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[mab01uk]

Car SOS - Premiere

Series 4 - Episode 9 - Mini Cooper

Thursday 8pm - 9pm National Geographic Channel

Summary

"Fuzz Townshend and Tim Shaw restore a 1962(?) Mini Cooper, belonging to a former rally driver who was forced to retire from the sport due to a heart condition."

http://www.radiotime...-e9-mini-cooper

 

 

[Chris Donaldson]

Love the show. Should be worth watching.

[Compdoc]

I wonder if Fuzz will go through what the rest of us go through. New front, inner and outer sills, boot floor, etc. or will this be the only early Mini without oversills.

[Cooperman]

Watching it now.
A bit odd as it looks like a Mk.2 she'll and it definitely had Mk.2 rear lights when they were working on it.
It also has a later headlining.
Looks good though.

[Gillybobs]

Did look good! They can come and do my mini if they like! lol!!!

[scrumpix]

enjoyable hours viewing. much better than top gear

[Cooperman]

Pity they didn't fit a correct interior trim set. Should be red/gold/grey brocade, not black.
It did look very smart though.

[HUBBA.HUBBA]

I love the show. But the car was a bit of a mixture of old and new with incorrect statements. Needed chrome spots. Trim on the wheel arches etc. But I bet the clubs, on what ever car they do, nit pick on the details. It's a big thimbs up from me.
PS what colour do you recon it was tartan or flame red?

[mab01uk]

Apparently it is actually a 1962 Cooper, in a Mk2 Cooper S shell with Cooper S running gear........like many old Mini's it has had many parts swapped over and modded over the decades when originalty was not very important to most owners back then.

Edited by mab01uk, 02 June 2016 - 10:38 PM.

[OzOAP]

1505 crank. Pressed rockers.

[Wise Old Elf]

I don't have Sky Has anyone found somewhere else to view this?

[floormanager]

1505 crank. Pressed rockers.

Good spot on the rockers, I went back and re-watched it and the rockers were only on the screen for a few seconds tops!!!

[Richie83]

I really enjoyed this episode.

Spoilers


Wasn't sure when they first mentioned the Hopkirk replica idea, but it did look good.

Edited by Richie83, 03 June 2016 - 07:05 PM.

[1984mini25]

I don't have Sky Has anyone found somewhere else to view this?

 

It will be repeated along with the rest in the series on more4 in a few weeks.

[Cooperman]

If should also have chrome trim around the doors.