Description
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You can only get excited about this car! Few cars provide such a feeling of pure driving as the first Cooper S. The original was designed in 1959 by Sir Alec Issigonis for the British Motor Corporation (BMC). The model would undergo many further developments and numerous model changes were implemented, but to this day the original model still appeals most to the imagination.
The car that we can offer you on behalf of the owner is one of those. It is even one of the first 200 Cooper S copies built. In May 1964 it came off the production line and was then exported to Sweden, where it was used for various rallies. The car was owned by the same family there for a long time.
The current owner has thoroughly overhauled the cooper, the list below is a summary of what has been adjusted and overhauled. It is an impressive list and that certainly also applies to the experience you get driving this car. The feeling that the Mini gives you when you rush over a roundabout at highly illegal speed is priceless. A unique opportunity to own a piece of automotive history.
Austin Cooper S 1275, 1964. It is one of the first 200 1275 Cooper S copies.
Rubber suspension
Heritage papers,
Prod. date: 12. 5. 1964
Dutch license plate: DZ-60-54
Matching numbers
Special bucket seats, all in original color scheme. (Newton Commercial)
Upholstery original.
Smith tachometer 10, 000 rpm
Halda turn-off counter (not working now)
Wooden steering wheel Moto Lita with original Austin horn unit
Steering adjuster
Walpres alloy exterior mirror (period)
Covered shelf in trunk
Swiftune head, new, worked. The old original head is included.
Swiftune block equipped with special bushings/ S-crankshaft, connecting rods and pistons
Fast rally camshaft (from best UK manufacturer)
Forged Tumblers
Two HS4 SUs
Electronic ignition. Original unit is included
Special double exhaust manifold 3 into 2 into 1 with completely new exhaust system
New radiator with 50% more cooling capacity, 2-core, (Mini Spares)
Silicone rubber water hoses
New light flywheel with new pressure group and plate
Complete gearbox overhaul S-gearbox, original, including new primary axle.
Brakes restored all around, as well as entire suspension, by Frans Verbaas Preparations, Oud Beijerland
New brake booster
Body not restored, original paint!
Twin tanks (right tank has been replaced, was damaged at some point)
Everything above has run 10 km.
5 x Avon 165/ 70R10 CR6 (best tire)
5 x Rose Petal Alloy 4. 75 x 10. The best racing rim, like the Brabhams ever.
Extra set: 4 wheels Cosmic RW10, 4 x 10” original
Second extra set: 4 aluminum wheels Dunlop 5 x 10”
Third extra set: 5 wide original steel Cooper S rims, white coated, new condition
Set of snow and ice tires with spikes…nostalgia
Set of 4 Lucas radiators, on bar, original Cooper rally set, excellent condition
History: delivered new in Sweden
Rally car, equipped with BMC original steering lock. Been in one family for a long time.
Extremely original down to trunk lock, ceiling light, sun visors and interior mirror….
Glass largely coded in 1964.
