My 2-year old Cooper S during a visit to Boho South (near Violet Town, central Vic)
in 1973.
Who'd of thought I'd still have the same car (more or less ) 40 years later .

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Curly
'64 Cooper 'S' (Group Nb spec)
'67 Mini Marcos GT www.mm7056.wordpress.com

Have you been around that stretch again of road of late?

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SooperDooperMiniCooperExpertEngineering

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

No, but I'd guess it would be a bit drier than it was on that trip

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Curly
'64 Cooper 'S' (Group Nb spec)
'67 Mini Marcos GT www.mm7056.wordpress.com

It was nice of you to stop and see if the tractor needed help to get up the hill

nice accessories - rear spot light, rear windscreen wiper, rear windscreen demister - what else did it have?

and what's the car number

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did I tell you that I won a trophy?

At that stage it also had a chrome nudge bar with a pair of aircraft landing lights fitted to it and twin 1.5" SUs. The Rego Number was KWS720 Car No.YG2S42766

Many years later we had an accident, so I decided to de-seam it and fit a Clubman-style fibreglass tilt front and Clubman tail lights. Personalised number plates were fitted SS029.



Then another decade or so later I wanted to go Group N racing, so it was reshelled into a 997 Cooper shell (YKA2S12223), but still with the Cooper S ID plate It was raced regularly for about 10 years in Vic, NSW & SA.



Another decade further down the track and it's now a road-going Grp Nb car (on Club Permit plates) that's enjoying a very successful hillclimb career.



It's certainly had a chequered life, and to some purists it's probably not a Cooper S anymore, but to me it's still the same one-lady-owner Cooper S I bought back in 1972.

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Curly
'64 Cooper 'S' (Group Nb spec)
'67 Mini Marcos GT www.mm7056.wordpress.com

Chassis #2766 means it's probably a November 1970 car. Does that sound right?

I'll add the original car's details to the Cooper S register if that's OK? Can you confirm it was Camino Gold with Crystal White roof and black interior? Also, do you still have the original engine number? It will be a 9/FX/EY prefix and in the range 560nn - 561nn.

Do you know which dealership originally sold the car to the "lady owner"?

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

Winabbey, re your enquiry ....

I believe that it was first registered in 1971 with a build date of 12/70. The original engine was 9FXEY56128, which I still have in the shed with one or 2 others and the colour was Camino Gold all over with a black interior.
It was originally purchased at Lanes Motors in Hartwell (Melbourne eastern suburb) by a Mrs Taylor who was the wife of the then Sales Manager.

Hope that fills in a few gaps.

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Curly
'64 Cooper 'S' (Group Nb spec)
'67 Mini Marcos GT www.mm7056.wordpress.com

Thanks Curly, much appreciated.

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

Great story! Sad the original body was lost along the way, but we didn't know how iconic and collectable they would become !

I really enjoyed reading all that.