Moss Motors, Ltd

42 years after put in storage and 2.5 years after the restoration began, the Mini is finished.

Car features a 1965 1275cc Cooper S engine. Modifications include: ported and polished AEG 163 cylinder head, balanced crank & rods, roller rockers, LCB header and a 286 fast road cam.

Shortly after finishing the Mini, we were invited to show the car in the 2009 Geneva Concours d'Elegance, a multi-make event featuring nearly 200 cars. We were surprised to be selected as a award winner in the Mini's first show. Good to know that Minis are gaining well-deserved recognition on their 50th birthday!

Most of the interior and exterior trim is finished. Just need to complete the engine.

Fiesta Yellow exterior and Powder Blue interior were matched up together in early Coopers. Evidence that illegal substances from the early 60's can effect your brain.

All new suspension and braking components, powdercoated subframes, NOS Bilstein shocks and a set of rare Cosmic RW10 10"x4" wheels has got things finally rolling. More to come over the next few months.

Have the Heritage certificate and the car is being returned to it's original color: Fiesta Yellow. It was definitely not the most popular color, so I imagine I will not see many at shows [;-)] As with the Spitfire, we painted the bottom of the car, the rockers, and both the front and rear valences with truck bedliner prior to painting the whole ...

Body was surprisingly pretty solid. Stripped to bare metal. Replaced front fenders, front panel, rear valence, battery box and one rocker. All other repairs done in lead.

1963 Austin Cooper that was rallyed in the Midwest until 1967. Put in storage until 2006 (nearly 40 years!) and now undergoing a rotisserie restoration. More pictures to follow.....