Just a nice period picture

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'731 HOP' in 'sunny Spain' (somewhere near Elstree!)…
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UHR850 wrote:OBL45F
Im not really into collecting signatures but I got that photo signed by Russel Brookes himself on Sunday at Shelsley Walsh. His memory is as sharp as ever!
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BMC MINI MOKE beat-instrumental-magazine-no-56-december-1967-donovan-bee-gees-who-traffic-keith-moon-beatles-foundations-alan-bown-peter-frampton-shaD.jpg
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Richard Wright of the Pink Floyd used a Hammond M102

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Pete wrote:
UHR850 wrote:OBL45F
Im not really into collecting signatures but I got that photo signed by Russel Brookes himself on Sunday at Shelsley Walsh. His memory is as sharp as ever!
That’s a great pic. What event was that ? And without backtracking..is there a 45F with continuous history around now............
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Russell Brooks RAC rally 1972
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My second Mini, a May '79 Clubbie 1098...
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MIRA, just off the A5 in Warwickshire...
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Blimey I remember going round that track in the early 80s in an experimental drive by wire 2.8 Granada!! Terrifying
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Two DUNLOP VAN's, I took these pictures at the Bealieu Auto Jumble in september this year.

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Looks like it's had a front-end shunt prior to the fire. Probably the cause of it!
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and then shunted up the boot rupturing the tank!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Ah but does it have the correct trim to go with the super grill?
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Not after that it won't!
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You cannot repair modern cars at the side of the road .
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