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PostPosted: Sun Apr 30, 2017 9:51 am 
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Did the early Mark II Cooper 'S' bonnet badges still use the Mark I badges and if so when did they change to the oval badging?


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PostPosted: Sun Apr 30, 2017 9:57 am 
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I thought all mk2 got the ford badge I mean oval badging


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I've seen some early mk2s with mk1 front badges, so the answer is yes.


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PostPosted: Sun Apr 30, 2017 12:29 pm 
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minijoe69 wrote:
I've seen some early mk2s with mk1 front badges, so the answer is yes.

Is that from new? Owners choice? Or accident damage


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PostPosted: Sun Apr 30, 2017 12:47 pm 
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I've seen the Mk 1 badges on a couple of early Mk 2's but I didn't have the foresight to get the build numbers.
I used to own Mk 2 #940 & it had the oval badge originally, if that's any help...


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PostPosted: Sun Apr 30, 2017 1:01 pm 
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cooperess wrote:
Did the early Mark II Cooper 'S' bonnet badges still use the Mark I badges and if so when did they change to the oval badging?

Without factory records we can never be 100% sure but I'm very confident the MK II's used the oval badge from the beginning of production. Whilst the use of the metal heater, tin tank master cylinders, Lockheed booster and 9fsay engines in early MK II's is now well known there's been no suggestion to date that the bonnet badge was other than the oval one (other than this current question).

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PostPosted: Sun Apr 30, 2017 6:43 pm 
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Yes factory, but the first cars where built all mk2.


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PostPosted: Sun Apr 30, 2017 8:24 pm 
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I've seen some early mk2s with mk1 front badges, so the answer is yes.


were they YG2S4 or YKG2S2?

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From my memory (unreliable), all Mk2s had the oval badge because that and the flares were their main marketing features when newly released. When I bought my mini K in 1969, there were still new Mk1s in BMC showrooms for sale and these often had flares fitted to 'modernise' their appearance. It isn't impossible that dealers might have fitted oval badges to help the upgrade, although that would have involved some filler and a touchup to cover the holes.


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Who would want to buy the new Cooper S with old badges?


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simon k wrote:
minijoe69 wrote:
I've seen some early mk2s with mk1 front badges, so the answer is yes.

were they YG2S4 or YKG2S2?

Good question. The body stamping is what differentiates the two models and is important during the changeover period in 1969 when various combinations of ancillaries were fitted.

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PostPosted: Sun Apr 30, 2017 9:48 pm 
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Who would want to buy the new Cooper S with old badges?


exactly my thoughts... imagine ordering one, then fronting up to the dealer expecting the 'new model', and seeing the old badge on the front of it.

It could be that they were YKG2S2 with 4 synchro boxes and flares, basically MK2 but prior to the number change

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Who would want to buy the new Cooper S with old badges?


exactly my thoughts... imagine ordering one, then fronting up to the dealer expecting the 'new model', and seeing the old badge on the front of it.

It could be that they were YKG2S2 with 4 synchro boxes and flares, basically MK2 but prior to the number change

Just don't call it a Mk1.5 or some people may get upset.


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gtogreen1969 wrote:
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Who would want to buy the new Cooper S with old badges?


exactly my thoughts... imagine ordering one, then fronting up to the dealer expecting the 'new model', and seeing the old badge on the front of it.

It could be that they were YKG2S2 with 4 synchro boxes and flares, basically MK2 but prior to the number change

Just don't call it a Mk1.5 or some people may get upset.


no no no, I'm talking about a MK 1.3333, MK1.5 is a MK2 with no ID plate, and MK3 is a MK2 with flappy door handles, right?

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I believe all Mk2 had oval badges. Car number 627 (the 127th Mk2) had an oval badge. Owners of earlier cars can probably shrink the model number closer to the earliest Mk2 made.


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