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Original Cooper S - How many were there in Oz????
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Author:  Alfie1 [ Sun Jul 01, 2007 9:07 pm ]
Post subject:  Original Cooper S - How many were there in Oz????
Why is it every time someone finds out I have a Mini........they used to own a Cooper S??

I had a guy come and look at a car I have for sale today, and his kid saw my clubamn in the garage......and you guessed it:

"Hey, can I have a look at your mini? I used to have a Cooper S you know !!"

I reckon there must be a Sh#tl%@d of them hidden away somewhere in this country; and I for one, want to find them.......... :!:

Any ideas???

A1

By the way, anyone interested in a Nissan Patrol 89 in VIC, great car etc etc....let me know......
Author:  doogie [ Sun Jul 01, 2007 9:16 pm ]
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I've got 2 of them, a 1967 MK1 & a 1969 MK2


Doogie
Author:  poeee [ Sun Jul 01, 2007 9:21 pm ]
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There were roughly 1/2 as many made that exist now. :lol: :lol:
Author:  Morris 1100 [ Sun Jul 01, 2007 9:22 pm ]
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According to the chassis number of a Cooper S on ebay there are at least 35693 of them. 8)
Author:  benoz [ Sun Jul 01, 2007 11:23 pm ]
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to get an accurate answer look up the 1969 census info and look up the number of males in Australia aged between 14 and 75 and divide by 2 :lol:

at least half the able bodied men(!) at the time seem to think they had one
Author:  cush [ Sun Jul 01, 2007 11:38 pm ]
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poeee wrote:
There were roughly 1/2 as many made that exist now. :lol: :lol:


it's kind of like the free space available to gmail... the number is ever increasing, but you know it's a lie
Author:  lil-ute [ Mon Jul 02, 2007 8:07 am ]
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i had a person tell me on sunday he had a cooper s with triple su s on it, i laughed at him and he said he would find the photos for me
Author:  9YaTaH [ Mon Jul 02, 2007 10:27 am ]
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Morris 1100 wrote:
According to the chassis number of a Cooper S on ebay there are at least 35693 of them. 8)


They must have changed hands regularly for nearly everyone in Australia to have owned one at one time or another....for the record...I have never owned one!! :lol:
Author:  yeehaa [ Mon Jul 02, 2007 10:44 am ]
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yea there must be heaps of them anyways had a person walk past the fence and saw the mini k in the driveway and thought it was a cooper s heaps of people who used to own a mini thinks that any type of mini is a cooper s :evil: :shock: :roll:
Author:  66S [ Mon Jul 02, 2007 11:09 am ]
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Hi guys,
Like everyone, I am aware that there seems to be more S's around now than there were back then but, here in NZ, they seemed to change hands more often than other makes. I recall that people used to get sick of them quickly and a year or so of ownership was enough. Original 60's S's here have often had close on 20 owners. However, I bet there are some that say they had one that didn't!

Al
Author:  Mick [ Mon Jul 02, 2007 11:13 am ]
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The rule of thumb is to listen very carefully before waving them off. Once in a while the monologue will end with a "and it's still bricked in under my house".
Author:  wild_willy [ Mon Jul 02, 2007 11:53 am ]
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alsminik wrote:
i had a person tell me on sunday he had a cooper s with triple su s on it, i laughed at him and he said he would find the photos for me


Of course that would be the well known UK Mini GTC. 6 cyl engine from the MGC fitted complete with triple SUs.
Author:  Morris 1100 [ Mon Jul 02, 2007 1:00 pm ]
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I thought it used the 6 cylinder B-series engine? 8)
Author:  drmini in aust [ Mon Jul 02, 2007 1:33 pm ]
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Morris 1100 wrote:
I thought it used the 6 cylinder B-series engine? 8)

Pretty sure the MGC didn't use the B6 2433cc (ie Austin Freeway) motor, but its bigger brudda. :wink:
Author:  Bubbacluby [ Mon Jul 02, 2007 2:12 pm ]
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I love the bokes that say "is that a cooper s" and im driving a clubby,
i say "no"
then they say "i used to own a cooper S"

hmmm yeah :? sure ya did
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