now THAT'S a project! looking good mate! other than the spit, u reinforcing the shell to stop it twisting/flexing? or is the spit enough? will keep an eye on the rebuild!
Mk1 Standard Shell Vs Cooper
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HiHo
, Mar 14 2012 11:06 PM
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Posted 15 March 2012 - 11:37 PM
Nah, I got a good tape rule from Aldi!
Actually, I lost a lot of sleep working out how to keep (or get her back) straight, So I kept the original subframes and doors then mounted them all up to their respective homes (as close as I could because the hinge mounts had gone from the apex panels), then offered up the rebuilt floor - everything just slotted in (even the rubber bushes didn't need squashing on the front of the rear subframe), so I guess something really must be wrong, I mean, it really shouldn't be this easy!
Actually, I lost a lot of sleep working out how to keep (or get her back) straight, So I kept the original subframes and doors then mounted them all up to their respective homes (as close as I could because the hinge mounts had gone from the apex panels), then offered up the rebuilt floor - everything just slotted in (even the rubber bushes didn't need squashing on the front of the rear subframe), so I guess something really must be wrong, I mean, it really shouldn't be this easy!
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Posted 18 March 2012 - 08:26 PM
Quite a project you have there - good luck with it. I can't see anything to make one think it was a Cooper shell
Not in 1962 they didn't.
Not on a Cooper
Thousands of S's were built without a right hand tank - most 1071 and 970's and early 1275's had a single tank.
The cooper shells had boot board brackets welded to the rear bulkhead and the boot hinge panel.
Not in 1962 they didn't.
the voltage regulator was mounted on the bulkhead side of the cross on the inner wing instead of next to the washer bottle infront of the cross member.
Not on a Cooper
The RH tank was an option from 1966, but in practice all Cooper 'S' cars had this as standard.
Thousands of S's were built without a right hand tank - most 1071 and 970's and early 1275's had a single tank.
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Posted 18 March 2012 - 10:34 PM
There doesn't appear to be a hole in the tunnel for the remote gear change which all Coopers and Cooper 'S's had.
What I should have said earlier was that before 1966 the RH tank was an option for all Minis. After 1966 all the 'S' models had a RH tank as standard and it was homologated from about March or April that year. The Minis on the 1966 Monte Carlo Rally (when they were disqualified over the lights. If they had had twin tanks they would have been disqual. for that as well) only had a single 5.5 gallon tank. The RH tank was never standard on the 998 Cooper.
In practice there was not one body production line making 850 shells and another making 998 Cooper and 'S' shells. They were all made on the same line, then the additional parts required for the Coopers were added, off line as I understand it, with the hole cut from a template and the cover plate for the 850 gear lever hole fitted.
What I should have said earlier was that before 1966 the RH tank was an option for all Minis. After 1966 all the 'S' models had a RH tank as standard and it was homologated from about March or April that year. The Minis on the 1966 Monte Carlo Rally (when they were disqualified over the lights. If they had had twin tanks they would have been disqual. for that as well) only had a single 5.5 gallon tank. The RH tank was never standard on the 998 Cooper.
In practice there was not one body production line making 850 shells and another making 998 Cooper and 'S' shells. They were all made on the same line, then the additional parts required for the Coopers were added, off line as I understand it, with the hole cut from a template and the cover plate for the 850 gear lever hole fitted.
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