Hi All,

My restoration for my Cooper S MKI has led me to wonder what interior the factory would of used??

the Cooper S came with black seats but i think they are from a MKII as the are the round ones not square.

Does anyone know what colour it would of been produced as? or was there different options? i am taking a guess that it would of been cream??

can anyone help?

No definitely not cream. The interior colour was a pale green which sort of went a brownish green over time. The carpets were westminister and again a grey/green colour. There have been several threads about this. the closest carpet colour and style currently available is Apple Green. I restored a Mk1 S with this exact colour scheme which won the Australian Mini Concours in 1990. Can help with other details if you need just PM me.

Try searching for thread : 1967 Cooper S Interior by Brett

There were two choices of interior with the Lake Green/Snow White Mk 1 S-
green or parchment, with matching Westminster carpet. Never any black.

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1967 Cooper S - new front bearings to do.
1965 Cooper S shell - Slow progress. No time or money!
1966 Deluxe- next rustoration!
Mk 2 & XJ6 Jags. Less said the better.

I have been discussing this all day today with AJ who has exactly the same lake green/white roof 67 cooper s combo, his is originally a cream interior but he believes green is a possible alternate colour as AEG says. If you want to replace it with original colours PM him, I think he knows where to get new interiors made (not cheap though)

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Noli Illegitimi Carborundum

I've hopefully emailed you so you know the correct trim for a cooper S in lake Green I have apple carpet made by the gibbon group www.gibbon.com.au and I got a bloke called Mick 0438778288 he is a professonal trimmer and has the correct pattern. I am tryng to track down the original trim and having not much success to get the trim correct colour, I am thinking of colouring it.

He also made up a set of overmats that sit over the carpet which looks just like the carpet
Minisport1275 in adelaide (also on ebay) make the correct heel pads, you will need to buy 2 if you make the overmats Cheers Brett nosse Any worries call me on 0407124729

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Green was not the only colour whatever anyone says. It does look very good though.

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Noli Illegitimi Carborundum

Thanks everyone and Brett for the pic's. i really want to be original with this restore so i need to get the colour right. altho i was hoping for cream as the green is the worst colour. AEG, is this green available??

Does anyone know what colour parchment is?? is this cream??

The parchment is actually beige . My 1967 Lake Green/White Cooper S has this colour interior , it has its original carpet and door cards . You can get a complete trim kit from Newton Commercial in the UK , for about $1600 plus postage , that includes all interior trim , seats , door cards , rear parcel shelf , speedo panels etc etc , but not the carpet . . The Aussie Mk1 trim is similar to the English . I would guess it came from there originally . I had a set made for one of my other minis and its a perfect match . Minisport in South Aus can also make a set for you , including the original type Westminster carpet used on Aussie Cooper S , but may be a bit more expensive . Give Tony a call on 08 81771275 , he's very helpful
Email Wattto from the mini experience , he has the exact names for the 2 trim colours that where available in the Lake Green/White combo ....cheers Alan


Edit : The beige does look much nicer than the green , but maybe im biased
Pic below of carpet , doesnt show the true colour , edging is a bit darker


http://s20.photobucket.com/albums/b244/ ... erior2.jpg

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

Hey AJ,

Is ther any chance you can post a pic of the seats as well.

Thanks

Just spoke to Tony at minisport, he said that someone in wa is sending over a peice of the carpet and trimfrom a cooper S for matching and that its beige??? . was this you??

Also he quoted around $3500 for the full trim/seats/carpets. :-S

But he did say the carpet was the most expensive as it comes from Ireland... so it must the gibbon carpet.

I was living in Ireland last year and if i only knew......

I should get a mate in Dublin to get us a whole roll.... Who's in????

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1967 Cooper S - new front bearings to do.
1965 Cooper S shell - Slow progress. No time or money!
1966 Deluxe- next rustoration!
Mk 2 & XJ6 Jags. Less said the better.

Gibbon Group is brisbane bassed much cheaper than the irsh stuff, but the gibbon group actually is from Ireland

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thanksAEG again. but i was talking about the green trim available??

The previous owner had re-coloured the seats black ...

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

Yes thats me , will let you know how it goes ..cheers

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