1964 Austin Mini Cooper S Rally Car on 2040-cars
Ames, Iowa, United States
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This is a great little Mini Cooper S rally car. It can be used on the street, in road rally, in a vintage road race, or a rallycross. This is the vehicle that can do it all. The engine sounds like a race engine but is not too loud to be driven on the road. I would say half as loud as a Harley. The car starts up every time and has a battery cutoff switch mounted between the seats. You will not find a better prepared period car. Included is the Heritage Certificate, a two binders full of all of the email correspondence, receipts and hand written notes and diagrams about the restoration and history of the car. As well as the plates it wore when in Georgia, Texas, and Iowa. There is also a photo album documenting its time in Hong Kong showing the build of the engine and its transportation in crates and on trucks. The only difference between this car and the works cars you are used to seeing is that this one is was painted green during the last restoration. Full works style rallye dash Fully adjustable hi-lo suspension Twin fuel gauges Fully adjustable Spax/KYB shock absorbers All fuses mounted on navigator's dash Genuine Minilite 10-inch magnesium wheels Half roll cage Lightweight period rallye seats 4-point competition harnesses Twin 5-gallon petrol tanks Period Salisbury LSD with longer 3.1 final drive Straight-cut racing gear set All fuel and brake lines routed inside cabin Steel rallye sump guard Period Moto-Lita wood-rim Cooper steering wheel 1275cc engine (1.275 liter or about 78 cubic inches) Twin 1.5" SU carburetors Stage 4 ported and gas flowed cylinder head 10.5:1 compression ratio Kent 276 road race cam 1.5 ratio forged rockers Pertronix ignition 13-row Mocal oil cooler Additional water radiator Thermostatically-controlled electric auxiliary fan 1964 Constructed 21 August for "Home Market" sale (British Isles) 1964 Despatched to dealer Weybridge Automobiles Limited 24 August 1964-1986 Registered in the UK on October 10 as BAE701B – 22 years as a road car 1986 Exported to Hong Kong to Terry Berrecloth registered as DL8880 1986 Made into full competition road racer; campaigned in Macao by Terry Berrecloth 1988 Car sold to Ian R.C. Cullen registered as EK5173 1990 Removed from road use for restoration 1991-1994 Car shipped to UK for rebuild/restoration at Mini-Sport Ltd. 1996 Car accepted by Mr. Cullen and re-registered as BAE701B |
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Mini finally lands its full blackflip
Tue, 19 Feb 2013French stuntman Guerlain Chicherit hit the ski slopes of Tignes, France over the weekend - not to enjoy the fresh snow but to perform the first-ever unassisted backlip in a car, which was teased last month.
The unassisted part of the stunt comes from the fact that he Chicherit, in a special rally-prepped Mini Countryman, uses a regular, solid ramp rather than any specially modified ramps that have been used in the past to pull off this stunt. Unfortunately, after 18 months of practice, you'd think the video would be more entertaining by showing more closeups or better angles of the stunt.
Either way, you can check out Chicherit and his Countryman nail the back flip in the video posted below, and Mini has provided a press release and some high-res shots for the stunt as well.
2015 Mini Cooper stuns crowd, itself [w/videos]
Thu, 21 Nov 2013Remember the Mini Rocketman concept from 2011? While we were really, really hoping for a production version - a properly mini Mini - that never happened. And it won't. But what we are getting is a whole lot of that showcar's styling cues applied to the third-generation Mini Cooper hardtop, a model making its debut here at the LA Auto Show. And while from most angles, the new Mini is as cute as ever, we just can't quite warm up to that face - or that huge front overhang. The car simply looks like a frightened goldfish (that yellow paint isn't helping, either).
The car simply looks like a frightened goldfish (that yellow paint isn't helping, either).
It should probably be pretty nice to drive, though, with the base Cooper using a new turbocharged 1.5-liter three-cylinder engine good for 134 horsepower and 162 pound-feet of torque. Friskier Cooper S models get a healthy power increase, their 2.0-liter turbo engines putting out a full 189 hp and 207 lb-ft, with both engines are mated to either a six-speed manual or automatic transmission.
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Sun, 01 Sep 2013Ask anyone that's driven a classic Mini, and they'll probably tell you that their first reaction to driving it was a lot like the start of this video - whooping, shouting, laughing and a whole lot of smiling. This video, from Jon Quirk, editor-in-chief at Auto Trader UK, highlights the connection between him and his Rover Mini Paul Smith. He really nails the man-machine interface that makes owning a great car so much fun. Besides that, Quirk does a good job of enumerating what is so enjoyable about driving a fun car on a twisting road.
For our British readers, this video is also meant to test the waters for a new format from Auto Trader UK, called "I Bought One." With Quirk's Mini, the car-buying site is looking at telling the story of people and their interesting cars. We think this video is a great start, with high production value and solid content. Head on over to the YouTube channel, and let them know what you think. But first, scroll on down for the entire video on this awesome Rover Mini.