italianjob1275 and I have just been down to Leicester to have a look at our new purchase, and OH MY GOD!!! You know people often talk about ‘barn’ or ‘garage’ finds, where a completely original car is found under a heap of rubbish, and found to be in amazing condition - well we have found one of those.
It has little bits of corrosion here and there, front corner of the offside sill, corner of the nearside wing, a panels, but that is it! the interior and headlining are immaculate, absolutely untouched by the passage of time. The engine seems in good nick, it is very clean, and still dynamo equipped! It has the bus twirler steering wheel, with a very nice looking single column switch shroud. The boot is amazing, no rot on the floor, no rot around the subframe mounts at all, only a small pinhole in the offside shock mount. Inside the rear companion pockets it is the same, no rust at all, even the original paintwork (a nice deep blue), and loads of waxoyl. The bonnet is immaculate, even down to the soundproofing on the underside, none of which has sagged or is damp. Both bumpers, and the early Clubby grille are in good nick, and the original Lucas sealed beam headlamps (for what use they are) are intact. The car has had three owners from new, (us being the fourth), and has done a genuine 60000 miles.
He has a couple of other bits which he wants to sell seperately, and I need confirmation that what he has for sale is what I think it is:
He has a 998 cylinder head with the casting
‘12G295’
I believe this is a 998 Cooper head, would this be right?
The car also comes with two complete engines (a+ i think, didn’t actually see them), about 5 boxes full of bits, such as carbs, rear lights, front lights, various trim pieces, and two spare doors and three spare bootlids.
He also has some Cooper S reverse rims which we are going to buy too.
What does everyone think?
Tom and Steve
