Having celebrated 50 years in the Mini parts business this summer few other people are as qualified as me on knowledge of origin of parts and their quality.
So when checking prices you may well be deceived.
Many vendors use original part numbers to describe the parts they are selling, mostly without any care or knowledge of the quality it should be and therefore the customer has no idea whether it is an original or a cheaper copy.
Here at Mini Spares Centre Ltd we are as truthful as can be with complete transparency describing our parts, original genuine Leyland or rover part numbers are used when parts originate from the rover/Unipart group original bona fide suppliers, unless no other known source is available and we have reproduced the part to the original specification or better.
Alternative sources to genuine are clearly marked with MS as a prefix or suffix to the part number and description. All these parts are tested and only the best products available are stocked.
THIS IS WHY WE ARE NEVER BEATEN ON PRICE FOR QUALITY.