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Author:  Gaffa_Tape [ Tue Apr 05, 2005 3:14 pm ]
Post subject:  real cooper s
Hey i heard a while back that there are nearly 3 times as many cooper s mini's registered in australia than actually were ever made. :roll:
does anyone know how true this is.
i wonder what the actual figure is, it sure would be interesting to know...i wonder where all the badges are coming from. :P
Author:  sg [ Tue Apr 05, 2005 3:20 pm ]
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Very........ i've got one :oops:
Author:  J_A_M [ Tue Apr 05, 2005 3:23 pm ]
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I've got a real 'Clubman S'...... :D :P
Author:  Lillee [ Tue Apr 05, 2005 3:28 pm ]
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:lol:

Don't quote me but I think it's something like 8000 real cooper S's ever made of the round nose type. I am sure legends like Brian Foley crashed or destroyed at least 50 of those in their racing careers, and at least a few thousand went to the scrap yard, leaving only lets say 5-6000 real S's left!

As far as I am concerned, if you haven't got the paper work then it aint a real S! :lol:

Besides, S's are overated, soon Lillee will be twice the power of the original S's :lol: Long live the Deluxe and Mini K!!!
Author:  Lillee [ Tue Apr 05, 2005 3:30 pm ]
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Doesn't the saying go: "Out of the 8000 S's ever made only 15000 still remain?" :lol:
Author:  doogie [ Tue Apr 05, 2005 3:56 pm ]
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I have 2 real one's, a MK1 & a MK2 a set complete.

Doogie
Author:  czerial [ Tue Apr 05, 2005 4:09 pm ]
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I've got a real 'Clubman S'......


so do i Anton, but its a clubman "S" Sunshine also, ohhhhhhh even rarer than those um what do you call them , those common ones that everyone replicates, umm usually brg with white roof...ummmm oh yeah a cooper s... :lol: :lol: :lol: just jokes people i love minis one and all, plus i cant afford one of those cooper s's :oops:
Author:  sg [ Tue Apr 05, 2005 4:12 pm ]
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2 S's & a clubman wrote:
I have 2 real one's, a MK1 & a MK2 a set complete.

Doogie


:evil:
Author:  drmini in aust [ Tue Apr 05, 2005 10:47 pm ]
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2 S's & a clubman wrote:
I have 2 real one's, a MK1 & a MK2 a set complete.

Doogie

Set's not complete- wot about the Clubbie GT... Cooper S leftovers!:lol:
Author:  1310/71 [ Tue Apr 05, 2005 11:57 pm ]
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drmini in aust wrote:
2 S's & a clubman wrote:
I have 2 real one's, a MK1 & a MK2 a set complete.

Doogie

Set's not complete- wot about the Clubbie GT... Cooper S leftovers!:lol:


What about the almost mythical Mk3 cooper S?
KB
Author:  doogie [ Wed Apr 06, 2005 7:52 am ]
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Yeah righto i will have them all one day, might even get a 997 & 998 cooper aswell :lol:

Doogie
Author:  nermil [ Wed Apr 06, 2005 10:08 am ]
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drmini in aust wrote:
2 S's & a clubman wrote:
I have 2 real one's, a MK1 & a MK2 a set complete.

Doogie

Set's not complete- wot about the Clubbie GT... Cooper S leftovers!:lol:


they're not leftovers. it was evolution! 8)
Author:  Gaffa_Tape [ Wed Apr 06, 2005 10:14 am ]
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well so far we've accounted for about 4 of them. i wonder how many ausmini members have them.
What do you think is the best mini to start with (other than a cooper s :? obviously) to make myself a replica. I'm thinking the mini K as it had same guages, other than the 120mph speedo.
ANyone made themselves one from something, love to know about it.
Author:  Mini68 [ Wed Apr 06, 2005 10:42 am ]
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I've also got one. I was told though that all the S parts on my car came off a doner wrecked S so I recon that makes it even :wink:
Author:  danidad [ Wed Apr 06, 2005 12:10 pm ]
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my daughters Cooper S is real enough in that the body is a real Cooper S , it wont end up with a genuine Cooper S motor though just an 1100S (1275)..
my K shell has been semi cooperised, someone cut a hole for a rhs tank filler... however I intend to get it welded back up. its a K and i would rather it stayed that way in this case. I dont see any harm in S replicas but they are just to freakin expensive if you actually intend to use an S tank and guages etc... I have seen fake fillers, and in my opinion thats crap... but for someone else its probably fine.
probably the hardest mini to Cooperise is the clubby (for obvious cosmetic reasons)
a lot of people say the cooper S is overated, and i think they are right to a degree, but the racing herritage , which spills over into domestic sales of the mini ,is on the back of the early Cooper S rigs.. they are probably more overrated by non enthusiasts who have limited knowledge of minis in general...
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