
Just a nice period picture
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Re: Just a nice period picture
RIP Jane Birkin...
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1968 Mk2 Morris Cooper
1968 Mk2 Morris Cooper S
1992 Maserati Biturbo 430 2.8 litre V6
1968 Mk2 Morris Cooper
1968 Mk2 Morris Cooper S
1992 Maserati Biturbo 430 2.8 litre V6
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Re: Just a nice period picture
Morrises with Austin badges fitted - still with the Morris badge holes!mab01uk wrote: ↑Wed Jul 12, 2023 4:09 pm
Longbridge Engineers testing early Coopers in France.
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Re: Just a nice period picture
It may just be the photography but that car seems to have an extraordinary amount of negative camber at the front 

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Re: Just a nice period picture
Just the usual Cowley factory tolerances I'd say.....
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Re: Just a nice period picture
Also neg at the rear ?
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Re: Just a nice period picture
Yes, I agree. There certainly looks to be something odd about the stance but I don't know what. The car is rather a bitza I think with the odd badging etc. It looks as if the front indicators are working as sidelights and there is some sort of bracket or something beneath the grille. I also noticed that it doesn't have any bumper corner bars which would have been standard on any Cooper. It's probably a bit of a test "mule" isn't it?
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Re: Just a nice period picture
Are they flat indicators/ side lights, could it be a works lamp bar bracket below the grill?
I agree about the camber front and rear..
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I agree about the camber front and rear..
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Re: Just a nice period picture
It’s an early smoke grey Morris 997 road test/PR car. It is wearing Austin badges and also had a right hand tank. It did 24 hours at Monthelry in France four up.