I had a Mk1 Morris Cooper 'S' way back in 1968, Green with a White turret, it went like a rocket sled on rails, and went even better when taken out to 1310 with a lot of other mods, I often have a little smirk when going to car shows and people have Clubman GT's and they say they are Mk3 Cooper S LOL they haven't a clue what they are on about, I enjoyed watching your clip cheers dennis
Thanks Dennis. Yeah looking forward to get this one back on the road - it's currently in storage as I'm living overseas but will be back soon an into the project. I do like the Clubman GTs also, but you're right, nothing is quite like the original Cooper S :)
This is a great review. I owned my first Mk1 in 1969 and the model was a 1967 "s" . Light blue with white roof. I still have many bits like badges, block, head and windows but alas not the body. I have agreed with you on every point except one, and that is this.... my centre consul was as shown in this review!! Now you could say I'm wrong, however it would be hard for my car to have a Mk2 consul when I owned it in 1969. I've had a few arguments over "s" s, and I feel a bit like an authority as I was there and know my consul had the two green indicators as you've shown. Any feed back welcome. PS I also have a Clubman GT being one of the first 500 after Leyland took over. I believe this car is very rare as a specific model. It has the full S disc brake set up and Nitrided crank, running S valves not the crap later GT's were given. Any enquiries re s's please come back. I do feel there is some mis information out there.
Hi Barry, thanks for your comment! Being a 1969 model, yours would be on the borderline with the MK2, and they started introducing some of the MK2 parts on certain MK1 cars - I expect this may be why you have a MK2 instrument cluster. I know of a few 1969 MK1s with them, as well as a few MK2s with the MK1 cluster. They were using up leftover bits for a short while I guess, and introducing some bits on other cars a bit earlier. I love the GTs by the way - also have a guide for them here: classicregister.com/id-guides/how-identify-1971-1973-leyland-mini-clubman-gt Any further info on them would be great. I'll give you a message by email
Just realised yours was a 67 model sorry - I misread your comment. Would be great to see some pics of your car - email me at classicregister@gmail.com if you get a chance :)
Thanks for the detailed tour of the Cooper S. My recollections as an owner of both a Mark 1 850 cc Mini and a Mark 2 Mini Cooper was that the Mark 1 had dry suspension and that only the Mark 2 Coopers were fitted with hydrolastic suspension. Unusual also to see the Mk 2 tail lights retro fitted to a Mk 1 body. I suggest that if this car was used for racing then most owners would convert to dry suspension. I shall be very interested in watching your ongoing restoration. Thanks.
I had a 1967 Mark 1, Mini Cooper S,which had hydrolastic suspension. Light Blue/white roof. Another feature of the Cooper S engine was the extra cylinder head bolt,mounted near the water inlet of the head,also the Mk. 1 cars had a rubber cross uni joint mounted on the drive shafts on the inner part of the gearbox,the Mk.2 used Hardy Spicer non rubber uni joints.
@@titanus49 The Cooper S head (also fitted to the 70bhp models of 11/1300 range) is called an 11-stud head.. in reality one extra stud at heater valve end and a smaller bolt at thermostat end. I saw here the latter on the car has been converted to a stud.. possibly originally a standard 9-stud head.
I noticed that on both blocks the engine number is stamped into the block itself, not on a separate rivetted-on plate (rivet holes apparent). You didn't mention about that, so is that normal for AUS cars?
Hi, thanks for your comment. I got the Cooper S from a guy in Bridgewater SA. The seller mentioned (to the best of my memory) that he purchased the car about 5 - 10 years ago from who he described as a well known Mini enthusiast / mechanic in SA. He also mentioned that the car was raced by the same owner in the 1980s at Mallala (the reason for the oversized/cut front guards and death of the original engine block sadly). So you may be correct - possible that it was Brickworx. Do you happen to know if they are still operating? I can't find much about them online anymore. I remember buying a few things from them 10 years ago when they were dealing in a few Rover parts. I'd be interested in tracking down some more history of the car with them if they were the previous owners. Thanks again! Tim
My understanding is that Gaydon Centre only have records for British built cars. This video is about the Australian assembled Mini Cooper S. The Australian ones were built from Completely Knocked Down kits sent from Britain and then had many Australian sourced parts fitted. They were only available in the Morris brand. The "Y" in the engine and chassis numbers refers to "Australia" in BMC records. All Australian Minis had wind up windows from 1965 and many other differences from the British ones.
