1962 Morris cooper

[Andycooper]

It seems I have recently acquired a Morris cooper
It's a bit rough well it's a basket case the 997 engine
And v5 is with it has a right hand tank just the front
Seats missing not as if they would be any good just
Wondering if anyone on here would be intrested in it
Or could give me an idea of what it's worth
Thanks
Andy

[STG95F]

PM me the details

thanks Ian

[Andycooper]

Pics to follow

[Andycooper]

For some reason on the log book it says it's a 998 but I'm sure the 998 was not used in1962 am I right in thinking this and how would I find out if it's wrong ?

[STG95F]

Hi , 997 Mk1 came out in 11/07/1961 - Dec 1963 And the 998 came out in 20/11/1963 , Hope this helps , It may have had an engine change ?? . Best do a check from the VIN

Any good with some pics ??


Thanks Ian

[STG95F]

Any good with the info ??

Ian

[Andycooper]

Yes it has had engine swap the numbers on the v5 match the engine thanks for the help and im going to try and upload the pics tomorrow

[Andycooper]

[rolesyboy]

Great photos (and astonished it held together for them!) Could this be the next project for Nippycars????

[Pete]

Yes it has had engine swap

..and a shell swap if it's a '62 (later shell), it's certainly had a life !

[STG95F]

Yes , the seat belt points are the lower type . So all that is original by the look of it is the logbook ?

[Andycooper]

And what makes u say that ?

[Andycooper]

It's on a v5 and all the numbers match

[STG95F]

A 62 shell would have the high seat belt points , So its been shelled into a later Mk1 shell , Has it got a fresh air intake into the car (o/s bulk head ) ??

[Pete]

Lots of cars got reshelled Andy and the numbers screwed on to the donor shell, it's no biggy but oddly the reg number 698 CWT doesn't come up on the DVLA search for Austin or Morris.

[Andycooper]

Because it's not been on the road for about 30 years

[Andycooper]

And I very much doubt that the wrong shell matters much now any way unless someone has Alot of time and money to rebuild the shell piece by peice

[STG95F]

Yes totally agree . How much of the interior is left and is it the Brocade type ? . Also what colour was the car originally on the logbook or do you have a heritage Cert for the car

[Pete]

If you have a V5 (not a buff logbook) it should 99.9% of the time be on the computer. If it's not then it could have been removed at a time when DVLA's computer system ran out of space in the 90's when they deleted a quantity of them (that hadn't been taxed for donkeys) by all accounts to make room and so you'd have to re apply for a V5C using the V765 scheme.

Over and out.

[814CWE]

sounds fun--

got my v5c for my grey 62 this week.....took a tad under 3 weeks
most pleased !