The Cooper Works later The Traffic Police Garage In Surbiton

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The Canada Road workshop below as seen in the film "GrandPrix"
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The Hollyfield Rd garage finally got it's blue plaque yesterday!
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More pictures...please
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Here it is.
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Looking good. Thank Christ it wasn't turned into starter homes.
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There's a small write up on the English Heritage web site


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Thurs was a great day up at Surbiton apart from the weather on the way up
I was asked if I could take the van and thats the first time I got it up there
Very memorable day. Alvaro the owner of the workshop is keen to keep the
history going. Van was in good company and we retired to THE pub round the corner
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Alec Issigonis & John Cooper 1962 - Exhibition Centre, Longbridge.
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Bruce McLaren test drive in Surbiton....
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Same lovely Austin Super7 poster in the window of Speedwell's showroom.
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In Cooper Car Co window, Surbiton, 1981.
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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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Reg No: 69 XPA
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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 4:41 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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