Hi All,

What year and number did Cooper S Mk1 go from Dry to Wet?

I have searched but couldnt find the info in past posts.

Sorry

you didn't find it, because they never did - all Australian Cooper S's had hydro

1964 I think, in UK.

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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.

In the UK September 1964 was the first of the Hydro Cars. I seem to recall that there were a few Dry Ozzy MKI's but there wouldn't have been many.

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Mid 1964, my Austin Cooper is Dry (uk car)

Car 505 had hydro.

As far as I am aware, all Aussie Cooper S were hydro, while all Aussie Cooper (997 and 998) were dry.

According to Parnell's bible, in the UK the change took place in September 1964, but the 997 Cooper and 1071 Cooper S were always dry.

Cheers,
Watto.

Thanks guys, for some reason i thought the first 100 aussie cars had rubber cone, the one with the up down oil cooler.

I know someone that has found a cooper S and from the pic's the subframe next the car was dry, more pic's reveiled wet still mounted in the car :-S

Thanks all

As far as I know they were all hydro.

Look at it another way, why on earth would they have been built with rubber cones?

Weren't 1071 S's sold here in limited numbers (selected dealers on special order) before the local S was released? These would have been dry, maybe this accounts for some who remember the very-very early Oz S's being dry?

cheers

Jacob

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'72 Clubman Van - 1022cc, 295 head, 731 cam - Daily Driver
'69 Morris 1100 S - Dinged by a bus, in shed under repair
'64 Morris 1100 - Early 1100, long term project

a few were brought in for racing, but not official and not for the general public

I reckon anyone who remembers the early cars having dry suspension is probably just getting too old

OI!!!!!!

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wow! how'd you know that was directed at you?!?!

Bleedin' whipper-snapper..........

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"....Weren't 1071 S's sold here in limited numbers (selected dealers on special order) before the local S was released? These would have been dry, maybe this accounts for some who remember the very-very early Oz S's being dry? ..........

a few were brought in for racing, but not official and not for the general public .."

According to its Heritage Cert mine was built for delivery to Oz - allegedly to special order by BMC Oz. So that's at least one Oz delivered dry S.....

Cheers, Ian

Yeah I went searching for the article I remembered, (it was in modern motor, 1964, reproduced in Pedr Davis' book) and it was a test by a journalist of a 1071 S which had been specially imported by a dealer.

I thought the article mentioned the dealers you could order them from, but it only mentions that "you can get one for yourself for £1400". It also mentioned that at the time a 997/998 Cooper retailed for just over £1000!

Still we must be only talking a very low number of cars indeed...

cheers

Jacob

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'72 Clubman Van - 1022cc, 295 head, 731 cam - Daily Driver
'69 Morris 1100 S - Dinged by a bus, in shed under repair
'64 Morris 1100 - Early 1100, long term project