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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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