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 Posted: May 31, 2022 08:33AM
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Sorry, that one just sold at auction for $24,250
If you haven't already checked, there are some Mini's for sale in the "Cars For Sale" area of the "Social" section of this site. Click the link. https://www.minimania.com/Cars4Sale_list.cfm

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Simple recipe for Excitement:  Take 1 Classic Mini. Throw in 1590cc's of engine. Add 5 gears. A dash of 94 octane. A sprinkle of style inside and out. Toss in 1 MadMan and finally heat tires and pavement to taste. Recipe produces 1 Mini VTEC conversion and full satisfaction. Motor on!
 Posted: May 28, 2022 03:26PM
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Well, Tiffany's reserve was met and sold for $36,000 plus 10% buyers fee and other fees on top.

The red '63 went for $24,250 plus fees

And the Mini/CRX combo only bid up to $7K. No sale. 

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Simple recipe for Excitement:  Take 1 Classic Mini. Throw in 1590cc's of engine. Add 5 gears. A dash of 94 octane. A sprinkle of style inside and out. Toss in 1 MadMan and finally heat tires and pavement to taste. Recipe produces 1 Mini VTEC conversion and full satisfaction. Motor on!
 Posted: May 27, 2022 08:01PM
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Or you can bid more than $24,250 at the auction for the seats, and get the rest of the car for free. 

That red '63 is catching up quick at $20,250

The 1969/1990 Austin/Honda Van/CRX is till holding strong at $2350

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Simple recipe for Excitement:  Take 1 Classic Mini. Throw in 1590cc's of engine. Add 5 gears. A dash of 94 octane. A sprinkle of style inside and out. Toss in 1 MadMan and finally heat tires and pavement to taste. Recipe produces 1 Mini VTEC conversion and full satisfaction. Motor on!
 Posted: May 27, 2022 04:14PM
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Those are the original Rover MPI Sportspack seats though. If you have the same seats, Jeremy at JET says he sells the Rover seat covers in several colours in both leather and vinyl. 

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Simple recipe for Excitement:  Take 1 Classic Mini. Throw in 1590cc's of engine. Add 5 gears. A dash of 94 octane. A sprinkle of style inside and out. Toss in 1 MadMan and finally heat tires and pavement to taste. Recipe produces 1 Mini VTEC conversion and full satisfaction. Motor on!
 Posted: May 27, 2022 08:39AM
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Thanks, Markiss!

 Posted: May 26, 2022 09:02AM
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I think I recall Jeremy from JET say that he sent the seats out to be upholstered in the similar colour with white piping. Guess you could email him and ask about it.  

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Simple recipe for Excitement:  Take 1 Classic Mini. Throw in 1590cc's of engine. Add 5 gears. A dash of 94 octane. A sprinkle of style inside and out. Toss in 1 MadMan and finally heat tires and pavement to taste. Recipe produces 1 Mini VTEC conversion and full satisfaction. Motor on!
 Posted: May 26, 2022 08:15AM
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Are those Tiffany seats available aftermarket? They would look great in my '87 Surf Blue...

 Posted: May 25, 2022 11:15AM
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Three days left to get your bids in. Auction is this Saturday. Looks like they post the past auction results online. Interested to see where these end up. I'd say the Tiffany one could get around $40+K. It got quick action but stalled at $18,250. Noticed they listed the colour as "Tiffany Blue" even though it's "Surf Blue". The red '63 is on the way up $7600, and the modified '90 Mini is slowly climbing up to $2300. Wonder if we'll see either of these on BAT after this auction.

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Simple recipe for Excitement:  Take 1 Classic Mini. Throw in 1590cc's of engine. Add 5 gears. A dash of 94 octane. A sprinkle of style inside and out. Toss in 1 MadMan and finally heat tires and pavement to taste. Recipe produces 1 Mini VTEC conversion and full satisfaction. Motor on!
 Posted: May 16, 2022 07:29PM
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Videos for the Tiffany Mini

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fiu-N4IT4g  How it came to be

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3Wv_m4w82U  In this video he shows the engine conversion kit. He also mentions that JET Motors is an official dealer and installer for the Cooper Car Co and JCW. It even includes Cooper'S' decals, JCW and COOPER plaques/emblems, engravings etc. Whether the combo of it all allows it to be a continuation Cooper'S' is to be taken with a grain of salt. But the words "official conversion" is thrown around a bit in the videos, which leads me to think that once using the official parts from the official companies maybe allows it to be called a Cooper'S' as a continuation model of sorts. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THdDSc_KIkQ  This video shows more of the install, etc. Around the 1:58 mark in it, it shows the plaque riveted to the floor which shows that it's a Genuine Cooper Conversion, conversion #, logos, and the url for the Cooper Car Co.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96pcRlk1blU  Test drive.

