Just a nice period picture

Post by **WMU 211G** » Sun Feb 17, 2019 12:43 pm

Bee Gees drummer Colin Peteron's Italian stallion and '66 Broadspeed GT, an early recipient of the new-fangled 'reverse engraved' perspex number plates, photo taken 1969...

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Guiness is good for you...

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Post by **UHR850** » Sun Feb 17, 2019 3:06 pm

well that's my kind of Mini VAN

Cheers

Kees

mk1 · Post by **mk1** » Mon Feb 18, 2019 9:45 am

Edit - is that a dead lock to the left of the door aperture...?

I think it is likely to be a switch for an alarm, note the "Watch Dog" sticker in the window above. Sounds like an alarm to me.

Post by **WMU 211G** » Mon Feb 18, 2019 2:02 pm

Ta Mark

. I've got thousands of pics of '60s and '70s Minis on file and a surprising number have these fitted in different positions, usually close to the doors, not just the coachbuilt stuff either. I went to have a look at a Rover P5B Coupe last year which had one fitted on one of the front wings.

Found an old photo of my first Mini (and my first car), a '77 1000, it lasted all of fours months in my carelss hands... note the neighbour having trouble with his Mini...

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Post by **snoopy64** » Mon Feb 18, 2019 4:28 pm

Marchwood Power station, Hants... any colour you like as long as it's...

Post by **WMU 211G** » Mon Feb 18, 2019 4:49 pm

What were they all doing there Kev...?

Post by **almondgreen** » Mon Feb 18, 2019 5:14 pm

What were they all doing there Kev...?

wait for paint

Post by **Peter Laidler** » Mon Feb 18, 2019 5:20 pm

I wonder of they were stored there waiting for export.

Post by **Polarsilver** » Mon Feb 18, 2019 6:08 pm

Electric Board promo cars // maybe?

Post by **Costafortune** » Mon Feb 18, 2019 8:16 pm

Most likely a 997.

Post by **snoopy64** » Mon Feb 18, 2019 8:21 pm

WMU 211G wrote:What were they all doing there Kev...?

Never managed to find out but they were there all summer of 83 when I was at the station...!!

Post by **goff** » Mon Feb 18, 2019 8:22 pm

almondgreen wrote:
What were they all doing there Kev...?
wait for paint

What yellow or almondgreen

Post by **WMU 211G** » Mon Feb 18, 2019 8:57 pm

snoopy64 wrote:
WMU 211G wrote:What were they all doing there Kev...?
Never managed to find out but they were there all summer of 83 when I was at the station...!!

You should have done the honourable thing mate and removed all those 'orrible black grilles and crappy plastic wheel trims and tossed them into a skip when nobody was looking...

Post by **Costafortune** » Mon Feb 18, 2019 9:05 pm

Polarsilver wrote:Electric Board promo cars // maybe?

The Primula cheese factory innit.

Post by **mab01uk** » Mon Feb 18, 2019 9:11 pm

WMU 211G wrote:Ta Mark . I've got thousands of pics of '60s and '70s Minis on file and a surprising number have these fitted in different positions, usually close to the doors, not just the coachbuilt stuff either. I went to have a look at a Rover P5B Coupe last year which had one fitted on one of the front wings.

Note the alarm key fitted in the rear side panel of my first '65 Mini back in 1974. My alarm was a Selmar.
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Post by **Costafortune** » Mon Feb 18, 2019 10:34 pm

I love that car ^^

Ever been tempted to replicate it?

mk1 · Post by **mk1** » Tue Feb 19, 2019 9:44 am

That's almost certainly a still from the unbroadcast Dr Who episode "Invasion of the insipid Minis'" where John Pertwee saves the world from being consumed by evil light yellow minis with dodgy black grilles.

Post by **UHR850** » Tue Feb 19, 2019 1:22 pm

Postcards from years ago

Kees.

Post by **mab01uk** » Tue Feb 19, 2019 9:17 pm

Costafortune wrote:I love that car ^^

Ever been tempted to replicate it?

Yes.....maybe as a retirement project!

davidnutland · Post by **davidnutland** » Tue Feb 19, 2019 9:30 pm

What were they all doing there Kev...?

probably waiting for the roro from Southampton taking them to Japan

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