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BMC Mini Cooper S 1275cc — 1966

The sharpest compact racer of its time, originally equipped with a sunroof and perhaps never a competition-driven car for that very reason. A Cooper S model was otherwise practically tailor-made for such workouts.

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"Rare good-looking and without competition history."

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"Rare good-looking and without competition history."

Description

It was supplied new in Sweden in December 1965 to firms in Roslags Näsby, north of Stockholm. There is additional documentation stating it was delivered from England to BMC Sweden on November 11, the same year. The present owner has a detailed ownership history, with names and dates, which is included with the car's documentation. The car remained in Stockholm in Roslagen until 1984, when it was purchased by the well-known Per-Olof Flogner from Ockelbo. Flogner led an active and caring enthusiast life with the car, attending many national and international meetings. The current owner purchased the car in 2017, and it had accumulated nearly 119,0000 kilometres.

Technical data

  • Year
    1966/1966 
  • Registration date
    1965-12-23 
  • Mileage
    18945 km 
  • Kw / hp
    57 / 77 
  • Fuel Type
    Petrol 
  • Transmission
    Manual 4 Speed 
  • Interior finish
    Vinyl 
  • Colour
    Green/White 

Condition

  • Mechanical condition:

    Many parts have recently been changed and serviced, such as carburetor adjustment, ignition adjustment with new ignition parts, water pump, and starter motor. The engine and transmission are in fine functioning order. According to reports, the water pump gasket can leak a little and drip some oil on the garage floor.

  • Interior condition:

    Original furnishings, according to information, in a matching and nice sixties-styled condition. Very unusual seats with folding backrests, so-called recliners

  • Exterior condition:

    Beautiful paintwork in original colour Almond Green and with a nice original-mounted Webasto sunroof. The roof can be a bit trciky to close sometimes, the owner thinks, and also says that there is no key to the boot. Nice wheels with tyres that have good tread, but they are not completely fresh.

  • General condition:

    From every viewpoint, this Cooper S is highly appealing, especially for the original collector.

MOT (tech. insp.)

Fordonsstatus: Itrafik 2016-12-01
Ursprungsbesiktning: 1965-12-23 (typbes)
Datum i trafik första gången: 1965-12-23
Senast godkända besiktning: 2018-12-22
Besiktigad tom: -
Skattebefriad: Ja
Körförbud: Nej
Antal ägare: 5

Facts about the model

De tillverkades under BMC:s paraply med namnen Austin och Morris samt lyxversionerna Wolseley och Riley. Det kallades för "badge engineering” eftersom man i stort bara bytte lite namnskyltar och grillar. Den första hundkojan eller Mini som de kallades för i övriga världen presenterades 1959. Den var revolutionerande tackvare sin smarta och platsbesparande konstruktion som Alec Issigonis var ansvarig för. Issigonis tanke var att det skulle vara en enkel och billig bil med bra vägegenskaper. Det blev det också. En som verkligen uppskattade bilen var John Cooper som på den tiden drev ett racingstall med formelbilar i högsta ligan. Han använde själv BMC-motorer i dessa och visste dess potential. En tanke var född. John Cooper kontaktade Alec Issigonis som inte alls var intresserad av att ha en vassare motor i sin kära mini. Han ansåg att den var en bil för folket och inte ett tävlingsredskap som John Cooper ville ha den till.

1961 fick till slut John Cooper ändå som han ville och en uppförstorad, 997cc (57 hk) variant av den ursprungliga 850 (37 hk) motorn togs fram. Nya Mini Cooper var därmed född. Cooper fick en annorlunda klädsel samt skivbromsar. De hade också en avvikande färg på taket. En vassare variant presenterades 1963 och kom att byggas i en kortare serie. Det var Cooper S 1071cc som även fick större och kraftigare skivbromsar. 1964 hände det mycket. Tre nya motorvarianter togs fram. Cooper S 1275cc och 970cc samt en mer civiliserad motor för gatan för 998cc för den vanliga Coopern. Skälet till att man tog fram så många varianter av motorer var de olika klassindelningarna baserade på motorvolym som användes vid biltävlingar. Det fanns klasser för bilar upp till 850 cc, 1000 cc, 1150 cc och 1300 cc. Det fanns alltså en mini för varje klass.

Location and viewing Information

Location: Malmö

For viewing the vehicle, contact the valuator/depot:

Peter Sundfeldt / Shaun Major
+46 705-38 80 22 / +46 709-72 40 07
peter@bilwebauctions.se / shaun@bilwebauctions.se

Pick up

Collection must take place before: 2022-07-14.

NOTE! Payment (deposit to our account) must be made within 5 days and before collection.

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