The Cooper Works later The Traffic Police Garage In Surbiton

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What is that little red and white step-thru moped thinggy, just visible between the red mini and the citrus estate. I think I now where one of them is...... Is that an old M20 Triumph too?
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That was a lot of money for a 997/998 Cooper in 1981. Most were sub £500 and plenty of ropey ones for £250.
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Costafortune wrote: ↑Thu Nov 25, 2021 5:41 pm That was a lot of money for a 997/998 Cooper in 1981. Most were sub £500 and plenty of ropey ones for £250.
But John Cooper leant on it so that adds a premium.
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