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Car Forum / MINI / June 2004Mk3 Cooper S questions
Hi, looked at a MK3 english Cooper s today, a rare car in Australia, mean't to be a 73 model, has twin tanks clubman taillights, no overiders/nerf bars, 140 kph speedo. Has a morris 1100 S type engine with no cam plates & rubber uni joints. Are all these things right??? If not what should it have????? Doogie Sydney Australia, in the freezing winter, gets to 7 degrees at night. Bit of a tricky one that, australian models seem to have gone on past the UK's Cooper S cutoff point maybe of 1972? Does it have internal or external door hinges? Does the door window have a small window that is hinged and a large one that winds up and down? I would have thought though the motor should have been 1275cc with twin carbs of a factory fitted webber.... The rubber uni joints sound right. Jono  SignatureBarspeed Mini`s - Devoted to the Classic Mini "Persisto Transverbero Adversum" Email - barspeed@hotmail.com The Rover Mini Se7en Register - http://www.geocities.com/minise7en2001/ Barspeed Mini`s - http://barspeed.topcities.com Barspeed Mini`s Group - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/barspeed Barspeed Motor Album - http://barspeed1.topcities.com If you have received this email in error please click below. barspeed@hotmail.com > Hi, looked at a MK3 english Cooper s today, a rare car in Australia, mean't > to be a 73 model, has twin tanks clubman taillights, no overiders/nerf bars, [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.706 / Virus Database: 462 - Release Date: 14/06/2004 its not an S, or probably even a Cooper. Send me some photos and chassi engine numbers if you like and I'll check it against my records books Last official build date on an S was 1971, some sneaked through as a 1972. All had a 1275 engine and later style rectangular tail lights etc. Sounds like another example of a paper car that no longer, or possibly never existed. Ive seen 100's in my time. > Hi, looked at a MK3 english Cooper s today, a rare car in Australia, mean't > to be a 73 model, has twin tanks clubman taillights, no overiders/nerf bars, [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.706 / Virus Database: 462 - Release Date: 14/06/2004 > its not an S, or probably even a Cooper. Send me some photos and chassi > engine numbers if you like and I'll check it against my records books [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] >>Doogie >>Sydney Australia, in the freezing winter, gets to 7 degrees at night. What Colour was the car. there was one around here that was green that was a clubman with a round front put on it. Sounds like that one. Good job. rm > Hi, looked at a MK3 english Cooper s today, a rare car in Australia, mean't > to be a 73 model, has twin tanks clubman taillights, no overiders/nerf bars, > 140 kph speedo. Has a morris 1100 S type engine with no cam plates & rubber > uni joints. Are all these things right??? If not what should it have????? 1. British Mk3 Cooper S were only made between '69 and '71 with '72 registrations being very much an exception 2. Twin tanks and Clubman rear lights would be correct 3. Some British Mk3 Cooper S cars came with overiders/nerf bars and some didn't 4. A British Mk3 Cooper S engine *should* have tappet/cam plates, although some people claim that some of the very last had Italian Innocenti Cooper 1300 blocks without them. 5. A British Mk3 Cooper S would have solid Hardy Spicer uni joints. So given facts 1. and especially 5. I'd say its a fake. Andrew Murray Mini Owners Club Limited Editions Register http://www.minilimitededitions.co.uk |
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