Cheers for the advice. Armed with all this I will see how I go. Can someone answer these?
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- where do the stamps on the body appear for the body #?
Depends on the model of car you are after, and will be the same places as for a Deluxe, Mini K, etc etc On a Mk1 it will be beside the body plate near the master cylinders and for Mk2's it will be in the gutter at the back of the engine bay above the passenger side bonnet hinge (A little hard to describe) as well as the radiator shroud. These two number will be 500(ish) out from each other).
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- where does the gearbox numbers appear?
On the front of the gearbox housing, but it may not tell you what is inside very well if it is a Mk2 as they all shared a common 4-synchro box regardless of the ratios within.
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- do coopers have the alloy finned drums?
They never did, not once. Same goes with mags. May have been dealer fitted but never a factory item really.
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- other than the fuel line clips is there any other tell tale places I should look?
Where to start...
history, dash rail upholstered, 120 MPH speedo in 3 instrument binnacle, thicker brake pedal cocked up a little further from the floor, electric fuel pump, breather hole beneath rear seat with fitted grommet,with or without right hand tank and spot welded right hand tank floor brackets, tapered rear rollers, 7.5" discs, widened rear drums with sculpted inner edges, stainless trims with overiders and corner bars, ((F prefixed engine, tappet covers on the back, AEG*** crank, 11 stud head with correct part number stamp(or none), boot board and boot lid liner, twin 1.25 SU's with correct float bowl tags, braided petroflex fuel line,brake booster (lockheed or PBR depending on pre or post '68 ) Correct trim/carpet, floor and heel mats, tall floor clips, correct heater (plastic post '68, metal prior) as well as the correct body prefix numbers that match the year of manufacture and dates stamped around the car, and there's more...and there's caveats on the above which will no doubt be brought forth.
Any of these may be missing as happens in the usual course of a car's life. The rest will leave you with an impression about the car that will decide whether or not it is the real deal. The majority of the
25000 fakes that apparently lurk behind each garage door will be fairly blatant if you have a knowlegable person behind you to concur the facts. It would be best if you sort out a club's advice before laying out your readies for the cooper, if only to be sure.
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