Motor Car - British Motor Corporation (BMC), Morris Mini Cooper, 1964

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Summary:: The Museum's car is a 1964 Morris Mini Cooper built in Australia by BMC (Australia) Pty Ltd with a 998cc engine. Vehicle number is 3492 and engine number is 9F A SA L1659. The original owner sold the car to Daniel Carroll in Melbourne in 1966 who retained it until 1984 when it was purchased by the Museum. It had been repainted in red and white colours by Mr Carroll and shows 40,000 miles on the odometer. The Victorian registration number IHG530 is not the one originally issued which was JDH180.

Discipline:	Technology
Dimensions:	1350 mm (Height), 1410 mm (Width), 3150 mm (Length)
Weight:	635 kg (Weight)

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Tagged with:	motor cars, vma, vma2, thass1
Themes this item is part of:	Morris (BMC) Mini, Engineering Collection, Transport Collection
Primary Classification:	ROAD TRANSPORT
Secondary Classification:	Motor Vehicles
Tertiary Classification:	motor cars
Model Name/Number:	Mini Cooper
Manufacturer:	British Motor Corporation (Australia) Pty Ltd (BMC), Australia, 1964
Designer:	Sir Alec Issigonis, England, Great Britain, 1956-1959
Designer:	Mr Alex Moulton, England, Great Britain, 1956-1959
Past Owner:	Daniel Carroll, Victoria, Australia, 1966-1984

Comments

Tristan Stowards Posted on 10 Jan 2011 10:28 PM

A clarification; the red and white combination, while used by BMC Competition department, was never offered on new minis by BMC.

Lucas J. Whiffin Posted on 05 Feb 2011 10:40 PM

Re: Tristan's comment. I have been told the same thing before, but I have seen Mini Coopers in these colors. (I actually own a '62 Cooper with two tone paint which is factory.) It would be very easy to clarify as the color combos are actually stated on the build plate of the car. Regards, Luke

kyle Posted on 22 Dec 2011 11:46 AM

I had one of these & was told that the cooper engine was 997, not 998 like the mini delux

Stephen Posted on 09 Apr 2012 10:35 PM

With this car being an Australian-built Morris Cooper, Tartan Red & Nurburg White was indeed available from the factory from early 1964 production. Not so in the UK built Mini Coopers until much later. Both 997cc & 998 cc Morris Coopers were produced here in Oz. The 997 is rare, the 998 versions even rarer. This particular car is a 998 version going by the detail mentioned.

Steve Posted on 17 May 2012 10:52 PM

I recently bought a numbers matching Morris Cooper, Australian production. The plate lists the colours as Tartan red/Nurburg white. I was told the original lady owner bought it in early 1964 and that the car was built in 1963. She owned it until 2002. I've been told it's a 998 while others say it's a 997. The engine prefix is 9FSAL.... I've seen English publications that state this means it's a 997 however some Australian documents state this engine prefix was used for both 997 and 998.
The point of this is that the red/white colour combination of the Museum car, assuming it's original, is correct.

Warrick Atwood Posted on 10 Aug 2012 1:32 PM

This colour combination was offered by the factory. The colours on our car are Jet red body and Artic White roof. I have my dad's 1971 MkII Morris Cooper S which was bought off the showroom floor from Dent's in Keilor Rd, Nth Essendon. Our car, interestingly, has coverless 850 ashtrays, such was the quality control back then.