valance for the van is also obsolete.  The major difference between Mini and MG is the fact that the MG was stopped in production and most or all the tooling was intact and salvageable.  The Mini on the other hand has been produced in such large numbers that the tooling has simply worn out or been modified to make another part.  For example the MK1 bootlid was remodelled to the later shape and could never again reproduce the old style.

It has taken Heritage many years to get the tooling together on the MG variants and that was with the knowledge of its location, but still needing to identify all the parts required to make it function.  Many items have 3 or 4 tools or jigs to make a single part.  Therefore, we need to be tolerant of these facts and hope that any tooling left will be searched out and located for the Mini Owners.  Heritage will do their best!

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