Sorry, but you have to love eBay.

Just bought a brand new, in the box, original 970 crank. A virgin

How good is that?

The stuff in sheds, garages, boxes under the stairs etc blows me away.

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1964 Cooper UK 970 S 'CZ 4289'

Now all you need is to find a 970 block under the stairs

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1969 Cooper "S"
1967 Mini Deluxe
1973 Clubman Van (the fleet spare)
1978 ex 1275 LS ("Wizard" Eaton Supercharged)
2015 HSV GenF GTS(occasional drive & tow car)
2019 MINI F55 Cooper S

Easy if you have a 1275 S block and a milling machine.

It's the con rods that can be harder to come by.

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Can only live in hope! Current block, fingers crossed, will do the do for a while. Just gotta have parts for the next 50 years. If u hear of a bnib block, I am interested.

Yeah, like that's gonna happen;-)

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1964 Cooper UK 970 S 'CZ 4289'

It's amazing how much new old stock is still around! Worth grabbing when you can get it, as it is so much better than some of the new stuff!

Mind you, there are plenty of people putting old stuff in orginal boxes and claiming it as NOS...

Good luck finding the NOS block...that would really be something!

Am dreamin' and know it. Still, finding this virgin crank was not ever expected. Am open to the Mini universe. Bring on parts for 970's.

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1964 Cooper UK 970 S 'CZ 4289'

I saw that on Ebay, located in germany or something wasnt it? now to get it to Aus

Wouldnt it have been cheaper buying an aftermarket 970 crank? like the following, which is made for racing and the revs, so would probably last longer? i dont know


http://www.med-engineering.co.uk/catalo ... rankshafts

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I get what you say. Thing is, and I hope Morris doesn't jump on me, I am looking at getting the best, period gear for Claude?
Mighty car that he is will get the best period bits I can find. It's in the Will. Simple.

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1964 Cooper UK 970 S 'CZ 4289'