Hi Pete ...yes Alan did mention the car to me , I would love to have a look at it next time I am in Perth , probably in a week or so . A few other things to check are that the metal flare supports are spot welded , not riveted , the heater brackets should also be spot welded and there should be a fuel breather hole located under the rear seat on passenger side , with a nylon plug in it . It makes sense that it would have had an ADR Plate fitted , as the car number would be about right for an early 1970 made S . Sounds like it has a new radiator shroud panel fitted , as there should really be something on it , probably not been re-stamped , as 9YaTah suggests ...cheers Alan

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1965 Morris 850
1966 Morris Mini Minor
1967 Morris Cooper 'S'
1977 Leyland LS

G'day Pete,

I've seen your MKII at Minicentral, it's looking quite nice (and it is the same colour as mine so I'm biased)

My S is an April 70 model. From what I can see on my MkII radiator shroud, I can spot a "Y" then a gap of an inch then a "4" and then after that is the body number. the rest is prolly hidden by paint I suppose.

Your welcome to come around and suss my MkII Cooper S if you wish. I'm over at Port Kennedy.

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