General Chat with an emphasis on BMC Minis & Other iconic cars of the 1960's.
tweedy998
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by tweedy998 » Mon Nov 14, 2022 9:31 pm
Exminiman wrote: ↑ Mon Nov 14, 2022 9:14 pm
Minisprinter wrote: ↑ Mon Nov 14, 2022 8:01 pm
1ely wrote: ↑ Mon Nov 14, 2022 5:23 pm
DJB 93B sold for £124,875 looks like someone was happy to spaff the cash!!!
I presume its the same guy that spent £455.00 on a throttle cable recently.
MS
Do you think hes got any money left, £140k for another works car 569 FMO, nice to have a pair of them ………..
https://racecarsdirect.com/Advert/Detai ... ris-mini-c
I think for the £140k, ex-works or not, I think I'd like the wipers to actually sit on the windscreen properly...
1965 Tweed Grey Mk1 Morris Cooper 998
Exminiman
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by Exminiman » Mon Nov 14, 2022 10:10 pm
Re 569 FMO
What is the idea of the mini screen, perspex, I assume ?
Maybe to improve demisting or safety ?
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by Ronnie » Tue Nov 15, 2022 2:53 pm
Exminiman wrote: ↑ Mon Nov 14, 2022 10:10 pm
Re 569 FMO
What is the idea of the mini screen, perspex, I assume ?
Maybe to improve demisting or safety ?
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No heated screens then, used to dissipate the heat (demist) evenly over the whole windscreen.
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by Exminiman » Tue Nov 15, 2022 4:11 pm
Ronnie wrote: ↑ Tue Nov 15, 2022 2:53 pm
Exminiman wrote: ↑ Mon Nov 14, 2022 10:10 pm
Re 569 FMO
What is the idea of the mini screen, perspex, I assume ?
Maybe to improve demisting or safety ?
66CF3A32-A036-45D9-8405-C77F09214797.png
No heated screens then, used to dissipate the heat (demist) evenly over the whole windscreen.
Cheers for that, was it common on works cars ?
AndyPen
1275 Cooper S
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by AndyPen » Tue Nov 15, 2022 4:14 pm
Exminiman wrote: ↑ Tue Nov 15, 2022 4:11 pm
Ronnie wrote: ↑ Tue Nov 15, 2022 2:53 pm
Exminiman wrote: ↑ Mon Nov 14, 2022 10:10 pm
Re 569 FMO
What is the idea of the mini screen, perspex, I assume ?
Maybe to improve demisting or safety ?
66CF3A32-A036-45D9-8405-C77F09214797.png
No heated screens then, used to dissipate the heat (demist) evenly over the whole windscreen.
Cheers for that, was it common on works cars ?
Only the earliest cars, heater elements were also used to warm the upcoming air, then once the heated screens arrived, they were used.
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by Ronnie » Tue Nov 15, 2022 4:55 pm
The 64 monte cars had the deflector as well as a drivers side only (no Tok switch) windscreen.
rolesyboy
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by rolesyboy » Tue Nov 15, 2022 5:08 pm
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swifty
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by swifty » Tue Nov 15, 2022 6:36 pm
Certainly not a record for a mk2 . As some of you may know my mk2 cooper sold for £55k in 2015 . Quite proud of that and at this present time I don’t know or have heard of a higher price achieved… Ken
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MiNiKiN
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by MiNiKiN » Thu Nov 24, 2022 8:35 am
Funny, I offered 6k but they did not seem keen on my money...
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by rolesyboy » Thu Nov 24, 2022 10:42 am
Its definitely an early woody
Looks like the tunnel in the great escape with all those timbers holding it up
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by surfblue63 » Wed Nov 30, 2022 10:50 am
apblake
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by apblake » Thu Dec 01, 2022 7:02 pm
There is what appears to be a super original and possibly low mileage MkII Cooper S on Bring a Trailer right now. It was a personal export to Canada and one thing that is strange is there is an extra “KC” on the engine tag (that is not on the heritage certificate). Anybody know what that might be??
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1969- ... nts-anchor
apblake
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by apblake » Thu Dec 01, 2022 7:12 pm
It looks like the car has optional 1.5” carburetors and someone is speculating that the engine may have had some custom modifications done by the factory that the KC corresponds to. But I have no idea if that makes sense.
Simon776
1275 Cooper S
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by Simon776 » Thu Dec 01, 2022 9:27 pm
KC = 11AC alternator
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