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1930's CHARLES COOPER IN RACE CAR COOPER CAR COMPANY

Wheels on the Charles Cooper car look like Bugatti wheels?

The Car looks like a Bugatti 35C.

It doesn't look like Charles Cooper though.

Costafortune wrote:

foxy52 wrote:

UHR850 wrote:Mini No.23, leading Mini No.14, AT 1969 DAILY EXPRESS TROPHY

Kees.

..Great pic..Rhodes,Spice,Neal et al.. the late 60,s with the fastest S types built battling against the Mk 1 Escorts..the racing was incredible..especially the Crystal Palace events..my Dad had an F and G plate white Mk 1 Escorts..we were still outpaced by late MK2 and 3 S types on fast roads....memories !!!...foxy52

I think the Escorts were 1300GT's - Twin Cams were a lot faster.

...they were...about 115mph I think ?!…. we had 2 1300GT types.. the lotus twin cam had the bigger side badging and wider arches if I remember on the first road going versions....I used to see a few around Fulham circa 70/71....all were white cars.. foxy52

Peter Laidler wrote:I was working in Australia then, for getting on to 3 years between '67 and late 69 and frommy memory, the Bee Gees hadn't made any impact on the music scene in Oz. The Easy Beats, yes, Brian Foley the mini racer, yes but the Bee Gees...., nope!

Pete the Pom!

...aah memories...."Friday on my mind".....?!….foxy52

foxy52 wrote:

I think the Escorts were 1300GT's - Twin Cams were a lot faster.

...they were...about 115mph I think ?!…. we had 2 1300GT types.. the lotus twin cam had the bigger side badging and wider arches if I remember on the first road going versions....I used to see a few around Fulham circa 70/71....all were white cars.. foxy52[/quote][/quote]


Twin Cams were all Ermine white apart from Australian built CKD kits. They looked almost identical to a regular Escort apart from front quarter bumpers (Anglia van rears!) and very slight front arch flares. GT's (apart from very early ones) had stainless trim around the side windows and around the rear panel plus around the arches, but the TC had none - really basic trim as well. Most TC's had the useless oblong GT headlamps with the last year getting the better circular Lucas sealed beams.

The 1300GT wasn't as fast as an S on acceleration - about the same as a 1275GT - but were about the same flat out. That 1300 Crossflow was a revvy little bugger, very short stroke and big valves. The handling was pretty average though - you needed the proper one really.

UHR850 wrote:Sandie Shaw & Jeff Banks with Bentley & Mini Cooper cars in 1969

Kees.

Jeff's W&P...
(Edit : looks like it has a similar dash to Twiggy's W&P Mk2 Mini 1000)

The Broadspeed 1300GTs were a little bit more special engine wise than most people thought.

Costafortune wrote:

foxy52 wrote:

I think the Escorts were 1300GT's - Twin Cams were a lot faster.

...they were...about 115mph I think ?!…. we had 2 1300GT types.. the lotus twin cam had the bigger side badging and wider arches if I remember on the first road going versions....I used to see a few around Fulham circa 70/71....all were white cars.. foxy52

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Twin Cams were all Ermine white apart from Australian built CKD kits. They looked almost identical to a regular Escort apart from front quarter bumpers (Anglia van rears!) and very slight front arch flares. GT's (apart from very early ones) had stainless trim around the side windows and around the rear panel plus around the arches, but the TC had none - really basic trim as well. Most TC's had the useless oblong GT headlamps with the last year getting the better circular Lucas sealed beams.

The 1300GT wasn't as fast as an S on acceleration - about the same as a 1275GT - but were about the same flat out. That 1300 Crossflow was a revvy little bugger, very short stroke and big valves. The handling was pretty average though - you needed the proper one really.[/quote]

You're right, my S is quicker than my Escort GT, both standard spec cars.
To be fair though, the Escort does drive well.

Nick

Metronick wrote:

Costafortune wrote:

foxy52 wrote:

I think the Escorts were 1300GT's - Twin Cams were a lot faster.

...they were...about 115mph I think ?!…. we had 2 1300GT types.. the lotus twin cam had the bigger side badging and wider arches if I remember on the first road going versions....I used to see a few around Fulham circa 70/71....all were white cars.. foxy52

Twin Cams were all Ermine white apart from Australian built CKD kits. They looked almost identical to a regular Escort apart from front quarter bumpers (Anglia van rears!) and very slight front arch flares. GT's (apart from very early ones) had stainless trim around the side windows and around the rear panel plus around the arches, but the TC had none - really basic trim as well. Most TC's had the useless oblong GT headlamps with the last year getting the better circular Lucas sealed beams.

The 1300GT wasn't as fast as an S on acceleration - about the same as a 1275GT - but were about the same flat out. That 1300 Crossflow was a revvy little bugger, very short stroke and big valves. The handling was pretty average though - you needed the proper one really.[/quote]

You're right, my S is quicker than my Escort GT, both standard spec cars.
To be fair though, the Escort does drive well.

Nick
[/quote]...yep quarter front chrome bumpers and a slightly greater flaring of the wheel arches.. like yr pic..nice D1,s or something Ford lookalike.?. ps ..my Dad had a black bonnet put on our second Escort..it looked really racey in rear view mirrors..!!!...

No more FORD Mini

Some more

[quote="UHR850"]No more FORD Mini [/quote
Isn't that Nicky porters Downton min? BCJ700B

Yep that’s him!

Well spotted about the Downton AT B.O.C. PRESCOTT HILL CLIMB, PHOTO, PENNED DATE 7-6-1964

Kees

Not mine https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MINI-CAR-NO- ... SwXJNZblw8

From 1963...

Metronick wrote:

Costafortune wrote:

foxy52 wrote:

I think the Escorts were 1300GT's - Twin Cams were a lot faster.

...they were...about 115mph I think ?!…. we had 2 1300GT types.. the lotus twin cam had the bigger side badging and wider arches if I remember on the first road going versions....I used to see a few around Fulham circa 70/71....all were white cars.. foxy52

Twin Cams were all Ermine white apart from Australian built CKD kits. They looked almost identical to a regular Escort apart from front quarter bumpers (Anglia van rears!) and very slight front arch flares. GT's (apart from very early ones) had stainless trim around the side windows and around the rear panel plus around the arches, but the TC had none - really basic trim as well. Most TC's had the useless oblong GT headlamps with the last year getting the better circular Lucas sealed beams.

The 1300GT wasn't as fast as an S on acceleration - about the same as a 1275GT - but were about the same flat out. That 1300 Crossflow was a revvy little bugger, very short stroke and big valves. The handling was pretty average though - you needed the proper one really.[/quote]

You're right, my S is quicker than my Escort GT, both standard spec cars.
To be fair though, the Escort does drive well.

Nick
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Very nice - looks like Evergreen metallic. Do I win a prize?

Brook Shaw - who seems to have vanished - has/had a very low mileage 1300E in Modena green.

Very pour Mini Cooper Mk2

Bad luck for this Mk1