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 Posted: Apr 17, 2017 06:51PM
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Originally Posted by fMix
If you can post picture or a link to the Mini the pros on here can look at it and let you know the approximate year.  I would assume that generally, if the car isn't here in the USA people don't have a need for VIN swapping.  The ones already here for a few years are the ones to really watch out for.  Even now-a-days since they are coming of age people don't have a need to be untruthful about the car's age except if they wanted to own it in California.

That being said, it is definitely a good idea to make sure.  The easiest way to tell for the newer years is in 1992 they added an internal bonnet release, anything older will have a dip in the front grill top middle for external release.  As malsal said, in 1991 they introduced the SPI aka Single Point Injection aka fuel injection.  Anything with a carb is either older or has been converted to carb.

Hope you get the info you want.  Good luck!
Hi, yes! the bonnet release in in the front grill. I need to figure out a way to probe it because I want to import it to the US!. Ill post pics soon

 Posted: Apr 17, 2017 06:46PM
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good morning.. spend the money and get BMHT cert  from www.bmh-ltd.com  CBP  ( US CUSTOMS like these ) later b c

Thanks I sent them an email

 Posted: Apr 17, 2017 05:56PM
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Note that carb'd 1275cc Minis were built parallel to the SPis until August 1994.

 Posted: Apr 17, 2017 05:37PM
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Originally Posted by thewerewolf
good morning.. spend the money and get BMHT cert  from www.bmh-ltd.com  CBP  ( US CUSTOMS like these ) later b c

Thanks I sent them an email

 Posted: Apr 17, 2017 05:23PM
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If you can post picture or a link to the Mini the pros on here can look at it and let you know the approximate year.  I would assume that generally, if the car isn't here in the USA people don't have a need for VIN swapping.  The ones already here for a few years are the ones to really watch out for.  Even now-a-days since they are coming of age people don't have a need to be untruthful about the car's age except if they wanted to own it in California.

That being said, it is definitely a good idea to make sure.  The easiest way to tell for the newer years is in 1992 they added an internal bonnet release, anything older will have a dip in the front grill top middle for external release.  As malsal said, in 1991 they introduced the SPI aka Single Point Injection aka fuel injection.  Anything with a carb is either older or has been converted to carb.

Hope you get the info you want.  Good luck!

 Posted: Apr 17, 2017 09:48AM
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It is hard to get an actual year from a vin number but you can get close.
From this site SAXXNNAXKBD040286.
SAX= MG ROVER
XN = MINI 1300
N = Sport, Cooper or Cabriolet
A = 2dr saloon/sedan.
X = 1300 spi 9.4:1 single point injection)
K = RHD automatic (right hand drive)
B = 1300 (1.3 liter) actually 1275cc.
D = Longbride UK (assembly plant)
040286 is an assembly number
1990 Mini's started at 010001 so yours would be 40,000 or so after that which i am guessing will be from late 1991 through 1993 sometime. Late 1991 was when the spi's were first introduced.
Make sure the 2nd vin number matches yours exactly and make sure the auto is good as the oil needs to be changed every 1500 to 2000 miles on auto's and is often overlooked.  

If in doubt, flat out. Colin Mc Rae MBE 1968-2007.

Give a car more power and it goes faster on the straights,
make a car lighter and it's faster everywhere. Colin Chapman.

 Posted: Apr 17, 2017 08:05AM
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BMHT is the heritage certificate of build date etc. To find your build date, our host has this link... //www.minimania.com/Mini_Identification_1837

If it's not Scottish....it's crap! (Cry of the Mini Tartan Owners' Clan)

 Posted: Apr 17, 2017 06:10AM
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For a newbie... what is the BHMT?  

 Posted: Apr 17, 2017 04:45AM
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good morning.. spend the money and get BMHT cert  from www.bmh-ltd.com  CBP  ( US CUSTOMS like these ) later b c

 Posted: Apr 16, 2017 11:19PM
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Hello, 

I found a Japanese spec mini that I want to buy. My question is, is there a database or anything that can use to get an accurate build date? I want to import it so I need to make sure its 25. 

The Vin is SAX-XNNA-XKBD-040286

Can anyone help?

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