FWIW, I'm posting from the North central US and am relatively new to the great Mini world, having never owned a British car until this one snatched my heart and a bit of my wallet a year ago. 'Spot' is a 1965 MkII... doesn't make sense? You're right on that. 'Spot' was a MkI SuperDeluxe, but the restoration began 5 yrs ago, the shop determined the shell was bent to badly to be made straight again. So, the shell was replaced with a solid 1968 shell, and the customer decided to do a resto-mod, building it into a MkII Cooper S clone. So, now it runs a twin carb 1293 with LCT header and the usual hop up bits... also the Cooper S disc brakes, etc.
Anyway, this little car has been tremendous fun so far. 'Spot' is a tenacious trooper with a lot of grit. He'll autocross all day without breaking a sweat. Loves to be "rode hard & put away wet". I'm sold and may never again be Miniless.
