Classic Mini Floor Starter Button

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Classic mini floor starter button.

The floor starter button switch on the early mini really adds a mark of distinction. A reproduction part made to the highest standards perfect for any mini restoration or concourse project. In the united kingdom the mark i was produced between 1959 and 1967 with production in australia continuing until 1970. Have a question or comment of your own.

The switch is long out of production. Yes even the mini when it was first introduced had a push button start on the floor between the front seats truth be told it was a push button starter solenoid that still required an ignition key for the dash. As fitted to the mk1 before about 1964 fitted on top of the starter button on the side of the exhaust tunnel on the floor between the seats these are very rare and hard to find and far from cheap but they are new. The activation of the starter motor starts with the key or push button in the early cars but the most important function is carried out by the solenoid.

But if it becomes intermittent it s a real pain you don t even have a battery cable in the engine compartment to short to the starter. I know that the new push button is a very refined device but i just don t see the magic. The mark i mini 1959 1967 was the first version of british motor corporation s mini it is characterised by its sliding windows external door hinges and moustache grille. Floor mounted starter switch solenoid for the early mk1 mini models 1959 1964.

Genuine lucas spb365 long paddle momentary toggle switch price. Well after picking up a cheap but new loom made for a 62. Good old playmini they had an old floor start button bit of comparison looks like we can make it work support me. Genuine lucas spb160 bakelite push button horn switch price.

It is a classic item that properly dates the vintage of the car. But if it becomes intermittent it s a real pain you don t even have a battery cable in the engine compartment to short to the starter. And then buying two floor start switches drilling holes removing things. We might have saved a little bit of money lol.

Starter solenoid with start button function with an integral push start button built in the solenoid as originally fitted to early minis. The floor starter button switch on the early mini really adds a mark of distinction. Genuine lucas 30608 s45 ignition switch price.