Picked up a Mk2 Cooper S body yesterday, was destined for the tip. Have asked Kev to post the pic for me. Is a genuine S shell, with correct compliance plate, November 1970 build. Know little of it's histroy other than PO stripped exterior paint and has sat outside in the weather for a number of years. Body is remarkably sound with very little rust, floors are good, likewise boot floor although the boot corners have holes. And, the body is straight. It is certainly repairable and have a very rusty 70 Mini K as a donor car. RH tank, doors and bootlid came with the car too. A long term project.

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Steve

Here 'tis..

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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.

Nice find. Cairns is good for barn finds. ONce bought a Mk 1 Cooper S out near Mareeba in 1993. Paid $10 for it, yes $10.

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1970 Cooper S ex-Bathurst & ATCC
1964 Austin Cooper S ex-Group C race car
1967 Morris Cooper S ex-Group B
1962 Mini Speed sports sedan
1968-71 ex-Peter Manton Shell car

Said it to you many many times before in the past Greg.......... you arsey arsey bugger.................

$10.00..........................

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I can't beat that. But I got my MiniMatic for a bottle of Chivas Regal..
Then spent ~$5K to get it on the road..

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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.

you as well Doc

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OT- Hey Steve are you taking the budgie perches off the bumpers, real `matics didn't have 'em.. or the overriders either!

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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.

Can anyone help me with identifying what the original colour might have been. It's nit the yellow in the door jamb, but the darkish blue on the passenger's windscreen pillar. It's a colour I'm not familiar with. Anyone know what it might be?

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Steve

Could be the colour above the yellow

What a Bargin any Cooper or Cooper S saved is a bargin

Front aprin looks a little different...no Bumper seam

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Looks baltic blue, is the right year for it too. The other nearer colour is Indigo blue but this is a little bit darker, and with a bit more green in the mix

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1970 Cooper S ex-Bathurst & ATCC
1964 Austin Cooper S ex-Group C race car
1967 Morris Cooper S ex-Group B
1962 Mini Speed sports sedan
1968-71 ex-Peter Manton Shell car

Look here-
http://www.elevenhundred.com/morris1500/colours.htm
Colour looks like Cadet Blue? Maybe..

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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.

Yellow Zinc Chromate and Smoke Blue on pillars

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i met a guy once who bought his mate's troublesome matic for a $2 coin.
he tossed the matic engine and slapped a 'better' thing into it... shameless.

hey is that rust... all over the car... like its got a really really good brown paint job

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Appreciation without Depreciation
forever chasing clearer skies...

OT yes Doc in time....... i have to find some bumpers that match the condition that the S one's are............ this is proving hard

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Nice find and a great LONG TERM project!!

That front bumper flange has definitely been removed.