I should have said book! I am trying to track down what the best reference book/manual is for restoring minis. I have a MK 2 Cooper S and have the factory and Haynes manuals and a book by John Parnell called 'Original Mini Cooper and Cooper S - The Restorers Guide'.

Any tips out there in the cyber world?

_________________
1964 Cooper UK 970 S 'CZ 4289'

I believe Jack Knight made a good 5 speed and KAD do one, but is a bit pricey.

_________________
1970 Mini Deluxe - 1275, Weber, Clive 346 cam, MS 4-pot slotted discs, Megajolt ignition Now with new improved Mambas... almost on the road
1966 Van with Traveller rear seat conversion
2008 Prado GXL
All in various states of repair...

FBDave, I gottta Kad 5 speed. Lotto ticket proceeds . Couldn't have justified it otherwise.

_________________
1964 Cooper UK 970 S 'CZ 4289'

There is another book by Lindsay Porter, called Mini Restoration Manual. It was very hard to track down but I now have a copy.
It is not specific for Coopers like his other one but tells you lots about Mini bodywork and mechanical restoration.

Its ID is Haynes H440.

_________________
DrMini- 1970 wasaMatic 1360, Mk1S crank, 86.6HP (ATW) =~125 @ crank, 45 Dellorto (38 chokes), RE282 sprint cam, 1.5 rockers, 11.0:1 C/R.

This one

_________________
David L


My greatest fear in life is that when I die my wife will sell my Mini and tools for the price I told her I paid for them!

David vizard has published a few well recommended books (what ive been told)

tuning the a series engine
how to modify your mini
and i think he has a good book on SU carbys

cheers leighton

_________________
1975 Leyland Mini: 1060cc - resto/ ex-hsc project.

leighton, doctor and wombat,

thx heaps. I will try pitstop; they seem to carry a few.

_________________
1964 Cooper UK 970 S 'CZ 4289'

I finally got that Lindsay Porter resto book from www.autobookworld.com as Pitstop never had it.

_________________
DrMini- 1970 wasaMatic 1360, Mk1S crank, 86.6HP (ATW) =~125 @ crank, 45 Dellorto (38 chokes), RE282 sprint cam, 1.5 rockers, 11.0:1 C/R.

It is available new on ebay UK for about $50-$55 landed here.

It occasionally pops up on our ebay secondhand.

cheers!

jon

which ever you decide to get I recommend getting a different type as well (eg if you decide on a haynes, get a copy of the BMC black book or similar as well)

They all have different pictures and explainations so if you can't work out one you can look up the other and it might all make sence

_________________
Noli Illegitimi Carborundum

be careful with that one, don't take what it says as gospel..... the 1 page devoted to aussie S's doesn't do us justice, and our cars were a lot different to the UK ones

_________________
did I tell you that I won a trophy?

I found it on Amazon for 14 quid. Remarks re-UK vs. OZ Coopers noted, thanks for that.

_________________
1964 Cooper UK 970 S 'CZ 4289'

I agree with benoz , get another manual as well so you can read the differences in doing things and decide what works best for you . The best I have found for us is the black Leyland Australian workshop manual as it at least has the stuff for our local cars and not just the UK ones .

_________________

Parnell's awesome knowlege and the amazingly well turned out cars really inspired me at the time it came out....a great book all the same, there was nothing like it previously..

_________________
SooperDooperMiniCooperExpertEngineering

All garage work involves equal measures of enthusiasm, ingenuity and a fair degree of irresponsibility.

Do you have any other details about the BMC black book?

Who published it or an exact title?

Thanks,

Henry