Registration No: UGD 745H
Chassis No: C-A2SB/1300802-A
MOT: Exempt

• Subject to a comprehensive restoration between 2012 and 2021 with much of the work completed by specialists
• Invoices on file for approximately £40,000 worth of expenditure during the restoration
• Home market example with Heritage Certificate
• Current ownership since 2012 with previous from 1996
• One of just 6,300 MkII Cooper S manufactured across both Austin and Morris brands

The Mini was actually detuned before launch in 1959. The prototype's 948cc engine made it embarrassingly rapid compared with other more expensive cars in the BMC group, and it was downgraded to 848cc and 34bhp. A collaboration between racing car builder John Cooper and the Mini’s creator Alec Issigonis, the Mini Cooper debuted in September 1961 with the ultimate 1275cc S variant arriving three years later. Famously winning the Monte Carlo Rally for the third time in 1967, that same year saw the Mini updated to MkII specification complete with redesigned radiator grille, revamped interior, larger rear windscreen and a host of other minor changes. Total MkII Cooper S production across both Austin and Morris brands amounted to just 6,300 cars.

Manufactured on the 13^th of May 1969, this home-market Cooper S 1275 was dispatched via Carlaw Cars Limited of Glasgow. Fitted with a 1275cc straight-four A-series engine allied to the four-speed manual gearbox, the Cooper was finished in the attractive colour combination of Tartan Red and Black with complementing Black interior upholstery. Thought to have resided in Scotland from new until 2012, the Austin was in previous ownership from 1996 until purchased by the vendor as a full restoration project in 2012 (although only registered to the vendor in 2014).

Subject to a comprehensive restoration, beginning in 2012 and finally concluding in 2021, the shell was dipped before the bodywork was provided a full restoration (including bare shell respray), with much of the bodywork refurbishment being completed by Huddersfield Mini Spares between 2016 and 2017. Huddersfield Mini Spares continued the rebuild with the Cooper receiving a fully reconditioned period S engine; replacement subframes; total mechanical restoration with numerous new parts provided; trim and fixtures fitment and fettling, before the restoration was completed with final fettling completed by a local classic car specialist and Minimine through 2019-2021. The history file accompanying ‘ORE 239F’ contains photographic documentation of the restoration process; some £40,000 worth of invoices of restoration expenditure; a BMIHT Heritage Certificate and a current V5C document.

For more information, please contact:
Paul Cheetham
paul.cheetham@handh.co.uk
07538 667452