General Chat with an emphasis on BMC Minis & Other iconic cars of the 1960's.
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by Pete Tue Sep 03, 2024 10:57 am
WMU 211G wrote: ↑ Mon Sep 02, 2024 4:25 pm
Manchester in 1975...
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That was turned into the GMex exhibition space in the 90s which used to host classic car shows at one time! Saw U2, Public Enemy, New Order and The Smiths in there too! Not all on the same night obviously!
Absolutely surrounded by glass skyscrapers now. It’s like Noo Yoik down there!
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by Peter Laidler Tue Sep 03, 2024 11:46 am
Mini above and those thinggies on the wings. Look like those big American speakers or or air horns from a train!
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by WMU 211G Tue Sep 03, 2024 6:55 pm
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by mab01uk Tue Sep 17, 2024 8:17 am
Mini Clubman bodies being produced at Castle Bromwich 15th May 1970.
http://www.motorgraphs.com/heritage/pro ... 57435.aspx
A 70-year history of the Castle Bromwich assembly plant.
"By the end of the war, Castle Bromwich had developed world-beating expertise in building metal-skinned aircraft, an asset that was to be tapped by sheet metal manufacturer Fisher and Ludlow which turned the plant over to manufacturing car body panels.
It has been a centre of car production ever since, under the ownership first of British Leyland then Jaguar.
In its time, it has produced Mini sub-frames and bodies for Rovers and Jaguars and painted Triumph TR7 sports car bodies."
https://www.business-live.co.uk/manufac ... ly-3940359
Fisher & Ludlow:-
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by Costafortune Wed Sep 18, 2024 5:49 pm
1968, ish.
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by mab01uk Thu Sep 19, 2024 8:27 pm
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by WMU 211G Fri Sep 20, 2024 10:37 am
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by WMU 211G Wed Sep 25, 2024 4:10 pm
A screen grab from the 1967 Pete & Dud film 'Bedazzled', nice bit of period S&A advertising...
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by Costafortune Wed Sep 25, 2024 5:21 pm
1972, and during a power cut a Minor 1000 is used via a belt drive to generate enough electricity to power the pumps.
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by WMU 211G Wed Sep 25, 2024 7:16 pm
Actress Sarah Lawson (married to actor Patrick Allen) picks up her new Mk2 Morris Mini Estate from John Sprinzel in London...
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by Pete Wed Sep 25, 2024 7:27 pm
Gutted I never got chance to talk to Sprinzel (well I did briefly), the stories he must have had!
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by Pete Wed Sep 25, 2024 7:33 pm
Mk2 Minis in Mk3 colours at Longbridge in late 1969, no Coopers but they were certainly made in monotone Mk3 colours
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by Pete Wed Sep 25, 2024 7:33 pm
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by WMU 211G Thu Sep 26, 2024 10:19 am
Pete wrote: ↑ Wed Sep 25, 2024 7:33 pm Another..
Didn't Ringo Starr have a very late Mk2 Cooper in monotone white in 1970 Pete...?
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by Pete Thu Sep 26, 2024 10:44 am
Yes he did!
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by Peter Laidler Thu Sep 26, 2024 11:07 am
There could be Coopers among them Pete. Duo tone roofs ceased as soon as the Mk3 colours were introduced. If yo wanted a white or black roof, you paid afterwards!
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by Old English White Thu Sep 26, 2024 12:01 pm
A Cooper would still have the stainless trim around the door windows though and overriders on the bumpers I think
I owned a late Mk2 Cooper (H reg) in the late 1970s which had the Mk3 bootlid and wiper holes in the bulkhead. That car had those "extras". Not sure if it was originally monotone because it had been resprayed black all over by the time I bought it.
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by Peter Laidler Thu Sep 26, 2024 2:14 pm
Yep, you're dead right about the window chromes OEW. Apologies Pete! I also had a very late December '69 Glacier Mk2. In fact I'm still hassling someone locally for his April '70 bit-of-a-dog mk2
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by Classic1 Thu Sep 26, 2024 3:13 pm
I have a November 68 built cooper s in monotone black. Coud you get other colors in monotone at that time?
Times money and I'm always short of both
Absolutely surrounded by glass skyscrapers now. It’s like Noo Yoik down there!
I owned a late Mk2 Cooper (H reg) in the late 1970s which had the Mk3 bootlid and wiper holes in the bulkhead. That car had those "extras". Not sure if it was originally monotone because it had been resprayed black all over by the time I bought it.