Morning lads,
Here are a couple of photos of the drain holes on my two cooper s's. Just wondering how prevalent these were vs. the "normal" ones I've usually seen on UK minis, i.e. the larger hole that's sort of shaped like an American football or a pointy rugby ball? You can also see the history of the 1970 just for fun--the tamarisk green on the bottom layer was the original monotone color, then came red, then tamarisk green again (but a few shades darker) and finally someone added the crystal white roof.
tx,
bmc

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Ben McCafferty
Bainbridge Island, Washington, USA
1970 ex-police mk2 Cooper S

im pretty sure damn near all aus cars had the two holes, i know every mini ive seen with them has had the two holes, never seen the "oval" shaped one.

(by the way, i love that second pic, howd you manage to strip the paint back like that?)

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'73 clubby s "cryo" - sold
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Thanks Drifter. That's funny, my body/paint man here in Seattle said, "I've never seen one with two holes. Every one I've ever seen has had the oval holes." He has a '66 mini deluxe from NZ in the shop, and it also has the oval ones (998 MKI).

On the paint--I just used a foam sanding block in a circular motion to work through the layers to bare metal. But caution; it leaves the layers sort of bumpy, and it will have to be stripped all the way or filled to get it smooth again. In my case I'll be stripping it.

tx,
bmc

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Ben McCafferty
Bainbridge Island, Washington, USA
1970 ex-police mk2 Cooper S

All ausie minis had the 2 holes,
and all English cars have the oval gutter hole.
Your 2 cars must be ausie built

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1967 Morris mini Deluxe
1968 Buick Riviera
1979 HZ Kingswood
1979 CM Valiant
1982 Jaguar XJ6 series 3
2002 VX HSV
2013 Mazda 6
2018 Gt Mustang

I had a 1978 Oz Clubby with NO front holes- it never got them. Maybe Mr Hole Driller had a day off...

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DrMini- 1970 wasaMatic 1360, Mk1S crank, 86.6HP (ATW) =~125 @ crank, 45 Dellorto (38 chokes), RE282 sprint cam, 1.5 rockers, 11.0:1 C/R.

Yep Aussie cars have the two holes, English have a slot made by a tool like a can opener on the production line.

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hey bmc, are you going back to the green roof ?

please say "yes"

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The NZ car would have the slots/ovals because they were an english car.

Ryan

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Ryan Filippi
Minis In The Gong
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I've an NZ assembled '79 Clubby GT and it has two holes at each corner. My two Mk1's have slots/oval holes.

Regards
Al

The holes shown in your photos are correct for your model car, Early Aust Cars did have a slot But it was a neat slot not the type that looked like it had been punched Out with scoop underneath,
NZ had Aust Built Cars UK built cars and some SKD & CKD cars

Hi John,
I don't believe NZ ever assembled Aussie pressed CKD Mini bodies, they were all English.

Regards
Al

that's what he meant, just missing some punctuation

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Hey Simon,
I'm really torn on the roof color. It is presently crystal white, with white bonnet stripes also (I assume these never came on a cooper s, similar to UK?). These two items look really sharp on the car, but I am also really drawn to the original "authentic" scheme, which was monotone tamarisk green.

Hmmm....

Other votes out there?

bmc

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Ben McCafferty
Bainbridge Island, Washington, USA
1970 ex-police mk2 Cooper S

Hot damn i got something right!

I'd go authentic, too many cooper s' out there with the stripes and white roof.

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'73 clubby s "cryo" - sold
Operation Evil Sesame Street!

Of course there's heaps out there like that - didn't you know all mini's ever produced were cooper S's and they were either green or white with a white roof and bonnet stripes?

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