I recently looked at a Mini K that was for sale. It was resprayed on the outside but knock me down it was originally black from the BMC factory. I bought the car and plan to restore it sympathetically.

I would like to know if anyone else knows of another black Mini K with parchment interior trim or if anyone knows of the history of my car which has body number 3444.
Cheers,
Clint

G'day Clint,
Welome to the Ausmini Foum, I hope somebody is able to help you find more information about your project car.- how about posting up a couple of pictures.
I must drop in one day soon to have a look at your progress.
Steve

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

Thanks Steve. I want to get around to your garage to check out the Marcos GT as well. Not sure how to add pictures to the posts.

G'day Clint, there 's a How-To here: viewtopic.php?f=25&t=10405


Just join a photo server (like photobucket), upload images, and copy and paste the provided [img] links in here.
The pictures will automatically pop up when you post your message.

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Thanks Mick. I'll give it a try.

There are a few Black cars from the factory but they are quite rare especially later in the 60's and early 70's as black became less fashionable. Normally the result of a special order.

I know of a couple of genuine black Mk1 Cooper S. The ID plate simply says "BLACK".

So your car may have been part of a special fleet order or may have just been either end of a batch of a special order. e.g. half a dozen Vans are painted black for a company fleet and a few cars get the black at the same time.

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68 Morris Cooper S Mk1 (*ex 78 1275 LS 4th last built, 70 Morris 1500 OHC & 70 MiniMatic)

Thanks for the feedback, Phil. I tend to agree that this car was a special order of some description. The colour plate was hand written 'black'. Would really be good to find some history on the car but to date I've had no luck. Cheers mate.

Here are some pictures of the Mini K. Hope the link works.

http://s1369.photobucket.com/user/cmfra ... %20Uploads