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[mk3 Cooper S]

Cables on top of the clutch housing may have been attached to the fresh air heater on the inner wing that is not there anymore?

[minimk1]

thanks for all your positive comments and knowledge on my cooper ,ace 01 thanks for clearing up the issue with the unusual cylinder head code for a 1962 cooper 997,i was surprised to hear that the code 12a 185 was used on both the 997 and 1071.i will get my son harry to upload some pictures when he gets in( that will please him)!!. anyway thanks again .off to bingley at end of month see if i can see some cooper 997s and have a chat,also got to buy some parts for my sons mini resto while we are there thanks again mark.

[ace01]

is that the correct colour fuel gauge for a pre 62/63, the early ones were white/magnolia colour?

Yes that is the correct colour. Only the early minis were magnolia. All Coopers were black. Incidentally that is the correct early original speedo without tenths.

[mk3 Cooper S]

The whole car looks correct!!

I would love to be cheeky enough to ask you what you paid for it!!!

[ace01]

I've just realisled that the missing part from the clutch housing is the solenoid. The battery cable and starter motor cable bolt onto it. I can see no evidence of the fresh air heater assembly. The snail blower would have been where the servo (not originally fitted) is now and there would have been a flap type assembly bolted to the front panel.

Very original indeed, down to the master cylinders.

[minimk1]

so here are the pictures i finally got to upload but still more to come !

[minimk1]

[davej]

Great find, looking forward to seeing it finished, good luck with it.

[richw911]

Cant wait to see how this goes nice find

[Thorpsta]

Amazing find, I'll keep up to date with this as I'm restoring a MK1 aswell Good luck

[ministar]

Off to bingley at end of month see if i can see some cooper 997s and have a chat.

You might get lucky, but they really are rare. As said above cooper register might be a place to look and for more information, but please keep this thread going.

I never knew about the cylinder head numbers, cheers. And are the brakes 7'' lockheed variety?

Good luck

Edited by ministar, 10 January 2012 - 09:12 PM.

[minimk1]

Could my original radiator be repaired?  mni mk1 081.jpg   2.92MB   12 downloads  mni mk1 077.jpg   2.92MB   17 downloads vb

[ace01]

That radiator is probably beyond repairing. It is unusual to see one gone like that.

They can be picked up from time to time at autojumbles and the like. It is an early squre topped header tank, sometimes labeled 'Coventry'. They were fitted to all minis upto around '63 or so.

The discs look like the 7'' ones. I can't tell if that is the very early caliper or the later type-both were fitted to 997s. The earlier type had smaller pads that did not have holes for the pins.

Edited by ace01, 11 January 2012 - 02:01 PM.

[Ryang556]

I love this mini! Hope to get myself an early one like this someday, lack of space and money at the moment though haha

[josh.goddard]

This car is a real good find and i will be following this thread

Josh