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speed costs....how fast do you want to go...

Hmm.... Austin Cooper almost worth the effort to import it

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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!

id have it

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I wouldnt pay much for it, it seems pretty likely that it's a mini with discs. A cooper without a compliance plate is worth no more money than a mini k/ deluxe. But if it goes for a non cooper price then fair enough.

Looks pretty complete, and if it was converted it was a long time ago...or someone spent a long time weathering the paint evenly...

Austins have an ID plate in a different location. The 3.5" Cooper wheels are rarer than silver plated rocking horseshit so are already putting the value up there.
Brocade seat trim, board mounts, 100mph gauges, discs, etc etc....I would be getting on my pony and having a closer look if I was over there.

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SooperDooperMiniCooperExpertEngineering

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better get on ze pony then (al-la rover 220 turbo) , its only 20 min away.

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speed costs....how fast do you want to go...

Take a look for a number stamped on a steel plate on the bonnet slam panel near where the horn is often mounted.It may be there. If there is no plate on the bulkhead, then try the radiator shroud. It will be a smaller plate with round ends.

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SooperDooperMiniCooperExpertEngineering

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

Can't be an Australian 998 cooper, wrong doors, wipers park on the wrong side, wrong speedo and we didn't make Austins (as far as I know).

If it is a Cooper it will be a pommy one I think.

Steve

That's true...

Pommy cars didn't swap wipers until the Mk3...and then they had the little blanking holes...and there weren't any cooper 997/998s anymore either....

The wiper raises a pretty big question actually!

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SooperDooperMiniCooperExpertEngineering

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

nope, scratch that. The wipers to be passenger side parking have to have the drivers side protruding through in front of the driver.

In this case they protude through in the correct spot in between the washer nozzles.

He's got left parking wipers on a right parking car...
Post mid-64 as it has front apron cut outs.

That's is an odd speedo with the graduations passing the 100, but where is it from if not a cooper?

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SooperDooperMiniCooperExpertEngineering

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

Yeah, you're right about the wipers.

One other thing that I've just noticed is there is no hydro channels in the floorpan, this would again point towards pommy wouldn't it

Steve

Out of curiosity Jed , see if you can find out what the red car beside it is if you go for a look at the cooper .

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Red car in pics is Rochdale GT an English kit car from the 60's. Also for sale

In questions on the listing

Steve

Thank's Steve , just googled them , sexy looking car .

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Oz Cooper perhaps as well, as there wasn't any hydro prior to the release of the Cooper S and Deluxe in Oz production and the floors were plain.

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SooperDooperMiniCooperExpertEngineering

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