The only PUB 1038's I've seen have Final as their version, and you are right about the errors in many BMC publications. For example, the parts catalogue for the Mk II series PUB1056M doesn't even mention an alternator, just a generator.

Mini King's catalogue says YAG2S4 for a Morris Mini K van, and YG2S1 for a Morris Mini K Sedan. 10YCTAH engine prefix for the Sedan and 10YJUH for the Van. Your Matic prefix of YA2S5 isn't listed in John's book.

Back to the original question, if the 'boat' has body prefix YG2S4 and the angled brace it looks like a MK II S body to me. I wonder if there's a hole for the fuel pump breather under the back seat? If it is a MK II S that should make it a bit quicker in the water, yeah?

Don't you just love BMC and their attention to detail in their various publications? Clearly didn't spend much money on Quality Management System consulting! I have all the Australian Mini parts books in my collection and you can see where updates to parts in a particular book are simply lost in the next version.

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ex-NSW Police 1970 MK II Cooper S
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I used to regularly buy parts from both J E Allen at Dural and Lancaster Motors in Parramatta, back in the 60s. Both BMC dealers.
Even back then the alterations scrawled into their parts books had to be seen to be believed.

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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.

They were the "good old days" when the same guys worked behind the parts counter for decades and generally knew the more common part number and its bin location off the top of their head. I used Kellow Falkiner in Melbourne city and Lapco in South Melbourne and it was heartening to see the same faces each time I went in.

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ex-NSW Police 1970 MK II Cooper S
VMCI #43

Beat you. That was my cryptic clue that what the numbers were.

The numbers are Mk2 Cooper S. The angled brace is a clue in that direction but the missing filler is a clue in the other direction.
Maybe it is a cut and shut.

Might be an ex-Mini King converted Cooper S? Didn't John used to revert Coopers to Mini K standard at one stage because of the cheaper insurance for the owners?

The boot and bonnet drip rail would tell a story and decide if its a cut and shut or a forgotten Cooper.

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SooperDooperMiniCooperExpertEngineering

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

what a load of bs , got any proof to back that up

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A good friend will come and bail you out of jail...but a true friend will be sitting next to you saying "Damn...that was fun!"

I read it on a toilet wall, but I've transcribed it below. I can't see where I got Mini King from, but I'm sure it was up here somewhere. Use the search and have a look around.



http://www.ausmini.com/forums/viewtopic ... per#585359

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SooperDooperMiniCooperExpertEngineering

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

Following is from great Police Minis article by Watto in The Mini Experience.

John Smidt of The Mini King, remembers when he owned Mini Kingdom he frequently bought ex-police Cooper S from the public auctions. “They usually had about ten a week. They might not have sold them all, but there were always about that number for sale. The problem was, you couldn’t sell a Cooper S then, because it was too hard to get insurance. I used to buy them, pull the engines out, pull all the Cooper S bits off, the brakes, right-hand tank, that sort of thing, and fix them up, throw an 1100 engine in and sell them as a Mini K.”
“The irony is, I couldn’t sell the Cooper S, but I could easily sell a Cooper S engine, and the brakes and everything else. I made more money changing them over to Mini K’s and selling all the Cooper S bits separately. I probably did that to at least 100 of them.”

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ex-NSW Police 1970 MK II Cooper S
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I think somebody might owe somebody an appology.

i wanst stabbing at u , just found this hard to swallow .
anyway back to the mini K boat,
may need it up here in brissy soon if the rain doesnt stop

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A good friend will come and bail you out of jail...but a true friend will be sitting next to you saying "Damn...that was fun!"

Try as I might, I can't see the apology in that?

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Ha ha, sorry guys, Scotty Told me to write the numbers down........ After he saw some of the Jesting on the previous pages, to see what happens.......

Well we have finished the raft, even went to Kmart ( local Tip) and a minivan seat was being thrown out ( along with the van) and fitted perfectly, so we now have a front seat!

We have also painted it Green and White Roof and White bonnet stripes, Painted some mag wheels onto the drums....

Now Scotty is off to rig up some form of hose pump thing

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I believe the proper Mini K number is YG2S1. That's what mine is.

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You're only supposed to blow the BLUDDY DOORS OFF!!

Well done and well played. Some people here deserved it!
I figured you were up to something so I didn't want to jump right in when you first posted the numbers.

I've gotta' admit I was reeled in....thinking how bad you must have felt now.
'twas a good one.