Hi All,

Some may of seen this Cooper S on Ebay recently, i have negotiated with the owner after the auction did not meet the reserve.

I am trying to track the history of the car as i have been told it was used as a track car at Malalla.

any info would be great.

Has i little bit of rust, needs new front gaurds as the arches are wrong and rear tail lights fixed back to standard.

But yes it is a Cooper S!!

Now everyone knows why i have selling heaps of stuff off

Cool Michael, very nice. What is the original color?

Al

judging by the dings, the age, and those bad blue stripes no one would put back on the car, id say it might even be the original paint, or it was resprayed a very long time ago.

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Aussie Leyland, Aussie Factory, Aussie Mini S.

I would think the original colour was white if anything, that is what the engine bay is.

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1964 998cc Cooper
1971 Mini K x 2
1972 Clubman GT

Whats with people puttin clubby tailights on roundnose's.....!!!! That bootlid is hideous.

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http://www.youtube.com/user/Hanras

The Car was originally toga white with a burgundy roof.....

My favorite Colour!!! As it comes with the red interior.

I got a great suprise when taking off the black seat covers, the Ruby red seats underneath are immacultate. pitty the rest of the trim has been painted black.

Went through the shed and i have every door card in red apart from the driver :-S

will have to put an add in the wanted.

Yep the tail light will be changed and a differant boot lid.


The wife has already named her Ruby, which is half the battle getting the wife to like a car but when she names it you know it's going to be an easy job spennding money getting up 2 scratch.

The car does look rough but on close inspection it really is un molested.


Michael

Hi Michael

It does look like a good start. I am a bit confused though, none of the seats look anything like red to me

Any chance you will have some good rear cards left over I need a pair

Cheers
Steve

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1964 998cc Cooper
1971 Mini K x 2
1972 Clubman GT

The front seats have covers on them..... that's why you cant see red


Yep i have heaps of door cards, all black.... when i need a driver front in red.

Those seat covers would be a rarity wouldn't they? I haven't seen one for years

those taillights look awesome now all you need is a new front bumper bonnet guards grill and light surrounds debadge it and theyl never know it was a roundy

Looks like its had a hard life, but its still an S and worse ones have come back to life.

I think I have a set of red door cards in dads shed, but they may be in poor condition from memory. I was saving them as patterns, Will have a look next time I'm at my parents.

Poor little sweat heart. Glad you saved her and looking forward to putting her back the way she should be. Looking forward to the progress

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Stop Licking the Dog...I Don't Care Who Started It

They are genuine Paddy Hopkirk seat covers, quite rare & valuable.

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Have a Nice Day.
If already having a nice day please disregard.

How did they do that boot lid? Bogged or did they actually weld a section in?

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Brett Nicholson
Greendale (near Ballan) VIC.
1971 Morris Mini Moke
1966 Austin Mini
1965 Morris Mini Traveller
1973 LR Series 3 88
2007 LR Freelander 2

He all,

Walked into SA rego and registered Ruby, can you believe she has not been registerd since 94 and they don't care.

Going to go over the whole car, brakes, oil and ++++ and go for a test drive.

Planning on doing a couple of events before resto like mini at the mill/bay

Only prob i need to put on some desent wheels & tyres try and pump the suspension.

Also need a water temp gauge....

Can anyone help??