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PostPosted: Sun Aug 26, 2018 12:43 pm 
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I think I have an early Mk2 Cooper S *1969* but the radiator shroud has been butchered for an electric fan. Everything else points to it being legit. How can I prove I have what I think I have?


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PostPosted: Sun Aug 26, 2018 1:34 pm 
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In addition to the dozens of differences to a Mini K body, 2/06 xxx in the gutter above the wiper motor will point to it being a MK2S. You wont be able to tell what the chassis number is by this number. Only a rough estimate 500 more than the gutter number.


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PostPosted: Sun Aug 26, 2018 2:44 pm 
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The gutter number appears to be xx9 2/06.


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PostPosted: Sun Aug 26, 2018 3:20 pm 
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Does it have the 4 rivet holes for a square 1970 ADR plate?


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PostPosted: Sun Aug 26, 2018 4:07 pm 
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There are no signs of rivet holes behind the power brake booster.


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PostPosted: Sun Aug 26, 2018 4:12 pm 
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cooperess wrote:
There are no signs of rivet holes behind the power brake booster.


Sounds like a 69 MK2 S. It will still have the 2 holes on the firewall used for the earlier ID plates. Those 2 holes remained until around Aug 1970.


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PostPosted: Sun Aug 26, 2018 4:29 pm 
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Are these the two areas you are speaking of?

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PostPosted: Sun Aug 26, 2018 4:44 pm 
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cooperess wrote:
Are these the two areas you are speaking of?

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Yes.

The 1969 cars don't have the 4 rivet holes. I would say they were drilled by hand in Jan 1970 from around car YG2S4 1420

The 2 firewall holes were punched out when the panel was pressed. Looking at my pics they stopped punching out those 2 holes around YG2S4 2300 - 2400.


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PostPosted: Sun Aug 26, 2018 4:55 pm 
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Very helpful, many thanks.


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PostPosted: Sun Aug 26, 2018 4:56 pm 
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Now to workout the correct paint colour.


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PostPosted: Sun Aug 26, 2018 5:02 pm 
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Here is a similar car to yours where Mike had a missing radiator shroud. viewtopic.php?t=79628

This one has the body number 934 2/06 probably making it a car in the YG2S4 1400s.
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Because this one has the 4 ADR plate holes it would most probably be a Jan 1970 car which started around YG2S4 1420.
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 26, 2018 5:30 pm 
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I am not sure how much of your radiator shroud still survives but they stamped the chassis numbers in 3 different areas. The font size also changed. These are examples of the 3 types so you can focus on the correct area.


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PostPosted: Sun Aug 26, 2018 5:40 pm 
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I will check it out and post a picture.


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PostPosted: Sun Aug 26, 2018 5:49 pm 
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Here is what is left of the shroud.

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PostPosted: Sun Aug 26, 2018 6:03 pm 
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I would strip of the rest of the paint and make sure there are no other stampings.

The "YG2S" was a single stamp and very uniform. It was the lightest of the stamps and did not make much of an indentation.

The "4" was a separate stamp and made a deep indent.

On early cars the 3 digit car number was a larger font and made a deep indent.

Here are a few to compare with.

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YG2S4 574 Chassis Number.jpg

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