AJ wrote:
Not sure of number of first Mk2 to get a compliance plate , but it was in December 1969 sometime and going on average of just over 100 Cooper S produced per month it would have to be around car number 1200 ie body number 700 . The numbers didn't change they started at YG2S4 501 for the first Mk2 through to YG2S4 2919 , the last one produced .....cheers
My car is #1373, and the wiper motor is stamped 8/69, and I assume these were a fairly good indication of build date?
Going by that list of build dates on ozcooper, I dated mine around about Oct 69. So I reckon mine is somewhere in between. I'll settle for 9/69.
Anyway, at the end of the day a month here or there doesn't really matter, but it certainly is a big talking point!
Peter.
