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Looks a very nice well restored car

Thanks for your kind comments will and mark rolls . I wondered what sort of comments this would attract . I sold the said Cooper S to JD classics last week . I spent 4 years restoring 2 minis . This is one of them . The other is a mk2 Cooper witch should be at bulee next week . I've modified the Cooper to my own taste and because of the Cooper S police I enjoyed restoring the Cooper so much more . Simon has commented it looks a nice car but not 100% correct . Simon I wasn't trying to get it 100% correct . As far as I'm concerned you can pick holes in any car if you really want to . I carried out all the work myself , and I mean everything . I panelled it up . Painted it , built the engine and box and I'm quite proud of the fact that a company like JD classics would include it in there multi million pound inventory . As for the price would you all be shocked to know that they paid me a price not to far off the asking price . Now I know that no one has slagged off the work I undertook on it and it's a public forum and people are entitled to post there own views but I haven't committed a crime here ! ....yes agreed it's a lot of money , they can mark it up for 75 grand if they want . That out of my hands ...... Anyway I've a thick skin so post away ..... Has "in the shed " posted yet , he hates this sort of stuff .... Is there such a thing as the mk2 Cooper police because there gonna hate my mk2 at bullee ... Anyway laughing all the way to the bank ... Ken

Congratulation to you Ken,

I knew you talked a good car, now I know that you can walk the walk as well as talk the talk!

The car looks great & of course anyone wants what they can get from a car when they sell it, it's perfectly natural.

I hate the idea of any Mini being worth telephone numbers, but you can be as sure as hell, when it comes to selling any of my cars I won't be giving them away

I just hope that you have managed to keep some little project for yourself!

Would love to see some pics of your Cooper.

M

Ken, out of interest, do you work at JD Classics?

No I don't work at JD classics , in fact I don't work at all for a living . I retired at 46 and spend my time restoring minis .... Mark I have kept a little project for myself , it's my mark 2 Cooper , but would add that if I'm offered the right money for it then it's going to go .

Ah just wondered - my wife's uncle works there and I know that locally there's a guy who work for/did work for JD's that did his own Minis. Think one of his cars was featured in Mini World a while back.

Couple of pics mark

gs.davies wrote:Ah just wondered - my wife's uncle works there and I know that locally there's a guy who work for/did work for JD's that did his own Minis. Think one of his cars was featured in Mini World a while back.

Yes that will be my mate Scott turner ...

Retired at 46 to restore mini's?! I can only dream sat here at that age with my head about to burst!

Both cars look stunning and are a credit to your work.

Will Grant wrote:Money, but its good, i saw it during build. Very neat work.

From my experience with the minis there are very few really 'concours' quality vehicles - objectively concours, not mini scene concours, to get a comparable car WRT price. Surely its got to be apples with apples.

Arguably good value with a project S at 30k anyway? Without a time premium as well. If you want an as new example, which to be fair, lots of people do.

I think Will's post nails it really. There's restored and then there's WOW!

swifty wrote:Couple of pics mark

that would miles better with its proper rocker cover fitted!

Your Almond Green car is right up my street!

Lovely

What head it that, those Webers don't look like they are splits??

What head it that, those Webers don't look like they are splits??

WELL SPOTTED!

Thats lovely, if there are any mk2 cooper police out there they won't like mine either...will be fitting a metro turbo lump

No bulkhead chopping for me though.

Callum

mk1coopers wrote:What head it that, those Webers don't look like they are splits??

its a Manx 7 port

just missing its bespoke rocker cover!

rich@minispares.com wrote:

mk1coopers wrote:What head it that, those Webers don't look like they are splits??

its a Manx 7 port

just missing its bespoke rocker cover!

Nice,

Rich I've had to take off the rocker cover you made . The Titan roller rockers have hit the internal walls of the cover and the cap pisses out oil through the top . ..... Ken

swifty wrote:Rich I've had to take off the rocker cover you made . The Titan roller rockers have hit the internal walls of the cover and the cap pisses out oil through the top . ..... Ken

curses!

the cap shouldn't leak as its a double seal

rich@minispares.com wrote:

swifty wrote:Rich I've had to take off the rocker cover you made . The Titan roller rockers have hit the internal walls of the cover and the cap pisses out oil through the top . ..... Ken

curses!

the cap shouldn't leak as its a double seal

I thought you'd added that as a design feature?

mine leaks but were gonna bung it up in proper cumbrian bodging style