1972 Mini Cooper S

1380CC

5 speed Manual

XA2S1457672

Clear

Gasoline

1972 Mini Cooper S fully restored top to bottom Hello everyone, this is a auction for a 1972 Mini Cooper S. Let me start off with mentioning that I have about 95 full page detailed pictures of the car below so please give them 20 seconds to load. Also I wanted to mention that my contact tel # is right below here and also at the bottom of the listing, if anyone has any questions or want to inquire about a buy it now price that can be added to the auction so it can ended early. My contact tel # is 570-875-7109. Here is a full breakdown of the entire car.Available for purchase – a right hand drive English 1972 Austin Mini Cooper “S”. There is no rust anywhere on this car. Since my purchase and subsequent restoration, the car has been driven carefully and very well kept. The car has been in California and Michigan previously. The car has been garaged kept since the full restoration. Please remember this is a couple year old restoration and there are some very minor cosmetic flaws, but with that said, you will be hard pressed to find a more attractive, great handling, faster Cooper out there. The following is a summary of the condition of the car including items restored/replaced: This 1972 “retromod” Morris Cooper S has right-hand drive and has 13,154 miles. This Mini has a Mk IV body shell with new genuine sills and rear valance and is painted in Jaguar British Racing Green with OEW top and bonnet stripes right up to the windscreen, as in the works cars. Also displayed are color-coded Group II wheel arches and chrome trim, chrome bumpers and overriders. Quick release grille buttons and bonnet hinges are on the car for easy service. Leather bonnet straps secure the bonnet with an internal safety latch and the car is also fit with Halogen ring headlamps with flat lenses, chrome “works” rock guards, dual Cooper driving lamps, clear glass parking lamps with amber bulbs and chrome external mirrors, plus dual Monza fuel caps. The Mini is further equipped with Newton biscuit leather with green piping on reclining seats and door panels. The bins have been removed and rear seat metal modified to allow more front seat room, resulting in a minimally-sized custom rear seat and back in matching biscuit leather. Additional items are found in burled walnut six clock dash and door caps, Magnolia gauges, chrome hardware, polished Cooper doorsill trim, Newton wool carpet, Cooper mats, Astrali polished three-spoke leather steering wheel, column drop bracket, M-Machine right-hand gas tank allows for 15 gallon total capacity for extended cruising. The fuel pump, fuel and brake lines, battery cables and washer lines are all internalized from the boot through the cabin for safety and protection from the elements. The running gear and suspension are rebuilt rust-free front and rear sub-frames, reinforced rear crossmember to allow single point jacking. Solid front subframe mounts, competition grade bushings elsewhere. Genuine 5- x 10-inch Minilite wheels with Yoko Ao32 Aqua Tusk tires. The front brakes have four-pot calipers and new vented rotors machined to fit the 10- wheels, EBC Greenstuff Kevlar pads, braided steel lines. The rears have Superfin alloy drums on KAD alloy hubs with EBC Kevlar shoes and braided lines. The Mini also has tandem brake master-cylinders with front-mounted pressure regulator. Rose-jointed camber-adjustable lower arms with poly rebound pads are on the car. Other features include Heim-end tie rods with boots up front, KAD ultra-light alloy swing arms and four-way adjustable rear brackets. The car has front and rear anti-sway bars with all-poly bushings and Heim-end adjustment rods plus polished Hi-Lo’s for adjustable height with Red coil springs, cupped and greased seats; AGX twin-tube gas-filled eight-point adjustable shocks, custom-valved and tested with Dyno sheets. The car is corner weighted and tuned from optimal handling. The engine is a Swiftune, UK-built "Road Rocket" 1380 A+ base engine. It is heat-treated, lapped and polished, dynamically balanced crank, con rods aligned, balanced end for end. New ring gear on 8.6 pound lightened flywheel and back-plate. Orange spec clutch diaphragm and new turbo plate, balanced again as an assembly. There is also a new SW5 high-torque camshaft, vernier double row timing chain, new high capacity oil pump. Romac polished vibration dampener/pulley with timing marks. Also found are large-valve ported and flowed cylinder head. 1.5 ratio roller tipped rockers. ARP 12-point fasteners, flat top polished and finned valve cover. High-capacity water pump, 11-blade fan and two-core radiator, three-row Mocal oil cooler and braided oil lines. The car also has an additional auxiliary thermo-switched electric fan with dash-mounted bypass switch. Pertonix optical ignition, Lucas sport coil, Billet dizzy clamp with marks, 60-amp alternator, lightweight hi-torque Nippon starter. NGK race caps, wires and Iridium plugs, plus a Maniflow intake manifold and twin 1.5 SU carbs. AptFast two-inch ram pipes with oiled filter socks, Maniflow LCB polished stainless exhaust manifold, headers, collector and all stainless RC40 twin box system are also to be found.. The engine is additionally supported by left and right bulkhead braces and a lower gearbox front brace. All this mated to a Jack Knight Developments five-speed, straight cut, close-ratio gearbox with central oil pickup, and magnetic inspection plug. Reverted from a 4.1 to a 3.44 FD and removed the evolution LSD, refitted the standard differential for better street manners. This Mini also features all new inner and outer CV joints. Now lets get to the 80 full page detailed pictures that show the exterior, interior, engine compartment, engine and also underneath. I hope everyone gets a good idea of the excellent condition this car is in and what time and money went into the car. Again If anyone has any questions Please feel free to email or better yet call me directly at 570-875-7109. I will be happy to answer any questions you might have. Also if you would like to come and inspect the car in person please call me to set up an appointment. I will be happy to show you anything you would like to see on the car.The car is being sold AS-IS, with no warranty.I have 100% feedback for a reason, I only list facts about what I sell and if I don't know the answer I will find it out before any guessing. That's the way it should be.Thanks for taking the time to view this auction and have a great day!