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Anyone on here from sweden ;) Interested on any info of the cars run by BMC in sweden for the likes of Tom Trana, Bengt Soderstrom, harry Kallstrom, Picko Troberg etc
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Hi Smoke,

A MK I S was seen at Copenhagen Historic GP 2009 ( not racing )

It had a heritage certificate, with info that said it was delivered to BMC comps Abingdon.

Registration JBL 494D. It was found in Sweden many years ago.


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JC T ONE wrote:Hi Smoke,

A MK I S was seen at Copenhagen Historic GP 2009 ( not racing )

It had a heritage certificate, with info that said it was delivered to BMC comps Abingdon.

Registration JBL 494D. It was found in Sweden many years ago.


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That' s interesting, was it not JBL493D or JMO969D. JBL494D was sold to Adrian Boyd at the finish of the 1967 Circuit of Ireland, and remained with the Boyd family untill the late seventies. My father bought the car back in 1987 still with it's superb works wiring loom, Makinen sumpguard with jacking points on, green logbook and irish papers. The car will hopefully be on the road again later this year :D
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I cant remember 100% :? (not getting younger :roll: )

And I dont have the pictures anymore, as I send them to MCR mag ( think they were printet?)

The story was something about it being in a crash ? and left in Sweden by the works, and then a local BMC mechanic bought the car, and repaired it.

There is a Peter inhere who knows more, I will send him the link to this thread.
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Picko Troberg's 62 Monte fiesta yellow 997 8-)

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Don't think they are all works cars - but some nice photo's.

1964 - Midnattssolsrallyt

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Harry ”Sputnik” Källström och andreföraren Rangvald Håkansson i en BMC Cooper S.
1967 - Trandansen

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Anders Kulläng BMC Cooper Forshaga MK.

1968 - Östgötarallyt SM 9/10 Februari.

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Lars Ingvar Ytterbring och Lars Persson SMK Köping.

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Per Olof Flogner och Kjell Weiring SMK Gävle BMC Cooper.

More pictures and info (in swedish) on this page: http://www.lms.se/rally/Nostalgi/

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Some more pictures found on the net - in search of my own car. (Still looking for any information on my Austin Mini Cooper swedish reg.no. H28729 and later GHB079. The car was bought in 1962 by a man in Kalmar - Sweden).

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KennethDK wrote:Some more pictures found on the net - in search of my own car. (Still looking for any information on my Austin Mini Cooper swedish reg.no. H28729 and later GHB079. The car was bought in 1962 by a man in Kalmar - Sweden).

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Excellent stuff Kenneth, Bengt Soderstrom seems to have many events in that red/black 997 B41841. :D
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I know :D

Not a works Mini - and not swedish, but had to post Dad's old car :lol:

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These two are from Rallye Baltic 1970
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A MK I S was seen at Copenhagen Historic GP 2009 ( not racing )

It had a heritage certificate, with info that said it was delivered to BMC comps Abingdon.

Registration JBL 494D. It was found in Sweden many years ago.
I think the supposed registration of that was JBL 495D - but there is no more 'works' about that car than my new slippers.
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Simon776 wrote:

I think the supposed registration of that was JBL 495D - but there is no more 'works' about that car than my new slippers.


Could have been 495D ?? really cant remember, just took a picture of it.

Even if its just a paper, it would still fit in with around 95% of the other so called "works" :lol:
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Hi Smoke and JC

The Color pic is from Rally to the Midnight Sun 9-14/6-1964 and S30578 is start nr. 153 Lennart Engelbreckt/Lars-Erik Olsson-Fillipstads MC in a Cooper 997 from the gr.1 851-1000cc class.

The Mini JC mentioned, is JBL 495D and my teori is that it is still in its original shell, but now converted to LHD.

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Kenneth!did your father own the car from new? AE43.908 is a Q2 1967 registration plate.
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1071dk wrote:Hi Smoke and JC


The Mini JC mentioned, is JBL 495D and my teori is that it is still in its original shell, but now converted to LHD.

Peter


Hi Peter,
and thanks for your input, could not remember the reg no :?


Jens Christian

PS tried to call you a couple of times, but you were not in.
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Busy retired, with no time to spare :)
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1071dk wrote:Busy retired, with no time to spare :)
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1071dk wrote:Kenneth!did your father own the car from new? AE43.908 is a Q2 1967 registration plate.
I don't think so. He is sadly not around anymore - so I can't ask him. The car should have been a 997cc Cooper - with period "upgrades". As many others did at that time, the small Mk1 tail lights was replaced with the larger Mk2 ones - to make the car look new :lol:
BTW the car was red / black roof.

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SMOKE GREY wrote:Anyone on here from sweden ;) Interested on any info of the cars run by BMC in sweden for the likes of Tom Trana, Bengt Soderstrom, harry Kallstrom, Picko Troberg etc
Yes and Bjorn Waldegaard, L-I Ytterbring, Lille-Bror Nasenius, Ove Andersson, Barbara Johansson and Anders Kullang.
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