mk1-forum.net

Found this in an old Austin magazine.....

I wonder what you would have got your best return on, a 1275 cooper s or a healey 3000 if you had just bought it and stashed it away?

_________________
should you wish, you can contact me on rich@minispares.com

'long beard boss'

Sprite or 1100 de luxe. Not a difficult choice then...

_________________
1964 Austin Cooper S 1275
1965 Austin Cooper 998
1967 Morris Minor 1000
1967 Austin Cooper 998 Mk II
1969 Austin Cooper S 1275
1972 Austin 1300GT (2x)
1975 Mini Jubilee
1978 Mini 1000
1991 Rover Cooper (Carburettor)

Interesting Dermott.

Shows how much HOY would have been had it been sold as soon as it was built.

I wonder how much it was actually sold for 18 months later when it was an 'old' model

Purchase tax was quite a chunk wasn't it? You can understand why some of the small car producers went down the 'it's a kit car guv honest' route. Having said that, a 1275 'S' Unipower GT would set you back £1190 only a year or two later.

It was only 1% more than todays VAT rate.

998 Cooper good value I reckon.

I always thought that 998 Coopers were good value £ per CC against the S Smoke Grey

They still are

Quite a premium for the 1275 over the 970 I notice.

TOTALLY agree Island Blue. Coopers are fantastic value for money and underrated little cars. Love 'em to bits and wish I'd kept the one I recovered in '88 or so from a work pals husband who locked it in his mums wooden outhouse/garage - and left it! New water pump, new battery, clean fuel 2x new rear wheel cylinders and that was it