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[padnic]

I bought an 97 mpi mini today in racing green, just got a couple of questions about the spec, On the back it says cooper sport, how do i know if it really is a cooper as i know you can just stick them on? Also it has cream seats with cream tartan in the middle, is this the original trim? What you guys think?

[Cooperman]

Worms - Can - Open!

[padnic]

Well I would check the v5 but it's been sent to dvla now. I will upload a pic tomorrow of the seats though. Do you think the dvla website would say if it's a cooper or would it just say mini.

[Joseph-C]

get an online insurance quote, when you fill in the reg it should say if its a cooper or mayfair etc

[mininuts]

Worms - Can - Open!

What Cooperman said

All I can say is that a '97 Mpi could not be a Cooper Sport as they were released in 2000 as a final edition along with the Cooper and the Seven. If yours has the sportpack arches then, they were possibly fitted as part of the sportpack option which could be fitted to either the Cooper or the standard Mini.

[padnic]

Yes has sports pack arches. The car is sorn but when I type in the reg on the website it says not been posdible to find vehicle details. Also on parkers text service it says the same.

[Joseph-C]

that's strange did you do a hpi check?

[Bungle]

on the later MPI minis there wasn't really any difference between a cooper and the standard mini

they both had the same engine and a big list of colour and trim options

[padnic]

Well just done a insurance quote and it can't find it either. Didn't do a hip check as it was from a friend of a friend whos had it for a couple of years. Bit strange though.

[surfblue63]

The chasis number will tell you what you have

The general format for the VIN for these cars is:
SAX-XN-N-A-Y-B-B-D-######
VIN, First Three Positions (“SAX” in the above example)
= World Make Identifier.
SAX = MG-Rover

VIN, Fourth and Fifth Positions (“XN” in the above example):
XN = Mini 1300

VIN, Sixth Position (“N” in the above example):
= Class
N = Sport, Cooper, Cabriolet
V = Kensington
W = HLS, Mayfair
Y = City, Sprite

VIN, Seventh Position (“A” in the above example):

= Body type

A = 2-door saloon/sedan.
B = Cabriolet

VIN, Eighth Position (“Y” in the above example):

= Engine

D = 1300 Carb
M = 1300 Carb
X = 1300 SPi (standard compression ratio, 9.4:1)
Y = 1300 SPi (high compression ratio, 10.1:1)
Z = 1300 MPi (high compression ratio, 10.1:1)

VIN, Ninth Position (“B” in the above example):

= RHD/LHD, Transmission type, Final Drive

B = RHD, Manual, 3.105
C = RHD, Manual, 3.21
E = RHD, Manual, 2.76
K = RHD, Automatic
M = LHD, Manual, 3.105
N = LHD, Manual, 3.21
R = LHD, Manual, 2.76
Y = LHD, Automatic

VIN, Tenth Position (“B” in the above example):

= Model Change

A = 1300 Special Edition
B = 1300

VIN, Eleventh Position (“D” in the above example):

= Assembly Plant

D = Longbridge

VIN, Number positions (“######” in the above example):

= The sequential build number:

Starting with 010001

[padnic]

Cheers guys, I'll have a look in a bit