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[stevem4323]

hi there i have just bought a 1971 mkII cooper s found in an old garage it was driven in there in 1979 and been there ever since the guy reckoned it was raced at some stage is there anyway I can check from the reg if it has been in any sort of motorsport

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Edited by stevem4323, 12 February 2017 - 10:17 PM.

[nicklouse]

First things first. The MK2 finished 1970.

It could be a late registered car.

You don't need a number plate to race.

But post it up and someone may know it if it rallied of competed with the reg showing.

[stevem4323]

First things first. The MK2 finished 1970.

It could be a late registered car.

You don't need a number plate to race.

But post it up and someone may know it if it rallied of competed with the reg showing.

it is showing a k plate and 71 on the log book

[nicklouse]

looking like a late registered MK2

[mab01uk]

Is it definitely Mk2 with external door hinges and sliding windows as most K reg are Mk3 with internal hinges and winding windows?

 

DVLA shows FUE 637K:-

• Date of first registration March 1972
• Untaxed since 1st March 1979

Edited by mab01uk, 12 February 2017 - 11:25 PM.

[CityEPete]

FUE is Spanish for "it was".

[stevem4323]

 

Is it definitely Mk2 with external door hinges and sliding windows as most K reg are Mk3 with internal hinges and winding windows?

 

DVLA shows FUE 637K:-

• Date of first registration March 1972
• Untaxed since 1st March 1979

 

it is a mark 2 shell with external hinges and sliding windows I think it was re registered in march 72 ...bit of a mish mash by the looks of it

[nicklouse]

so it might have bee raced and then put on the road later. you don't need to register a car to buy one new.

[62S]

Looks like it may have been raced. What sort of chassis number does it have?

[Cooperman]

More photos needed.
It might have been brought in from abroad as back then the number issued was a current one.
The build date will come from the VIN number and a heritage trace.
Looks interesting.

[stevem4323]

More photos needed.
It might have been brought in from abroad as back then the number issued was a current one.
The build date will come from the VIN number and a heritage trace.
Looks interesting.

yes I haven't been able to get access for a good look definatly mkII body cooper s badge it was raced in the uk then sort of rebuilt for road use in 71 on a k plate cant wait to see vin plate ...and the two garages full of bits including 3 engines ...I will keep you posted

[stevem4323]

 

More photos needed.
It might have been brought in from abroad as back then the number issued was a current one.
The build date will come from the VIN number and a heritage trace.
Looks interesting.

yes I haven't been able to get access for a good look definatly mkII body cooper s badge it was raced in the uk then sort of rebuilt for road use in 71 on a k plate cant wait to see vin plate ...and the two garages full of bits including 3 engines ...I will keep you posted

 

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[stevem4323]

 

 

More photos needed.
It might have been brought in from abroad as back then the number issued was a current one.
The build date will come from the VIN number and a heritage trace.
Looks interesting.

yes I haven't been able to get access for a good look definatly mkII body cooper s badge it was raced in the uk then sort of rebuilt for road use in 71 on a k plate cant wait to see vin plate ...and the two garages full of bits including 3 engines ...I will keep you posted

 

 

cant find vin plate yet just fe number was told it was built to race for driver barry Williams and john moore who raced for a man called R G Groves it was raced on track them was rebuilt for road use using the k plate reg ...still waiting for photos from team racing days

[stevem4323]

Has anyone seen these type of vent pipes on both tanks

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[pdaykin]

Under hard cornering petrol would leak from the vent pipe.

Lifting the vent up high stops that

There was a factory modification about 1965 to the way the vent pipe was routed on twin tanks.