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Posted 16 October 2013 - 09:16 AM

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Posted 16 October 2013 - 03:23 PM

I've got to admit I have a real soft spot for pepperpots. Maybe one day I'll find a good enough excuse to own a white seven with a red interior and white pepperpots - one of my dream combinations.

 

Thanks for posting the video.



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Posted 16 October 2013 - 05:59 PM

^^ that would be good to see... mine isn't a seven though, but an earlier stock MPI, which is a pretty rare model as most people opted for a cooper at no extra cost. I have tweed seats like that in the video... to those not in the know it looks like  a much older car than it actually is!



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Posted 16 October 2013 - 08:26 PM

Technically they are called rover premium alloys. :) told you I be nerdy

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Posted 16 October 2013 - 08:27 PM

Also a stock mpi was a cooper! They only made coopers as mpis

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Posted 16 October 2013 - 08:35 PM

Also a stock mpi was a cooper! They only made coopers as mpis

No they didn't.



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Posted 16 October 2013 - 08:41 PM

Our 40 is an mpi , it's not a cooper , in addition the se7en was also a non cooper mpi along with other mpi non cooper minis fitted with 12inch pepperpot wheels.

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Posted 16 October 2013 - 09:01 PM

Mpis were all exactly the same format. Just the change of trim. All 1275s

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Posted 16 October 2013 - 09:09 PM

Pepper pot wheels on the BL line were fitted to the MG Metro. (Other Pepper pot named wheels are the Ford Fiesta ones). 

Those are Rover Premium Alloys. 

mg_metro_1300_1.jpg 

 

MG Metro Pepper pots. 

 

http://www.minispare...C109630MNH.aspx

And the premium alloy, premium alloys were offered in two colours if I remember correctly, OEW white (Specifically for the SE7EN) and also silver. 



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Posted 16 October 2013 - 09:12 PM

Mpis were all exactly the same format. Just the change of trim. All 1275s

You're correct that the engines are the same, just different trim levels.



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Posted 17 October 2013 - 01:51 PM

They're Pepperpots in terms style, was aware of the Rover Premium Alloy thing but are we really all going to be sucked in by some (admittedly cr@p!) mid 90s Rover marketing description!?

Re. the MPI distinction, the key thing is that they all had exactly the same running gear unless you went to John Cooper direct for a works pack, which was meant to boost them to 90BHP but rarely did!  Yes, you could buy a sportspack as a standard MPI, the Cooper was just a matter of badges, stripes, white roof and minilites. Have a handy link for this somewhere... will return when found...



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Posted 17 October 2013 - 03:45 PM

^^ that would be good to see... mine isn't a seven though, but an earlier stock MPI, which is a pretty rare model as most people opted for a cooper at no extra cost. I have tweed seats like that in the video... to those not in the know it looks like  a much older car than it actually is!


Does yours simply say "mpi" on the v5?
Mine does. I assume that if you have a mini mpi seven it will say seven on the v5

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Posted 17 October 2013 - 04:23 PM

Yup, just MPI... mine's from before the seven (97) :) They should have carried on the 'Mayfair' name or equivalent, would have made it a bit easier to understand!



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Posted 17 October 2013 - 04:25 PM

more info in here somewhere... a great collection of info actually! http://www.roblightb.../1997/index.htm



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Posted 17 October 2013 - 05:25 PM

Yup, just MPI... mine's from before the seven (97) :) They should have carried on the 'Mayfair' name or equivalent, would have made it a bit easier to understand!


Mine is just an "mpi" with the balmoral seat covers and I think pepper pots but was built in 2000




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