1964 1275 cooper s tweek grey adventure

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1964 1275 cooper s tweek grey adventure

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A usa 🇺🇸 trip of a life time
See a mini cooper s mk1 advertised on Facebook for sale in florida .agree to buy it and arrange a holiday in a week for me and the kids to buy the car arrange a recovery truck to pick up and take to the docks. And then go to disney after .I was sending emails backing and forwards all week . Arrange the shipping company. A recovery truck . Notorized receipt. Visas . I went to money exchange place in uk and got the us dollars to pay for the cooper s . I flew over with the us dollars in cash in my back pack .
A trip that I was told was far fetched and crazy. Driving in usa . Left hand drive automatic on left hand side of the road was certainly a challenge!. But we pulled it off . so stayed about 50 miles away.went to the sellers address for 8am . Recovery truck collected at 10.30am and took to the docks . So whats the furthest you travelled to go buy a car ? i travelled 4500miles to do the deal on this one !
according to the heritage certificate the 1275s was made on 22 sep 64 in tweek grey . left factory dry. cooper s is in solid condition. i have changed the boot floor . floors were good . didn’t need changing . its had a new front panel . no more welding needed . i will update with my progress. thanks. peter
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WOW! THat's quite an adventure.

Looks like a good car too. Very similar to mine, in that it has had a life, but hasn't fizzed away like UK homed cars do.

I look forward to seeing your progress.

BTW, What's the paint code for Tweek grey :lol: :lol:
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boot floor replacement
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That rare crossover late dry car in a “wet” shell. Had one just like it.
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Hope you're keeping the painting on the roof!
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yes the roof is staying! . one star short as another state has joined since the roof was done . thanks peter
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Credit to you for going and getting that, just shows there’s still some proper Ss left over there! Bought a few from the U.S over the years, great buy, look forward to seeing progress!
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I went all the way to Australia to get a Mini once.

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The adventure has started !
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