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sorry for being a pedant but Cooper S were 970, 1071 or 1275, Coopers were 998, Cooper S head was also 11 stud not 9 and if fitted to a 998 block the valves would hit the block as all Cooper S had same bore and capacity was varied by stroke length 😳998 Cooper S Head
My first car was always going to be a mini - and it was: £300 for a badly handpainted 1975 850. Which promptly had a NOS 998 dropped into it, some lovely black centred minlites and a beautiful respray in BMW Mauritius blue.
I left it in storage at my parents' house and was going to restore it when I discovered last year that my mother had sold it. [url= http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/being-disowned-bydisowning-your-family ]I very nearly disowned her for that..![/url].
My father, in 1996 bought one of the official Rover convertibles, which he owned as a second car for a few years, and my sister had a Cooper in around 1995 (actually, she had two, having written the first off).
Now, none of us own minis, but i hope those who had our cars have had fun in them..! Well, especially my father's mini, which was bought by a lad from German, who came over with his girlfriend, tried to pay with a German banker's draft and were distraught when it couldn't be accepted. They went home (my parents driving them to the airport), arranged a proper transfer, and came back another time to collect. All happy in the end. 😀
I've worked on a few, this one recently
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It's what the customer wanted!
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www.peterflynnclassiccars.com
Oh dear, I feel an attack of minitis coming on. Was browsing/drooling through a Mini magazine barely an hour ago, and then I see this... 🙂
here's the one soon to be mine!
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Had loads of mins 😀 fave was a 1340 clubman with a beam axle, de seamed very quick.
Had a couple of pick ups would be worth a fortune now. Cant believe the money they make these days.
Votchy i think he meant the 12G295 Cooper head.
I've got a 72 1000 in the garage, needs some attention as it has been stood for a while since i got into mbikes and working abroad.
Did all the normal mods and is now a RSP replica, 80000miles of abuse through my teens and early twenties.
It will fly again........along with all the other projects i have......
My first car was a 1275GT - sh1t to a blanket......... also had an 1100 clubman at the same time.
So much fun.
Always wanted a Kent Auto Developments conversion. Wonder if they still make them.