General Chat with an emphasis on BMC Minis & Other iconic cars of the 1960's.
guru_1071
1275 Cooper S
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by guru_1071 Mon Nov 21, 2011 8:23 pm
found a few boxes of old slides and have been scanning them
only found two minis so far!
1) taken in 1961 - this is my great aunts austin seven
2) taken in the early 1970's - no idea whose it is, but it looks like its been 'done up'
still trying to find pictures of my mothers first mini, plus a mk1 my dad bought when they first got married
please note, these are my own, individual sales, nothing whatsoever to do with my employer, minispares
tomkidd
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by tomkidd Mon Nov 21, 2011 9:19 pm
Cool pics Rich, love the first one, any ideas where was it taken?
Classic Mini Steering Drop Brackets here
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AndyB72
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by AndyB72 Mon Nov 21, 2011 10:07 pm
Love the first one, do you think the photo is of the tree rather than the Mini?
InimiaD
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by InimiaD Mon Nov 21, 2011 10:31 pm
Nice period pics.
The owner of the Mini in the 2nd pic has certainly got his priorities right.
Keep the Mini in good running order, sod the garden.
Got some pics or slides somewhere of an S Mk2 destroying itself on Eppynt.. Bit scary watching it barrel roll down the road towards the spectators.
mk1
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by mk1 Tue Nov 22, 2011 9:10 am
Rich,
Good to see that the Hawcroft traditions of Motor vehicle storage have been passed down through the generations
georgek
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by georgek Tue Nov 22, 2011 12:05 pm
Does this show that Mini owners aren't interested in gardening?
36inter
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by 36inter Tue Nov 22, 2011 7:48 pm
COOPERCO
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by COOPERCO Tue Nov 22, 2011 9:22 pm
Ok, there's a lawn mower handle in the corner of the first pic'. Is this a spot the lawn competition?
In the garage with tourettes!
Pandora
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by Pandora Tue Nov 22, 2011 9:39 pm
It's between the bike and the Vectra. what's my prize?
36inter
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by 36inter Wed Nov 23, 2011 10:53 am
Lawn mower is a 16" Hayter Harrier, seeing the mower might suggest I do some gardening, got caught out there, bummer.
36inter
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by 36inter Wed Nov 23, 2011 10:56 am
Guru, I hope I hav'nt hijacked your thread.
JC T ONE
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by JC T ONE Wed Nov 23, 2011 11:06 am
guru_1071 wrote: found a few boxes of old slides and have been scanning them
Hi Rich,
those are nice, keep them coming.
surfblue63
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by surfblue63 Wed Nov 23, 2011 8:27 pm
36inter wrote:
Red thing at the back looks like an MG Maestro.
36inter
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by 36inter Wed Nov 23, 2011 8:48 pm
Nearly, MG Maestro Turbo, really good fun and quick too, factory quoted 0-60 in, I think, 6.7 seconds, got exciting when pushed hard. As I understand it and I have probably got it all wrong, when they brought out the Montego Turbo they originally turbo'ed the EFI motor but decided it was a bit hairy for Joe public so detuned it with a carb then one day over lunch one of them said lets try that engine in a Maestro and see what happens. I had a G reg one from new, loved it but after the 48,000 mile service it was a bit down on power and I am sure they had the nod from the works to tame it a bit at that mileage, did 67,000 in 3 years with no trouble at all.
