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Author:  graham in aus [ Fri Jan 14, 2011 11:15 am ]
Post subject:  Another 50K S

I suppose this one does have a bit of history!

http://www.classicthrottleshop.com/car8.html

The car was local here in Newcastle until recently.

Originally a UK 997 I believe.

Don't know if Throttle do 'consignment' sales

Nice Car! :D

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Author:  Hanra [ Fri Jan 14, 2011 11:29 am ]
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Just a couple of questions, At what year did the lower valance have the cut out of for brake cooling? And also which cars originally had the amber indicator lens's? Bit of a steep price tag for what is essentially another "Cooper S" mock up?

Author:  GT mowog [ Fri Jan 14, 2011 1:12 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Another 50K S

graham in aus wrote:

Don't know if Throttle do 'consignment' sales



Pretty sure they are all consigment sales.

Author:  Haydn [ Fri Jan 14, 2011 3:07 pm ]
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Bit harsh Hanra! Very nice car with true racing history.
Someone has had a decent spend, regardless of our opinions.
$53K? Phew...
Great read though. Must have been teachers pet at english class....

Author:  Morris 1100 [ Fri Jan 14, 2011 3:50 pm ]
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So what year did John Leffler win the Australian Touring Car Championship? :roll:

I bet Digby wishes he had kept it! :lol:

Author:  Hanra [ Fri Jan 14, 2011 4:36 pm ]
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Haydn wrote:
Bit harsh Hanra!


I dont believe so.

Author:  Morris 1100 [ Fri Jan 14, 2011 4:45 pm ]
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It is a very rare car and probably deserves to be expensive. It may not have been built as a Copper S but it was raced in the 60s as a Cooper S after it was finished racing as a Cooper. (CAMS did allow cars to be upgraded to save costs)
It might be a fake S but it would be the most valuable fake S in the country. And probably worth a more than a lot of real S's.

The English Cooper and Cooper S came with orange blinkers, so they are correct.

Author:  1310/71 [ Fri Jan 14, 2011 5:23 pm ]
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Morris 1100 wrote:
So what year did John Leffler win the Australian Touring Car Championship? :roll:

I bet Digby wishes he had kept it! :lol:


Must have been the same year he won the Australian Gold Star in an F5000.

Author:  Morris 1100 [ Fri Jan 14, 2011 5:32 pm ]
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1310/71 wrote:
Morris 1100 wrote:
So what year did John Leffler win the Australian Touring Car Championship? :roll:

I bet Digby wishes he had kept it! :lol:


Must have been the same year he won the Australian Gold Star in an F5000.

They must think that the Australian Champion Driver was a touring car driver. :cry:

Author:  1310/71 [ Fri Jan 14, 2011 6:43 pm ]
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I remember John Leffler saying that Peter Wherrett had advised him to go into open wheelers - "there's no future in tin-tops John" :lol:
KB

Author:  michaelb [ Fri Jan 14, 2011 7:21 pm ]
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John Leffler used to tune my 1st Cooper S in 1969/70. :). From memory he had a garage, I think Shell servo which was opposite StGeorge leagues club

Author:  1310/71 [ Sat Jan 15, 2011 5:13 am ]
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michaelb wrote:
John Leffler used to tune my 1st Cooper S in 1969/70. :). From memory he had a garage, I think Shell servo which was opposite StGeorge leagues club


He had a couple of locations over the years. He's now at St George Suspension and steering (or was last time I had a mini).

Author:  cooper19613 [ Sun Jan 16, 2011 1:18 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Another 50K S

graham in aus wrote:
I suppose this one does have a bit of history!

http://www.classicthrottleshop.com/car8.html

The car was local here in Newcastle until recently.

Originally a UK 997 I believe.

Don't know if Throttle do 'consignment' sales

Nice Car! :D

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I thought this was yours at first Graham until I looked closer and read the story

Author:  willy [ Sun Jan 16, 2011 1:33 pm ]
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If I had that kind of money to spend on a Mini, this one would certainly be it.

Author:  Super-mini [ Sun Jan 16, 2011 4:23 pm ]
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its got flares in the pictures :?

i would never spend 50k on a mini.

you'd put it in a bubble and never drive the damn thing.

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