Tartan red, black roof, red/silver interior, twin fuel tanks, oil cooler, close ratio gearbox, sump guard, purchased from original owner 19 years ago, finished complete restoration June 1st 2015, have over 10,000 on it now. All Halda rally equipment works.
Long term project, bit of a mess when started, discovered it was a ex telephone van from Canada. Hope to have it road worthy soon.
Current Project
Yellow ‘early 1960 with a later model engine (1293cc) 276 cam,1.3 rockers pertronix dist.cam belt drive,3.44 gears,2 pin diff.rear and front bars,coil springs to replace rubber donuts.Early mercury alum wheels dating back to early 1980.front brakes up dated to disc …
Austin Mini cooper S
Vintage racer 1293cc with all the usual go-fast goodies, weber, 3-syncro close ratio gearbox with limited slip, cooper ‘S’ brakes, hi-lo adjustable suspension, usually Revolution wheels with Yokohama A008,
Powered by a race-prepped 1950cc MGB engine. APT VP-12 cam, rimflow valves ported/polished head with Harland-Sharpe 1.6 roller rockers, 45DCOE-9 weber, tourist trophy SS header and SS exhaust. Backed by a Type 9 5speed MGB rear axle MGB rostyle wheels …
Red with black roof, 1275 cooper s engine +.040 MG metro cam, std.cooper s 3 speed syncro gearbox except 2.7 diff., twin 1.5 ” H4 Special tuning carbs., Std. oil cooler, Std. twin tanks, Std. 4.5” x 10” steel wheels …
Right hand drive
A GREAT PROJECT, TOO BAD I SOLD IT. ,ALSO SEE MY J-H PROJECTS. JC
