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dove grey 64
 Post subject: another guy on crack?
PostPosted: Tue Mar 27, 2007 12:54 pm 
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check this out
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/1963-MORRIS-MINI ... dZViewItem
personaly i dont think its a cooper.
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UNFORTUNATLY IT DOES NOT HAVE THE ORIGINAL ID TAGS OR ANY BADGES BUT I HAVE SPOKEN TO A FEW MINI ENTHUSIESTS WHO HAVE POINTED OUT SOME OF THE FEATURES THAT ONLY THE COOPERS HAVE:

AIR SCOOP IN FRONT GRILL, ELECTRIC FUEL PUMP MOUNTED ON THE SUBFRAME, 2 STEEL BRACKETS FOR THE HEATER UNDER THE IGNITION.


air scoop? electric fuel pump on subframe? steel brackets for heater? my 62 850 has all that stuff apart from a "air scoop".
also what about the diag front grille brace. maybe coopers didnt have them.
crack head or not. sounds like an ok guy, maybe he got ripped off

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1.5k for a car without an ID plate? Pass.
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1970 mini K wrote:
also what about the diag front grille brace. maybe coopers didnt have them.


No diagonal brace on the 998/997 cooper , anyone going to ask him for more details etc ?

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I just told him that the Cooper should have 7" disc brakes.
As it should.
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i also thought all the 997/970/998/1071/1275 coopers had boot boards.
did 63 coopers have deluxe style wind up doors?
also about the air scoop, its a fresh air duct that goes to the firewall isnt it? not for the carbs or anything

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The air scoop can be seen in the second picture, it isn't Cooper specific a lot of 850s had them too. Sounds to me like an 850 with a factory fitted fresh air heater. Certainly doesn't have Cooper doors!

Either way, assuming it is registerable without the build plate, doesn't seem like to bad money for what you get.
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1970 mini K wrote:
did 63 coopers have deluxe style wind up doors?
No. They didn't start making the Deluxe wind-up doors till 1965.
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Has anyone thought to ask for the body number? :roll:
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I have but he hasn't got back to me yet .

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since when does an unfinshed project constitute one that hasn't even started

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miniobsessed wrote:
Has anyone thought to ask for the body number? :roll:


What's that going to achieve if it doesn't have a build plate?
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Anto wrote:
miniobsessed wrote:
Has anyone thought to ask for the body number? :roll:


What's that going to achieve if it doesn't have a build plate?
The car would have a number stamped under the bonnet.
The body number is a clue to working out what the car is.

If it does not have any numbers under the bonnet you will have a hard time getting rego. 8)
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Yes but the number stamped on the firewall won't tell you if it is a Cooper or not. Not on an early model car at least.
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Location: Under the bonnet son!
What about the one on the radiator shroud? Should have YKA2S? ???? there shouldn't it?

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Not on early models. Well at least mine doesn't. Later models like Mini Ks has YG2S4 or whatever on the shroud. They also omitted the 'K' / 'M' on late models, which makes things more difficult.
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