I sold the Cooper in 1989 to Bruce Utting (Wellington). He kept it for about a year but did nothing with it before selling it again. That owner sold it to a buyer in Seattle USA where it still lives and does the occasional hillclimb driven by Ed Millman.
Mark 5 Coopers were not common in NZ but another Mk5 is owned by Ian Garmey in Auckland (and is currently for sale). Ian's son Tony was working for a restoration company in Seattle and they had a phone enquiry from the owner of a Mk5. Knowing Tony was knowledgeable about Mk5's because of his work on his father's car they asked Tony to handle the query. A few weeks later the same customer phoned again but Tony couldn't answer his question without seeing the car so he suggested the customer bring it into the shop.
You've probably guessed it-Tony took one look and said "I know this car-it came from NZ didn't it?" Quite amazing that of all the restorers Tony could have gone to work for and all the shops in the US the customer could have chosen the two coincided!