More Donnington 20th Mini Extravaganza Photos - 1979

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Due to the popularity of the old b&w photos of 'custom' Mini's at the Donnington 20th 1979 in the 'So wrong yet cool?' thread here are some more of the other Mini's.
'So wrong yet cool?' :- viewtopic.php?f=5&t=7738
(All b&w Photos: Jon - Old Drag Racer)

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Found recently in my loft from the first major Mini event I attended way back in August 1979.............

















The public car park for Mini's...............my long gone 1972 Mini is on the right of the Hornet (W & P arches and 6x10 Cosmic Slot Mags, 165x10 Goodyear Rally Specials)
Also see colour photo below.

[mab01uk]

Before and after the 1275GT Challenge racing, Steve Harris race winning Mini wrecked in an incident with Steve Soper:

[morris-miner]

What a cracking selection of photographs, many thanks for sharing them with us.

[850GT]

Cool pics! do you have more pics of the wheels on your red 72?

[bill773mini]

Great photo's. I've been searching through the Mini Extravaganza photos for years looking for a photo of one of my old 59's that was entered into the concourse section on the day. It still had the letters of acceptance from the organisers and the concour d'elegance ticket and entrant number with it's history. Also had a copy of that brochure too. One day I hope to find of photograph of the car there to pass on to the new owner.

[almondgreen]

Thank you for the nice photos

[mk1]

What a brilliant set of photos, this was the very first Mini event that I attended & I was absolutely blown away by the day.

Seeing such an array of fantastic cars really turned my head.

Oh, if only it was all so simple & so much fun nowadays.

Mark F

[mab01uk]

Cool pics! do you have more pics of the wheels on your red 72?

I will try to scan in some old photos which show them off better.......polished 'slot mags' were all the rage at the time due to the Custom Car craze, so I sold my Mamba 6x10's to buy a set of shiny Wolfrace 5x10 slot mags but then the wider 6x10 Cosmic Supaslots came out for Mini's so the Wolfrace were quickly sold and a trip to 'John Brown Wheels' in Croydon saw me purchase a set of the deep dish Cosmics!

This photo below is from the Mini Wheel Directory:
http://www.wheeldictionary.net/

[nick@dunsdale]

Bump................ for anybody that missed a great set of photos first time round

[Costafortune]

I wanted to go to this but didn't - well, I was 11.

I did the Mini 30 though.

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For completeness here are the 'Custom' Mini's from the Mini 20th Birthday Extravaganza at Donnington 1979.......
(All b&w Photos: Jon - Old Drag Racer)

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