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===Australia {{anchor|clubman_australia}}=== [[File:Leyland Mini LS.jpg|thumb|right|The Leyland Mini LS was produced by [[Leyland Australia]] from 1977 to 1978]] For the Australian market, all Minis including the Van gained the Clubman front in 1971 although the car was still basically a Mk I behind the A-Pillar.<ref name=miniexperience19>[http://miniexperience.com.au/issue-19/history-of-the-clubman-gt.html History of the Clubman GT] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100516024733/http://miniexperience.com.au/issue-19/history-of-the-clubman-gt.html |date=16 May 2010 }} Retrieved from miniexperience.com.au on 11 February 2010</ref> The Australian van thus became the only Clubman Van produced anywhere in the world.<ref name=miniexperience19 /> From mid-1971 to the end of 1972, a Clubman GT version of the saloon was produced.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.clubmangt.com.au/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091230190829/http://www.clubmangt.com.au/|url-status=dead|archive-date=30 December 2009|title=The GT Spot|date=30 December 2009|access-date=25 April 2019}}</ref> This was essentially a Cooper S in Clubman body, equipped with the same {{convert|7.5|in|mm|adj=on}} disc brakes, twin fuel tanks, and twin-carburettor Cooper S 1,275 cc engine. Australian Clubman saloons were marketed under the '''Morris Mini Clubman''' name when introduced in August 1971,<ref>Green Book Price & Model Guide, July–August 1983, page 71</ref> and as the '''Leyland Mini''', without the Clubman name, from February 1973.<ref name=Green_P60/><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20241015094016/https://www.leylandaustralia.com.au/index_htm_files/Mini%20Identification%20Card%20BLMCA.pdf Mini and Moke Identification Card, www.leylandaustralia.com.au, as archived at web.archive.org]</ref> To end Mini production in Australia, a limited-edition runout model was produced – the 1275LS. Fitted with a pollution control 1,275 cc engine sourced from Europe, the LS had a single {{convert|1.5|in|mm|adj=on}} carburettor and {{convert|8.4|in|mm|adj=on}} disc brakes. Production of this model commenced in July 1978 and concluded in October 1978 with an approximate total of 810 vehicles produced. {{Clear}}
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