A while back somebody on here wanted to know what number of Coopers were made here in Oz, but I couldn't find my John Parnell book.

Finally found it-

997 Cooper July 62- Jan 64- 2,800
998 Cooper Feb 64- Dec 64- 1,100
1275S Mk1 July 65- April 69- 5,000
1275S Mk2 May 69- July 71- 2,400
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TOTAL 11,300.

These numbers may not be exact, but are the only ones I've seen in print.
Didn't help that Leyland trashed everything when they pi$$ed off back to UK.

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Thanks, Kev.

Its amazing how all 7000 odd cooper 's' are still around

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i was about to say that myself...


but my number was 10,000

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What's even more interesting, is the amount of Coopers that are around. Condering only 3 -4 thousand were made. Just about everyone must have survived, or at least their plates.

It is amazing that there are soooooo many Cooper Ss left from the small ammount Produced. But most of us know that "Badges" don't make a car what it should be. We don't judge a book by it's cover. Mind you there are quite a fer "Cooper Ss" around that are not the thing but they sure look the part. They are still something worth owning.

1275S Mk1 July 65- April 69- 5,000
1275S Mk2 May 69- July 71- 2,400

Hmmm, so out of the 7,400 that were built, there is only 15,000 left ?

J

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Has anyone heard of Mk2's not coming with ID plates ? A seller I was talking to said it was not uncommon. ( 69 model ) Sounds borderline to me.

I hope you believed him !! Yeh right ! Did you look to see if all the distinguishing features were on it still at least ??? LoL.

Ahh c'mon it's not that bad,

4 to 500 Coopers does not make 7000.

Most fake Cooper's you guys are talking about are pretty obvious.
Clubman "Cooper" with an 1000 engine on Ebay, or a roundnose with a Cooper badge and a 1300 block.
I wonder if it's possible anymore to pick the real good ones up? I mean there aren't any special pressings in a mini body that can't be faked or replaced.
Flitch panel steady, fuel pump drill hole, boot board brackets, RHS fuel tank mount, all available and easy to put in if you're keen. By that stage good luck spotting the fake unless you know the idiosyncrasies of the replacement parts that make them differ to the originals.

In a way, if it is done to that level of expertise, after a while it won't matter anyway. What it will mean is that a collection of parts that would have spread to the four winds or been scrapped has ended up in a little piece of (questionable) mini history.
A little like Dad's axe, four handles and two axe heads in thirty years but it is after all the same axe.

What has changed is the level of snobbery that existed in a mini society where there were the common people and their minis and then there were the upper crust Cooper S owners. All cars are desirable today, and their sale prices are following suit, try to find a nice deluxe in great nick and you will be spending a fair wad of money. I wish I still had an original 850. The charm is the same if not the performance.


I'd like to put it on record that after saying all this, I have no reason to think that my own Cooper is in any way fake. Just thought I would clear that up before anyone connected the two together.......

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Well I have an original 850...and boy, do they get ratty after 40 years of use - well at least a lot of use and a decade or so hanging around a back paddock..

Cheers, Ian

It is true.
The Identification plate (the BMC plate) was deleted from June 1969.
The Compliance plate with the ADRs (the Leyland plate) started on the 1st of January 1970.
So for six months there were no plates fitted.

There was no legal requirement for a plate before 1/1/70.

I do remember someone saying something similar, that's why I thought I'd mention it.

don't i know it...

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wahts even more amazing with only a few thousand made is that nearly everyone owned one.

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