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Posted: Wed May 06, 2015 11:14 pm
by coopertim
The body on NME 57C was done by Martin Pacey in Grantham. I remember watching it being restored and took loads of photos of it in various stages of being built up as my own car EDV 32C was next on the jobs list for Martin to do. That was in 1996! Fantastic looking car!
Tim
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Posted: Thu May 07, 2015 12:30 am
by Pete
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Posted: Thu May 07, 2015 7:58 am
by Old English White
Haha, clever way of getting around the ebay rules regarding V5 sales
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Posted: Thu May 07, 2015 1:16 pm
by rich@minispares.com
nice cheap cooper s coming up
PERFECT for blyton 2016
http://classiccars.brightwells.com/view ... hp?id=5611
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Posted: Thu May 07, 2015 1:34 pm
by Richspec
Nice, I would hardly change a thing on that
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Posted: Thu May 07, 2015 1:36 pm
by rpb203
Do you reckon that it will stay that cheap!?
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Posted: Thu May 07, 2015 1:50 pm
by Pandora
"It is always difficult to say with certainty what is in a competition car (especially when its creator is no longer around to ask) but as far as we can deduce the following details are probably not too far from the mark."
Now THAT is a nicely worded piece of cataloguing!
Al
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Posted: Thu May 07, 2015 5:29 pm
by Pete
That's the late Mike Cockayne's car, he did Shelsley with us in that car when I did the 'Cooper S 50' thing there a couple of years ago. Stu took some footage and put it up on Youtube.
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Posted: Fri May 08, 2015 12:57 am
by surfblue63
I thought I had seen that reg no before, thanks for the memory jog Pete.
As it appeared at Selsley Walsh in 2013.
And in auction terms I think it has what is known as a come and buy me estimate. (£17-£20k I think)
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Posted: Sat May 09, 2015 10:20 am
by mini63
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Posted: Sat May 09, 2015 11:13 am
by Andrew1967
The word 'quality' covers such a wide range of conditions
If that sells, then I've got a non-rusty, but with a worn 1st gear, 22G232 for sale
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Posted: Sat May 09, 2015 5:58 pm
by gs.davies
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Posted: Sun May 10, 2015 6:17 pm
by Simon776
"It is always difficult to say with certainty what is in a competition car (especially when its creator is no longer around to ask) but as far as we can deduce the following details are probably not too far from the mark."
Now THAT is a nicely worded piece of cataloguing!
Or another way of saying there isn't actually much very Cooper S there.
As the accompanying Heritage Certificate confirms, it was originally a 1275 S RHD Home Market specification with Almond Green paint and a white roof, a fresh-air heater, oil cooler, 4½ inch wheels and an extra fuel tank...... Somewhere along the way the Cooper S has changed its colour from Almond Green to Tartan Red, gained a full roll cage and lost some of its original interior.
As Q once said to James Bond "That's putting it mildly, 007!"
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Posted: Sun May 10, 2015 11:47 pm
by Pete
I love this seller's ads (and Mini bits!), always look forward to them...Blyton gets a mention in this one...
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NOS-WOOLER-FI ... 7675.l2557
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Posted: Mon May 11, 2015 1:56 am
by JC T ONE
Yes his late Uncle seem to have collected every rare & desirable Mini accessory made
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Posted: Mon May 11, 2015 7:17 am
by Old English White
Yep, she's got a business head for a "fragile widow" hasn't she.
Certainly some serious parts for sale there. Better than any pension.
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Posted: Mon May 11, 2015 8:27 am
by Nick W
these heel mats were reproduced a while back ,a welch chap told me the repro ones had one more square round the edge...if this is repro I think they used to fetch £15 max
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMC-MK1-Class ... 2a50a0bfee
vroom told me this stuff will go on for ever ,may be why he moved to Monaco for a while
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Posted: Mon May 11, 2015 8:34 am
by mk1
That Laygear is hilarious!
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Posted: Wed May 13, 2015 3:30 am
by mini63
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Posted: Wed May 13, 2015 11:41 am
by 69k1100
Not too many 62' minis left though. Having said that restoring it to concours might be a problem with panel availability.
Funny what constitutes a barn find these days. To me a barn find is an example that has seen little road time, spending most of its life Undercover (in a garage or such)