I think I've only seen one Mini in Kelp Beige. It was a Deluxe, and isn't Kelp Beige anymore.

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Looks nice and clean, despite the colour it is very period and something different. Good panel gaps always a bonus. Hopefully its still in good nick.

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1970 Cooper S ex-Bathurst & ATCC
1964 Austin Cooper S ex-Group C race car
1967 Morris Cooper S ex-Group B
1962 Mini Speed sports sedan
1968-71 ex-Peter Manton Shell car

What influenced me to buy it , apart from the fact the old guy had owned it since nearly new ,
was the fact that it was so original.
Nothing had been fiddled with.
The paint looked OK from a distance , but up close not so good.
Him and his old mate had resprayed it at home.
It had some runs here and there , but overall pretty good.

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WANTED - COOPER S

1973 GTR XU-1

Here is a few Kelp Beige Cooper Ss for ya.

nice pics

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WANTED - COOPER S

1973 GTR XU-1

Another shot of one of the cars above. This from the Mini 50 Show 2011 in Melbourne.

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ex-NSW Police 1970 MK II Cooper S
VMCI #43

I'm surprised to see a Mk2 in kelp beige. I thought that colour was Mk1 only.
Obviously not. I doubt anyone would paint it that colour unless that was the original shade.
G.

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1970 Cooper S ex-Bathurst & ATCC
1964 Austin Cooper S ex-Group C race car
1967 Morris Cooper S ex-Group B
1962 Mini Speed sports sedan
1968-71 ex-Peter Manton Shell car

Dougs old one that is now with the cops was originally Kelp Beige. They must have brought back the colour for a few.

I have two separate colour charts/codes for Minis and both list Kelp Beige as being a 1967 colour only.

Possibly showing my age here but "browns" were very much a favoured colour in the late sixties to early seventies and possibly a prospective buyer put in a special order for his/her brand new Mk11.

I would have one in that colour no hesitation at all

The Mk2 S colour is called Bronze Beige

That would be right as Bronze Beige is a 1971/72 colour, formally known as Shade Number 12971.

The only Kelp Beige car that I can recall having seen in the metal was an "S" for sale at Noosa about fifteen years ago. It had a light coloured interior, probably doeskin, and was in absolutely immaculate condition. Indeed, the whole car was very original. Hopefully it went to a good home and may even be in the hands of someone on this forum.

If that's the case then we should update the MK2 S register for the 2 Kelp Beige cars and change the colour to Bronze Beige
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I'm not sure that that is the case because it was possible to put in a special order for a new car with a colour from a prior year. The apparent Kelp Beige Mk2 shown in the photos is a case in point. If it is a genuine Mk2 and the ID plate (paint sticker) says that it is Kelp Beige (albeit a 1967 colour) then we have to accept it as such.