About this model

This is a 3D scan covering the majority of the front clip from my own 1960 Mk1 Morris Mini Minor — the genuine early-car front bodywork, captured straight off the vehicle and shared here free for the community. There's something special about original Mk1 sheet metal. These are the earliest Minis — the cars that started it all — and good geometry for the front end is increasingly rare as original panels rust away, get cut up, or disappear into restorations. This scan preserves the real-world shape of that front clip: the panel contours, the way everything flows together, and the proportions of the front end as Issigonis's team actually built it in 1960. This captures the majority of the front clip, not every last surface. As with any on-the-vehicle scan, there are areas that were hard to reach or shadowed during capture, so expect some gaps and the usual organic mesh geometry of a real-world scan rather than a watertight, parametric model. It's a reference and visualization asset, not a print-ready or manufacture-ready panel set. Where something like this earns its keep: Restoration reference — compare against panels you're repairing or fabricating to check original contours and proportions CAD and fabrication starting point — pull profiles and surface shapes for brackets, repair sections, or custom work, then verify against the physical car Visualisation, renders, and planning — a real Mk1 front end to drop into renders, mock-ups, or build planning Documentation and preservation — a digital record of genuine early Mini geometry, useful for anyone studying or recreating these cars Modelling and projects — a fun, accurate base for anyone building Mini-related digital or physical work If you do anything dimensionally critical with it, measure twice against a real car — scans are a brilliant head start, but original Minis have all wandered a little over 60-odd years, and mine is no exception. I scanned this myself and I'm sharing it free because this kind of original Mk1 reference geometry shouldn't be locked away. If it helps a restoration, a project, or just satisfies some curiosity about how these cars are shaped, that's exactly why it's here.

Print settings

Layer height

0.2 mm

Infill

20%

Assembly

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