Mini 25 Donington programme

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Mini 25 Donington programme

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Can anybody who has one supply me a good scan of one?

Could also be nice for the main site!
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I have a poster somewhere and some A4 sized ones

I had a trade stall at it and they arrived from Austin Rover on the Friday when the event was on Sunday

In fact I had THE trade stand. They were asking £110 for a stall when most shows were £25 tops. Everyone copped out until I had the bright idea that if everyone else wasn't standing for it , I could be in for a good thing

I took such gems as 35 sets of nudge bars and sold everything. I didn't know where to stuff the cash.

We were doing convertible conversions and we managed to get the roof off a 25 in time but didn't have time to make a hood for it. Luckily it didn't rain all weekend

How times change
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Some Mini 25 memorabilia from my visit to Mini 25 as an Exhibitor way back in 1984.

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Gosh, I wonder why umbrellas were so expensive? I doubt you would pay £12 for one now unless it was a dead posh version.
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https://flickr.com/photos/16788879@N02/ ... 6971989755

Posted before, but a nice related set of pics I took there !
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I doubt they sold many of the Austin Montego polyester ties & scarfs...... :lol:
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billycooper wrote:https://flickr.com/photos/16788879@N02/ ... 6971989755

Posted before, but a nice related set of pics I took there !
Robert Dixon in the canes metro!

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Picture I took at that time !

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And the poster I got from there !

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That was the 1st real Mini Show I ever attended :)

Still one of the best.
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Yes Marc you are right it was great ! And the weather was great too !
I was there with my 1975 Innocenti Cooper 1300 export !

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There must be somebody who has hold on to the souvenir programme.

I can remember miss mini 25 but as it's 32 years ago.........
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This is the cover.......I have a copy of the programme in a box somewhere in my loft but it would take me some time to find it!

1984 Mini 25 press pack on TMF:-
http://www.theminiforum.co.uk/forums/to ... ress-info/
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A selection of my photos scanned from the day.

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The late Charles Pollet was there with the Ohio Mini Owners.
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I'm second in the queue here to go out for the parade laps.

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This Mini from Sweden was one of the first Mini's I had seen fitted with the then brand new low profile Pirelli P7F 175/50 x 13 tyres on 6x13" alloys. I went out and bought a set shortly after!
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UHR850 wrote:And the poster I got from there !

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I have this poster with all the racing drivers signatures that day. I also have a nice pic with dad on the front row. Will dig them out over the weekend.
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