1965 Mini Cooper S 1275 Valve clearances are by traditional

Valve clearances are by traditional screw and locknut

but the two models can be easily told apart by the positioning of their door hinges

standard external oil coolers for both the engine and transmission

He started the tuning business in an outbuilding of the original Alpina typewriter factory

with seventy employees

1965 Mini Cooper S 1275 Valve clearances are by traditionalThe notion that Mini might have a future as anything other than basic transport was an anathema, the idea of a high performance version was laughable. One man though, saw it quite differently. Racing car manufacturer John Cooper already knew quite a bit about tuning BMC's A series engine, he was running the company's Formula Junior effort at the time and a test drive in a prototype Mini convinced him of the car's competition potential. The Mini Cooper