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minorparts
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Posted: Friday February 29th, 2008 05:41 pm |
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Surely can't be original shell 'cos it says "not much rust" .
A true piece of history indeed! I should think it's had QUITE a history!!
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Andrew1967
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Posted: Friday February 29th, 2008 06:08 pm |
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Mini Designer seats. Mmmm...lovely 
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minorparts
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Posted: Saturday March 1st, 2008 10:02 am |
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| 'orrible aren't they, but probably 'hens teeth' IF you wanted a set!
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Andrew1967
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Posted: Saturday March 1st, 2008 02:21 pm |
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minorparts wrote: 'orrible aren't they, but probably 'hens teeth' IF you wanted a set!
You're probably right and thankfully I don't need a set !!
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masnarda
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Posted: Sunday March 2nd, 2008 10:20 am |
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http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200204393137
a 1071 registered in 66?
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Itsarek
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Posted: Sunday March 2nd, 2008 01:07 pm |
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masnarda wrote: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200204393137
a 1071 registered in 66?
 THIS IS A PERIOD CAR NOT A
LOOKALIKE BUT DOES REQUIRE WORK SO ITS YOUR CHANCE TO OWN A SENSIBLY PRICED "S"
 Wait until Andrew has a look at the ash tray and dash rails 
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Gray
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Posted: Sunday March 2nd, 2008 03:14 pm |
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| and the bonnet
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1071bob
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Posted: Sunday March 2nd, 2008 05:33 pm |
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Just done a dvla search on that registration number, very odd  Attachment: dvla search.jpg (Downloaded 54 times)
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Andrew1967
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Posted: Sunday March 2nd, 2008 06:39 pm |
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Itsarek wrote:
Wait until Andrew has a look at the ash tray and dash rails
I don't know what you mean
According to 1071bob's link, it's unlicenced rather than SORN'd.
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1071bob
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Posted: Sunday March 2nd, 2008 07:16 pm |
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| Can't see a courtesy light switch hole in the door pillar, which makes the shell pre sept '64
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minorparts
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Posted: Monday March 3rd, 2008 08:17 am |
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| On the face of it, £3,000 isn't expensive for a restorable Mk1 'S' but like most of them (and particular ex-competition cars) it's unlikely to contain much of the original car! Possibly someone attached a 'cherished' plate at some time? Could be a very late registered 1071 or, more likely, someone fitted a 1071 engine at some stage in the past..... A Heritage trace would answer a lot of questions I suppose, and remember that a Mk1 S ID could fetch £1500 or so....
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Gray
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Posted: Monday March 3rd, 2008 09:47 pm |
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| Their at it again !!!!Well I'm off to Halfords to get some of these £2.99 jets to put on here http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/pr-nos-mk1-2-mini-cooper-s-window-washer-jets-bmc-mg-GT_W0QQitemZ120227090924QQihZ002QQcategoryZ43122QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
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Mk 3 S Meister
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Posted: Monday March 3rd, 2008 11:15 pm |
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Could be a very late registered 1071
There are a few 1965 and 66 registered 1071S but the YME plate dates from 1960 so it could be a built up vehicle. A friend enquired as to the chassis number a couple of days ago but surprise, surprise, as our Cilla would say, no response yet.
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masnarda
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Posted: Tuesday March 4th, 2008 07:16 am |
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I did manage to get an answer:
MINI COOPER S ENGINE No 9F-SA-Y4**** , VIN R- ***H - **
COLOUR BLUE / WHITE , 1071CC , D.O.M. 27 / 05 / 1966
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Mk 3 S Meister
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Posted: Tuesday March 4th, 2008 07:56 am |
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| Well that isn't a 1071 engine number or original chassis number so it may well have been a built up vehicle way back when it was registered
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minorparts
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Posted: Tuesday March 4th, 2008 08:33 am |
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 I believe it was possible once to persuade the registration authorities to 'title' a built up car as a "Mini Cooper S" or whatever you wanted really....so that may explain it all. Will certainly have an effect on its value.
Probably not quite so easy now to persuade the DVLA.
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Andrew1967
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Posted: Tuesday March 4th, 2008 05:48 pm |
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minorparts wrote: I believe it was possible once to persuade the registration authorities to 'title' a built up car as a "Mini Cooper S" or whatever you wanted really....so that may explain it all. Will certainly have an effect on its value.
Probably not quite so easy now to persuade the DVLA.
Shall I give it a try.......
On second thoughts, maybe not
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Andrew1967
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Posted: Wednesday March 5th, 2008 07:02 pm |
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This one is back on.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1965-MK1-Morris-Mini-Cooper-MOT-March-2009-History_W0QQitemZ290211938101QQihZ019QQcategoryZ43123QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Bizarre angle to take a picture of the engine bay
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Safety_Fast
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Posted: Wednesday March 5th, 2008 07:13 pm |
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Yes very arty.
Nice car, sure as hell worth more than the 3K odd he paid for it. Good luck to him!
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masnarda
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Posted: Wednesday March 5th, 2008 07:18 pm |
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| the door swings open quite far too or is it just me?
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