19 replies to this topic

[charlie]

Had my 91 Cooper 2 months, it gets all the attention on my works car park.

Now a colleague has copied me and bought what he says is a genuine 91 Cooper.

Some how looking at his car, something doesn't seem right and I cant put my finger on what it is.

How can I tell if it is genuine, and not a good copy?

What points differenticate a Cooper from a normal mini?

I've thought about breaking into his house and looking at his V5, but I don't think he'll like that
:grin:

[binge]

Offer him a race! :tongue:

A standard 1275 wont get near a cooper!

Or, Im sure theres a website where you can put a reg plate in and it comes up with the vehicle.

Failing that, Take note of the reg plate, PM it to me if u want, and ill get my dad to radio into the HQ at the police station and get a regesteration check done on it! :tongue:


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[tommy]

Failing that, Take note of the reg plate, PM it to me if u want, and ill get my dad to radio into the HQ at the police station and get a regesteration check done on it! :tongue:

I seriously hope he doesn't abuse his powers that blatently, i'm *Drunk or yellow human water* off with police who do this sort of thing.

[TJenkos]

lol! Or you can go onto the RAC Database and it'll tell you!

[Jammy]

A standard 1275 wont get near a cooper!

I fear this isn't really true! Cooper engines didn't really differ from standard 1275s. The Rover Coopers that is!

[Guess-Works.com]

The V5 is realy the only way to tell, as the coopers are just a trimmed up std mini...

[Woody]

My flame red is over a second faster to 60 than a cooper injection :tongue:

[AlexM]

Late coopers (97on) were near identical BHP to the standard mini (if not the same) But i believe that a early nineties cooper will have about 10bhp more than an equivilent 1275 standard motor. And thats a fair bit when its a 700kg car! :wink:

[charlie]

is there any way to tell if its a cooper from the exterior?

[TJenkos]

Get His reg number and ill find out for you!

[siggy]

A late Cooper has an MG metro engine

Siggy

[binge]

I seriously hope he doesn't abuse his powers that blatently, i'm pissed off with police who do this sort of thing.

Eh?

If you go on ebay and enter a reg plate, it tells you the number of previous owners, Date of regestration, model, make.

So I cant see the harm in a copper doing it through HQ rather than Ebay? Can you?

[chunkomunko]

You can do this on Ebay!! Please elaborate binge!

[Sprocket]

A standard 1275 wont get near a cooper!

I fear this isn't really true! Cooper engines didn't really differ from standard 1275s. The Rover Coopers that is!

brown smelly stuff

All 'Rover' Coopers were 10 bhp better of than the standard variants the cooper garages 'S' packs produced even more right up to 90bhp



A+ specification
50bhp @ 5000rpm 66lb ft @ 2600rpm 1992-2000: Mini Sprite / Mayfair
61bhp @ 5550rpm 61lb ft @ 3000rpm 1990-91: Mini Cooper
61bhp @ 5300rpm 69lb ft @ 2950rpm 1980-84: Morris Ital
62bhp @ 5600rpm 72lb ft @ 3200rpm 1980-82: Austin Allegro
63bhp @ 5700rpm 70lb ft @ 3900rpm 1991-1996: Mini Cooper 1.3i / Cabriolet
63bhp @ 5500rpm 70lb ft @ 3000rpm 1997-2000: Mini Cooper 1.3i (TPi)
63bhp @ 5650rpm 72lb ft @ 3100rpm 1980-90: Austin Metro
64bhp @ 5500rpm 73lb ft @ 3500rpm 1983-85: Austin Maestro HLE
68bhp @ 5800rpm 75lb ft @ 3500rpm 1983-93: Austin Maestro
68bhp @ 5600rpm 75lb ft @ 3500rpm 1984-89: Austin Montego
72bhp @ 6000rpm 73lb ft @ 4000rpm 1982-89: MG Metro
73bhp @ 6000rpm 73lb ft @ 4000rpm 1989-90: Metro GTa
77bhp @ 5800rpm 80lb ft @ 3000rpm 1991-2000: Mini Cooper S 1.3i
78bhp @ 6000rpm 78lb ft @ 3250rpm 1990-91: Mini Cooper S
93bhp @ 6130rpm 85lb ft @ 2650rpm 1983-89: MG Metro Turbo
96bhp @ 6130rpm 1989-90: Mini ERA Turbo

Extracted from www.austinrover.co.uk

[tommy]

I seriously hope he doesn't abuse his powers that blatently, i'm pissed off with police who do this sort of thing. 

Eh?

If you go on ebay and enter a reg plate, it tells you the number of previous owners, Date of regestration, model, make.

So I cant see the harm in a copper doing it through HQ rather than Ebay? Can you?

ummm yes i can see the harm in that mate. For starters it's a waste of police time back at 'HQ', which is bad enough. Plus the fact we're paying taxes to fund this tomfoolery. Makes me sick.