I would assume that Jeremy would have got permission to use the Tiffany & Co name and logo. If their name and logo are trademarked/copyrighted you cannot commission anyone to produce anything with that on it. I believe that you can reproduce it for your own use, but you cannot trade or pay someone to reproduce anything with it, or furthermore sell anything off like they are. From there, he's selling and marketing the car with the Tiffany name and logo on it which would also be a violation if he didn't get permission. I'm assuming he covered his posterior. But then again if he didn't, he could possibly be in for a shock.

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Simple recipe for Excitement:  Take 1 Classic Mini. Throw in 1590cc's of engine. Add 5 gears. A dash of 94 octane. A sprinkle of style inside and out. Toss in 1 MadMan and finally heat tires and pavement to taste. Recipe produces 1 Mini VTEC conversion and full satisfaction. Motor on!
 Posted: May 16, 2022 03:06PM
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Cooper Car Company doesn't own the 'John Cooper Works' name. That was purchased by BMW in 2007/2008 and appears to only be used by BMW for their MINIs. Cooper Car Company sells 2 upgrade kits for the MPI. The 'Mini Cooper S Works Plus 1275cc MPi Conversion' and the 'John Cooper 1275cc MPi 85bhp Conversion'. Carefully avoiding the use of the JCW label. The Cooper Car Company also doesn't list an authorized dealer in North America and lists no authorized installers at all on their website. The Jet Motors connection is easily confirmed since Jeremy signed the underbonnet insulation. ??

The second car, the 1963, is an earlier body shell. Likely late 1960 or possibly early 1961. It has the seat belt connections place high on the 'B' post and '59/'60 doors. Doors are easily changed but these are rare especially in the U.S. It looks like the VIN is missing or moved and the upper engine steady has a strange looking mounting. I think everything I mentioned about this second car is minor, it looks like a nice car in the pictures.

'Tiffany & Co' is a trademark and is also under copyright by Tiffany & Co.??

Kelley

"If you can afford the car, you can afford the manual..."

 Posted: May 16, 2022 10:18AM
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Yes, both of those listed above are offerings from JET. 
The Tiffany one isn't doing bad to start with. Already at $18,250 after just a few days. I can see this being a gift for someone's lady. Already wrapped. 

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Simple recipe for Excitement:  Take 1 Classic Mini. Throw in 1590cc's of engine. Add 5 gears. A dash of 94 octane. A sprinkle of style inside and out. Toss in 1 MadMan and finally heat tires and pavement to taste. Recipe produces 1 Mini VTEC conversion and full satisfaction. Motor on!
 Posted: May 15, 2022 04:31PM
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Oh .... its a JET creation. That explains it all.

 Posted: May 15, 2022 01:51PM
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Something is a miss somewhere maybe within the writeup. Maybe a typo? If you look on Jet Motors FaceBook page https://www.facebook.com/jetmotorsmini/?ref=py_c  he has a few videos and some info about the car. He never mentions it as a 1975 year model and never mentions it as a Cooper'S'. He states that it is a MkVII (7), which is is from 1996-2000 (I believe?), SportsPack Mini. From there he did the cosmetic stuff to make it into a Tiffany & Co themed Mini and added and JCW kit to the engine. 
But looking at the VIN listed on the auction site and JET's FB video, it matches the sequence of a Mini from '74-'80, not from '90 onward. 
As for the Cooper'S' tagging, I'd say maybe that was put in there due to them beefing up the engine. Being that his shop is a licensed dealer and installer of the JCW kit and other parts, it could then be classified as a Cooper'S' with JCW's stamp of approval. Kind of like some how Mustang builder shops purchase Shelby licensing to be able to license their builds as continuation Shelbys even though they weren't Shelbys to begin with. 
Either way, it looks great and has the extra grunt using the proper parts and mechanics. Well sorted. 
What the actual details of the model year are, who knows. I guess Jeremy would know. I'm sure he wouldn't be purposely swindling someone, as it'll be his reputation and business on the line. 

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Simple recipe for Excitement:  Take 1 Classic Mini. Throw in 1590cc's of engine. Add 5 gears. A dash of 94 octane. A sprinkle of style inside and out. Toss in 1 MadMan and finally heat tires and pavement to taste. Recipe produces 1 Mini VTEC conversion and full satisfaction. Motor on!
 Posted: May 15, 2022 10:41AM
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The fake Austin Cooper S looks like a late model Rover Mini that was reVINned to a 75 to get around the 25 year importation regulation.

 Posted: May 14, 2022 09:49AM
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1975 Austin Cooper S, I think NOT.

 Posted: May 13, 2022 10:14PM
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1975 Austin Mini Cooper S Tiffany & Co.
https://www.trucksandauto.com/auctions/11927/lot/103763504-1975-Austin-Mini-Cooper-S  


1963 Austin Mini Cooper original LHD
https://www.trucksandauto.com/auctions/11927/lot/103775904-1963-Austin-Mini-Cooper

They are in their annual collector car auction. Looks like they will both have more photos added in the near future. They just listed them today.