I bought the car from a guy in Cork who brought it over from Wales in July 09 and never used it. The previous owner had modified the car to make it look similar to a Works Rally Car but didn't really go to extreme lengths, which is great because it would have been a shame to undo all the hard work that would have gone into it!
It had a few unoriginal parts fitted like an A+ 998 engine, later type wiper motor, homemade dashboard, Group 2 arches, 100+ wheels and a few other little bits and pieces - but was largely a standard car.
I was surprised to find that the car was 99.9% rust free but this is due to having had a LOAD of replacement panels in its day - some of which were not fitted very well! But that doesn't bother me too much as I wasn't looking for a concours winner.
Here are some photos of what it was like when I bought it.
The dismantling starts.
So, the plans for the car are to make it look like an FIA spec mk1 Cooper S, with the engine, gearbox, and running gear from the race car.
I have many of the parts already to achieve this but some of the parts will have to be bought down the line.
The car will be used for weekend blasts, track days and possibly the odd historic race or two!
Here are some photos of what I’ve done so far.
The final spec of the car will be as follows:
Shell:
-1964 Morris Mini Deluxe in Cherry Red with black roof
-Safety Devices 6-point rollcage
-Twin Cooper S fuel tanks
-Standard glass except for laminated front screen
Exterior:
-Morris Cooper S badges
-Morris Cooper S grill
-Stainless bumpers with Cooper S overriders and corner bars
-Stainless rear opening windows
-Cooper S Stainless door window surrounds
-Chrome arch trim
Interior:
-Standard red Deluxe seats (until I can afford something else!)
-Black carpets, door cards and dash panels
-3 clock centre binnacle with original Smiths clocks (will upgrade to Cooper S 130mph speedo eventually)
-Smiths Tacho with dash pod
-Mota Lita John Cooper Signature 14” steering wheel with stainless spokes
-Black 3-point harnesses
Wheels & Tires:
-10x4.5” Rosepetal alloys
-165/70/10 Avon CRZ Sport tires
Brakes & Suspension:
-Cooper S master cylinder
-Braided lines front and rear
-Cooper S callipers and discs at front
-Minifins at rear
-KAD handbrake quadrants
-Standard subframes front and rear
-Ripspeed hi-los front and rear
-Standard cones front and rear
-AVO alloy adjustable dampers front and rear
-Heavy duty tie bars at front
-Minispares adjustable bottom arms at front
-KAD camber brackets at rear
-Standard rear swinging arms at rear
Engine & Gearbox:
-MED A+ block bored to 1380cc
-MED full rally spec head
-MED fully worked crank
-Centre main strap
-Standard balanced rods
-AE 73.5mm pistons
-Swiftune SW98 cam
-Swiftune 1.5 roller rockers
-Swiftune duplex timing kit
-Minispares 2 core rad with auxiliary fan
-13 row oil cooler
-Aldon electronic ignition
-Aldon Flame Thrower coil
-Facet Red Top fuel pump
-Twin HS4 carbs
-Maniflow 2” LCB with straight through Maniflow exhaust
-Minispares lightened flywheel and backplate
-Grey clutch diaphragm
-Paddle clutch
-Minispares straight cut drop gears
-Minispares straight cut gear set
-Standard diff with hardened pin (will be changed to Salisbury LSD eventually)
-3.7 final drive
-Standard pot joints (will be changed to Hardy Spicers when LSD is fiited)
Will update this thread as the build continues!
Neil
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