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Car 4

Thanks Mike I will look out for the scrap of paper in the glovebox when the car arrives in the UK

I can't see what colour car 4(see above) is but it looks like a dark Connaught/B-Racing green. I often wonder why they didn't make Coopers and S's in that colour - or mini's generally. I'm sure that it'd have been a good seller

Does anyone remember that sort of damson colour that was used on standard Mk1 and 2(?) standard mini's? I recall a bloke I knew who lived near to my then girlfriend in Shrivenham who worked at the styling place at Cowley that that particular colour wasn't acceptable as a two-tone colour with the two roof colour options of white and black that they were geared up for. White made the car look like it had a large bulbous roof while the black appeared to make the car roof look like a flat steel panel instead of the slightly domed compound curve. There was a good suitable alternative and I think it was a honeysuckle/pale cream/sicky colour but they weren't geared up for limited colour combination runs.

I've often wondered why some of the Elf and Hornet colour combos weren't offered on the Coopers at the same time.

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Nidge

1968 Mk2 Morris Cooper S
1994 Jap Mini 1275 Auto 'project 70s backdate'

Ahh that's easy cos most of 'em were fekin orrible!!

Ah well case closed!

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Nidge

1968 Mk2 Morris Cooper S
1994 Jap Mini 1275 Auto 'project 70s backdate'

Peter, that colour was maroon B. One of the few mk1 colours not used for Coopers.

Ironically, while British Racing Green wasn't available on minis in Britain (!), I believe it was a standard color on Australian Coopers.

Just had confirmation the WP S will arrive at Southampton docks next Wednesday the 1st November