It was ladies first with Pat who was never really keen on the Mini and Turner on the maps who of course went on to lead the BMC cars on to greater things and the fact that the car, a very, very early one was a very non-standard works Mini colour, black 
Cheers Bill. Interesting about the colour cherry red as Sprinzel say's the car was black in his book 'Spritely years'bill773mini wrote:Hi Steve,
Not got any photo's of it but if it helps we hold this information.
TJB 199 was Morris Mini Minor, chassis number 675, Cherry Red, De-Luxe, built 17-08-59 RHD domestic market, dispatched to BMC competitions Dept on 24.08.59. Sold second hand 26.01.61 to Mr A.Hutchinson.
Bill
I've never seen a photo of it either on that event. hi Pete! well theres a pic on the net when the car was on the 1960 tulip rally, a few months later, driven by sprinzel, & it appears to be white (B&W photo) & also I saw in writing somewhere that it had a white roof, may have been a quote from the bmc works mini site, it stuck in my mind as they said: 'unusually painted the roof white', also on 1 or 2 other cars that were there at the time too, but I cant recall exactly where. but I made notes as to its details as I searched. same with the race no 29, saw it somewhere, but its not listed at any rally sites etc. wasn't in pats or Stuarts books either, she usually put in the reg no & rally no & often the colour & a nickname if it was going to be a 'regular' too, but not for this one, she wasn't over impressed, even thought they won the rally by a full 10 minutes! her tune changed with the Coopers though didn't it!Pete wrote:The works didn't paint a white roof on a red Mini til '62 did they? It was monotone on the '61 RAC.
just found that Nancy Mitchell drove the car in the '59 Portugese rally, with the race no.57, just a few months after Pat drove this & a period colour photo shows it clearly with a red roof * #57 for that event for sure. but I have lots of other bmc models, that when ive researched them were painted various colours thru their competition lives, as & when required by the bmc comp.dept for whatever reasons.....phew its a thick plot with no photos . bernbbernb wrote:hi Pete! well theres a pic on the net when the car was on the 1960 tulip rally, a few months later, driven by sprinzel, & it appears to be white (B&W photo) & also I saw in writing somewhere that it had a white roof, may have been a quote from the bmc works mini site, it stuck in my mind as they said: 'unusually painted the roof white', also on 1 or 2 other cars that were there at the time too, but I cant recall exactly where. but I made notes as to its details as I searched. same with the race no 29, saw it somewhere, but its not listed at any rally sites etc. wasn't in pats or Stuarts books either, she usually put in the reg no & rally no & often the colour & a nickname if it was going to be a 'regular' too, but not for this one, she wasn't over impressed, even thought they won the rally by a full 10 minutes! her tune changed with the Coopers though didn't it!Pete wrote:The works didn't paint a white roof on a red Mini til '62 did they? It was monotone on the '61 RAC.
ps as pat was an up & coming driver it could be that her healeys were mostly red with white roofs, a couple with black roofs but mostly were white I think,. bernb
Can you share that period colour photo bernb?bernb wrote:just found that Nancy Mitchell drove the car in the '59 Portugese rally, with the race no.57, just a few months after Pat drove this & a period colour photo shows it clearly with a red roof * #57 for that event for sure. but I have lots of other bmc models, that when ive researched them were painted various colours thru their competition lives, as & when required by the bmc comp.dept for whatever reasons.....phew its a thick plot with no photos . bernbbernb wrote:hi Pete! well theres a pic on the net when the car was on the 1960 tulip rally, a few months later, driven by sprinzel, & it appears to be white (B&W photo) & also I saw in writing somewhere that it had a white roof, may have been a quote from the bmc works mini site, it stuck in my mind as they said: 'unusually painted the roof white', also on 1 or 2 other cars that were there at the time too, but I cant recall exactly where. but I made notes as to its details as I searched. same with the race no 29, saw it somewhere, but its not listed at any rally sites etc. wasn't in pats or Stuarts books either, she usually put in the reg no & rally no & often the colour & a nickname if it was going to be a 'regular' too, but not for this one, she wasn't over impressed, even thought they won the rally by a full 10 minutes! her tune changed with the Coopers though didn't it!Pete wrote:The works didn't paint a white roof on a red Mini til '62 did they? It was monotone on the '61 RAC.
ps as pat was an up & coming driver it could be that her healeys were mostly red with white roofs, a couple with black roofs but mostly were white I think,. bernb
Your correct Bill, cars were driven through Spain to the event.bill773mini wrote:Got to the image now.
100% Cherry Red. Must have been enroute to the Rally or on their way back I guess?
yes......BUT.......only a replica diecast model replica using an old corgi morris mini minorbill773mini wrote:Can't see the photo, says log in unsuccessful??
All the 59 rally cars were monotone
Are you building a replica?
photo was taken by the manager of bmc competitions dept, from his own private collection !!!!!LuisM wrote:No clue if the date of the picture is correct,
but almost for sure it was not taken in Portugal, but Spain.
I'm not familiar with red shade fuel pumps in Portugal, and "PLOMO" is spanish word for lead .
Cheers
Luis