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[alpina123]

Hi guys i own a mini seven s i am trying to find out some of the cars history, does anyone know if anyone can be contacted to find out history on the late mpi works s cars thanks guys( my car is the white one

[alpina123]

Anyone

[mab01uk]

Mike Cooper sold the Cooper rights to BMW a few years back and became a consultant /brand ambassador for them, like Paddy Hopkirk and Timo Makinen.
He also now runs his Cooper Bikes company here:
http://www.cooperbikes.com/

Edited by mab01uk, 26 October 2012 - 11:46 AM.

[alpina123]

Thanks hopefully i will get something out of that

[mab01uk]

I understood that all the Cooper records went into a skip when BMW took over. The Mini Seven was a Mini Cooper in all but name. You should also get in contact with the Mini Cooper Register. John Parnell, who wrote the definitive book on the Mini Cooper, is the registrar for Rover Coopers.
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Mike Cooper sold off the John Cooper Workshops and Showrooms Garage premises in Ferring, West Sussex, he only sold the John Cooper Works name and business heritage to BMW.......I very much doubt he would have thrown all the Cooper records into a skip! He is still interested in the heritage his father created and often attends the annual MCR Beaulieu show and MINI United, it is also unlikely anyone from BMW would have travelled to Ferring to specially throw the records in a skip, considering the lengths they have gone to to build up their historic collection of classic Mini's and Coopers over the past few years.

[mk1leg]

Hi guys i own a mini seven s i am trying to find out some of the cars history, does anyone know if anyone can be contacted to find out history on the late mpi works s cars thanks guys( my car is the white one

If your's is a JCW Conversion then it would have a plate attached to the drivers side cross member as per pic........

[alpina123]

yeah it does its a 90bhp s works seven i emailed mike cooepr and he remembers the car he once drove it to goodwood for a photoshoot to go on one of the brochures he also told me that when they shut down the garages one man took all of the documents for the conversions he hopes that one day they will resurface

[mab01uk]

You could try contacting Tony Franks below he was Chief Engineer at Coopers and may know more about the missing documents if you are lucky:
http://2008.minichal....php&header=mmc

Edited by mab01uk, 27 October 2012 - 10:00 PM.

[alpina123]

Thanks guys i have contacted tony franks throught the email adress on his website fingers crossed he gets back to me