WTH !?!? Have you seen this on Youtube ?

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WTH !?!? Have you seen this on Youtube ?

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They have been VERY selective with their words a case of read the small print

One of the comments says that it can't be a MK2 etc

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Thank you, you're correct it's not a MK2. As the description States this is a replica based on a Mini City E
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HTR:

a couple of Minis and other rally cars you would see less often in historic rallies nowadays
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Well worth a watch, Pete's remastered footage of BVRT / Harry Ratcliffe related footage.

He assures us there is more to come soon.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXoxp96WSso
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Dr. Gunther Philipp (Austrian actor, touring car champion, olympic swimmer, medic and philosopher) later also presented "Motorama" the Austrian version of Top Gear. Worth a watch, because there are lots of historical "facts" yet unbeknownst to even the nerdiest Mini nerds :lol:
Here we see him in 1970, in an nice review of the new Mini Clubman: https://youtu.be/MGjpBPDqQ6Q?si=Fg1CHC11POTMzSgc
Note: Just switch on automatic translated subtitles!
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