The Classic Mini MK1 & MK2 was manufactured from 1959 to 1970 and can be easily identified by its external door hinges.
With regards to the interior, here is what you need to know:
Original Classic Mini front seats (including later style non-reclining with looped leg front seats, reclining without head rest front seats, single post headrest front seats, SPi front seats and MPi front seats) are all interchangeable, using the same fixing brackets.
This allows you (in a majority of instances) to very easily swap and/or change your original front seat to a different style of original front seats, if you wish.
The only original front seat that uses different fixing brackets are the early style non-reclining with vertical leg front seats, which were mainly installed in MK1 & MK2 Minis. If you wish to install early style non-reclining with vertical leg front seats into a MK1 or MK2 that has later brackets (for seats with with looped legs) you will need to switch the brackets over (and vice versa).
For reference, our standard product range front seat cover kits & seat retrims, for non-reclining front seats, are for the later types of frame only (with the looped frame legs). Plus, if you have early type non-reclining front seats (with the vertical frame legs) we are only able to offer seat retrims (meaning we would need your seats here at Optimise HQ to complete the retrim).
Many MK1's & MK2's also had a different back seat and were fitted with the metal bar (a metal bar running side-to-side on the front lip of the cushion & a metal bar running side-to-side- on the top edge of the squab) style back seat.
For reference, our standard range of back seat cover kits & seat retrims are for back seats with a squab frame (full frame) and cushion foam (without the metal bar running side-to-side on the front lip). If you have an early type back seat (metal bar style back seat) we are only able to offer a back seat retrim (meaning we would need your back seat here at Optimise HQ to complete the retrim).
And now have the information out the way, we can get straight into the price lists:
For reference, all of the prices detailed below include items trimmed in our standard trimming ranges (our standard leatherette, standard carpet, standard perforated leatherette and standard OEM headlining options, listed accordingly).
![]() Original Seats (Full Set - Front & Back Seats) Original Classic Mini front seats (pair) and back seat, seat cover kit or seat retrims. |
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Non-Reclining (Looped Leg) Front Seats | £408 | £705 |
(or) Reclining (Without Headrests) Front Seats | £430 | £731 |
(or) Reclining Single Post Headrest Front Seats | £443 | £780 |
(or) SPi Twin Post Headrest Front Seats | £455 | £802 |
(or) MPi Twin Post Headrest Front Seats | £455 | £802 |
![]() Original Seats - Other Original Classic Mini front seats (pair) and back seat retrims. |
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Non-Reclining (Vertical Leg) Front Seats | £585 |
Early Back Seat Retrim - Metal Bar (Cushion Front Lip & Squab Top Edge) Type | £410 |
![]() Cobra Seats Cobra front seat retrim (pair) estimates. |
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Cobra Classic | £420 |
(or) Cobra Classic With Headrests | £490 |
(or) Cobra Cub | £420 |
(or) Cobra Cub With Headrests | £490 |
(or) Cobra Monte-Carlos | £530 |
(or) Cobra Le Mans | £820 |
![]() Other Front Seats Popular front seat retrim (pair) estimates. |
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Other Classic Style Fixed Back Bucket Seat Retrim | £900 |
(or) Mazda MX-5 MK1 Tombstone Seats Retrim | £1300 |
(or) Mazda MX-5 MK1 Headrest Seats Retrim | £1500 |
(or) Ford RS Turbo Recaro Seats Retrim | £1600 |
(or) Alfa Romeo GTV Seats Retrim | £1600 |
![]() Door Cards |
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Door Cards - Plain (Full Set) | £258 |
(or) Door Cards - Monte-Carlo (Full Set) | £284 |
![]() Dash Rail Retrims |
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Padded Dash Rail Retrim - Bottom | £72 |
![]() Dash Trim Panel Kits |
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Dash Trim Panel Kit | £95 |
![]() Gaiters |
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Gear Gaiter | £30 |
Handbrake Gaiter | £30 |
![]() Rear Pocket Trim & Panels |
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Rear Pocket Liners | £58 |
Rear Wheel Arch Covers | £30 |
![]() Rear Parcel Shelf Boards |
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Rear Parcel Shelf Board | £49 |
![]() Headlining Kits & Accessories |
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Headliner - OEM Vinyl | £147 |
(+) Sun Visor Retrims | £91 |
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