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| Author: | miquain57 [ Mon Dec 06, 2010 9:20 pm ] |
| Post subject: | When did Cooper S Mk1 go from Dry to Wet? |
Hi All, What year and number did Cooper S Mk1 go from Dry to Wet? I have searched but couldnt find the info in past posts. Sorry |
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| Author: | simon k [ Mon Dec 06, 2010 9:24 pm ] |
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you didn't find it, because they never did - all Australian Cooper S's had hydro |
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| Author: | drmini in aust [ Mon Dec 06, 2010 9:49 pm ] |
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1964 I think, in UK. |
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| Author: | GT mowog [ Tue Dec 07, 2010 6:47 am ] |
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In the UK September 1964 was the first of the Hydro Cars. I seem to recall that there were a few Dry Ozzy MKI's but there wouldn't have been many. |
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| Author: | kiwiinwgtn [ Tue Dec 07, 2010 8:23 pm ] |
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Mid 1964, my Austin Cooper is Dry (uk car) |
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| Author: | watto [ Wed Dec 08, 2010 12:25 pm ] |
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Quote: seem to recall that there were a few Dry Ozzy MKI's but there wouldn't have been many.
Car 505 had hydro. As far as I am aware, all Aussie Cooper S were hydro, while all Aussie Cooper (997 and 998) were dry. According to Parnell's bible, in the UK the change took place in September 1964, but the 997 Cooper and 1071 Cooper S were always dry. Cheers, Watto. |
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| Author: | miquain57 [ Wed Dec 08, 2010 1:36 pm ] |
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Thanks guys, for some reason i thought the first 100 aussie cars had rubber cone, the one with the up down oil cooler. I know someone that has found a cooper S and from the pic's the subframe next the car was dry, more pic's reveiled wet still mounted in the car :-S Thanks all |
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| Author: | Morris 1100 [ Wed Dec 08, 2010 4:19 pm ] |
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As far as I know they were all hydro. Look at it another way, why on earth would they have been built with rubber cones? |
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| Author: | VulcanBB18 [ Wed Dec 08, 2010 9:00 pm ] |
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Weren't 1071 S's sold here in limited numbers (selected dealers on special order) before the local S was released? These would have been dry, maybe this accounts for some who remember the very-very early Oz S's being dry? cheers Jacob |
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| Author: | simon k [ Thu Dec 09, 2010 7:12 am ] |
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VulcanBB18 wrote: Weren't 1071 S's sold here in limited numbers (selected dealers on special order) before the local S was released? These would have been dry, maybe this accounts for some who remember the very-very early Oz S's being dry?
cheers Jacob a few were brought in for racing, but not official and not for the general public I reckon anyone who remembers the early cars having dry suspension is probably just getting too old 
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| Author: | GT mowog [ Thu Dec 09, 2010 8:45 am ] |
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simon k wrote: I reckon anyone who remembers the early cars having dry suspension is probably just getting too old OI!!!!!! |
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| Author: | simon k [ Thu Dec 09, 2010 9:25 am ] |
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GT mowog wrote: simon k wrote: I reckon anyone who remembers the early cars having dry suspension is probably just getting too old OI!!!!!! wow! how'd you know that was directed at you?!?! |
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| Author: | GT mowog [ Thu Dec 09, 2010 10:32 am ] |
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simon k wrote: GT mowog wrote: simon k wrote: I reckon anyone who remembers the early cars having dry suspension is probably just getting too old OI!!!!!! wow! how'd you know that was directed at you?!?! Bleedin' whipper-snapper.......... 
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| Author: | 1071 [ Thu Dec 09, 2010 10:44 am ] |
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"....Weren't 1071 S's sold here in limited numbers (selected dealers on special order) before the local S was released? These would have been dry, maybe this accounts for some who remember the very-very early Oz S's being dry? .......... a few were brought in for racing, but not official and not for the general public .." According to its Heritage Cert mine was built for delivery to Oz - allegedly to special order by BMC Oz. So that's at least one Oz delivered dry S..... Cheers, Ian |
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| Author: | VulcanBB18 [ Thu Dec 09, 2010 3:50 pm ] |
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Yeah I went searching for the article I remembered, (it was in modern motor, 1964, reproduced in Pedr Davis' book) and it was a test by a journalist of a 1071 S which had been specially imported by a dealer. I thought the article mentioned the dealers you could order them from, but it only mentions that "you can get one for yourself for £1400". It also mentioned that at the time a 997/998 Cooper retailed for just over £1000! Still we must be only talking a very low number of cars indeed... cheers Jacob |
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