Been doing a bit of digging

[AndyPen]

While not very likely there's always a possibility it came off a BMC Works car, which means you could build a "genuine" Abingdon car around it.

Paddy's signature isn't as clear as Ron Crellin's though - would that matter do you think???

[Peter Laidler]

My friend was an Army bomb disposal jockey and his team were called out to an old wartime mine that had been uncovered on a beach on the Isle of Wight. All kitted up and public held back 10 miles for safely, (they always like to over -egg the cake he tells me,...) he prodded and poked it, scraped sand away from below this rusty old mine to make a bit of a meal out of the situation.

He tied a bit of string to the mine and dragged it back with him to where the team and cops were stood - and presented them with a Mini brake drum, just like yours.

Quite how it got there nobody knows

[AndyPen]

My friend was an Army bomb disposal jockey and his team were called out to an old wartime mine that had been uncovered on a beach on the Isle of Wight. All kitted up and public held back 10 miles for safely, (they always like to over -egg the cake he tells me,...) he prodded and poked it, scraped sand away from below this rusty old mine to make a bit of a meal out of the situation.

He tied a bit of string to the mine and dragged it back with him to where the team and cops were stood - and presented them with a Mini brake drum, just like yours.

Quite how it got there nobody knows

Ha ha - back in Cornwall we used them as weights for boat moorings and such like - could be that Peter?

[northern monkey]

While not very likely there's always a possibility it came off a BMC Works car, which means you could build a "genuine" Abingdon car around it.

surely you'd need two for a successful works car