I had a Mk1 Morris Cooper 'S' way back in 1968, Green with a White turret, it went like a rocket sled on rails, and went even better when taken out to 1310 with a lot of other mods, I often have a little smirk when going to car shows and people have Clubman GT's and they say they are Mk3 Cooper S LOL they haven't a clue what they are on about, I enjoyed watching your clip cheers dennis
Thanks Dennis. Yeah looking forward to get this one back on the road - it's currently in storage as I'm living overseas but will be back soon an into the project. I do like the Clubman GTs also, but you're right, nothing is quite like the original Cooper S :)
This is a great review. I owned my first Mk1 in 1969 and the model was a 1967 "s" . Light blue with white roof. I still have many bits like badges, block, head and windows but alas not the body. I have agreed with you on every point except one, and that is this.... my centre consul was as shown in this review!! Now you could say I'm wrong, however it would be hard for my car to have a Mk2 consul when I owned it in 1969. I've had a few arguments over "s" s, and I feel a bit like an authority as I was there and know my consul had the two green indicators as you've shown. Any feed back welcome. PS I also have a Clubman GT being one of the first 500 after Leyland took over. I believe this car is very rare as a specific model. It has the full S disc brake set up and Nitrided crank, running S valves not the crap later GT's were given. Any enquiries re s's please come back. I do feel there is some mis information out there.
Hi Barry, thanks for your comment! Being a 1969 model, yours would be on the borderline with the MK2, and they started introducing some of the MK2 parts on certain MK1 cars - I expect this may be why you have a MK2 instrument cluster. I know of a few 1969 MK1s with them, as well as a few MK2s with the MK1 cluster. They were using up leftover bits for a short while I guess, and introducing some bits on other cars a bit earlier.
I love the GTs by the way - also have a guide for them here: classicregister.com/id-guides/how-identify-1971-1973-leyland-mini-clubman-gt
Any further info on them would be great. I'll give you a message by email
Just realised yours was a 67 model sorry - I misread your comment. Would be great to see some pics of your car - email me at classicregister@gmail.com if you get a chance :)
Thanks for the detailed tour of the Cooper S. My recollections as an owner of both a Mark 1 850 cc Mini and a Mark 2 Mini Cooper was that the Mark 1 had dry suspension and that only the Mark 2 Coopers were fitted with hydrolastic suspension. Unusual also to see the Mk 2 tail lights retro fitted to a Mk 1 body. I suggest that if this car was used for racing then most owners would convert to dry suspension. I shall be very interested in watching your ongoing restoration. Thanks.
Thanks for the comment Alan. I'm slowly getting some work done to the car :)
I had a 1967 Mark 1, Mini Cooper S,which had hydrolastic suspension. Light Blue/white roof. Another feature of the Cooper S engine
was the extra cylinder head bolt,mounted near the water inlet of the head,also the Mk. 1 cars had a rubber cross uni joint mounted on the
drive shafts on the inner part of the gearbox,the Mk.2 used Hardy Spicer non rubber uni joints.
@@titanus49
The Cooper S head (also fitted to the 70bhp models of 11/1300 range) is called an 11-stud head.. in reality one extra stud at heater valve end and a smaller bolt at thermostat end. I saw here the latter on the car has been converted to a stud.. possibly originally a standard 9-stud head.
Wow where can i find one of these?
I noticed that on both blocks the engine number is stamped into the block itself, not on a separate rivetted-on plate (rivet holes apparent). You didn't mention about that, so is that normal for AUS cars?
nice video
That Brake booster is the later PBR item, and not a Lockheed unit as you state.
Thanks for pointing that out, I'll put a note in the video confirming the correct type.
Did you purchase that car from brickworks racing in sa originally? I believe it was the same one.. That I saw many years ago...
Hi, thanks for your comment. I got the Cooper S from a guy in Bridgewater SA. The seller mentioned (to the best of my memory) that he purchased the car about 5 - 10 years ago from who he described as a well known Mini enthusiast / mechanic in SA. He also mentioned that the car was raced by the same owner in the 1980s at Mallala (the reason for the oversized/cut front guards and death of the original engine block sadly). So you may be correct - possible that it was Brickworx. Do you happen to know if they are still operating? I can't find much about them online anymore. I remember buying a few things from them 10 years ago when they were dealing in a few Rover parts. I'd be interested in tracking down some more history of the car with them if they were the previous owners. Thanks again! Tim
Why is he saying "shazzy"?
Gaydon can help also with identification
My understanding is that Gaydon Centre only have records for British built cars. This video is about the Australian assembled Mini Cooper S. The Australian ones were built from Completely Knocked Down kits sent from Britain and then had many Australian sourced parts fitted. They were only available in the Morris brand. The "Y" in the engine and chassis numbers refers to "Australia" in BMC records. All Australian Minis had wind up windows from 1965 and many other differences from the British ones.
Shazzy
You need MCM to help out!