61 speedwell blue

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Orangerover
Basic 850
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61 speedwell blue

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Rescued this non its 51st birthday (Feb 6th 2012) from a b
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us graveyard that was a wartime ammunition store.
Took me over a year to get the guy to arrange moving all the dead buses that were surrounding it since 1977.
first pics are how I got it ,A barred back with the Landrover in the Snow.
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1968 mk2 cooper s
1961speedwell blue Austin seven mini.
1963 1071 cooper s
1972 lotus elan sprint fhc .
1965 bmw R60 motorcycle
1977 2cv van
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Orangerover
Basic 850
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Re: 61 speedwell blue

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Showing spanish blue seat.
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1968 mk2 cooper s
1961speedwell blue Austin seven mini.
1963 1071 cooper s
1972 lotus elan sprint fhc .
1965 bmw R60 motorcycle
1977 2cv van
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Orangerover
Basic 850
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Re: 61 speedwell blue

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Pic after dip .
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1968 mk2 cooper s
1961speedwell blue Austin seven mini.
1963 1071 cooper s
1972 lotus elan sprint fhc .
1965 bmw R60 motorcycle
1977 2cv van
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Orangerover
Basic 850
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Re: 61 speedwell blue

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Wings were just fitted quickly before the Dip at surface processing , what you see is a bare metal shell .
Interesting how it lays bare all the repairs it ever had in its life, only two in this shell.
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1968 mk2 cooper s
1961speedwell blue Austin seven mini.
1963 1071 cooper s
1972 lotus elan sprint fhc .
1965 bmw R60 motorcycle
1977 2cv van
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java gt
998 Cooper
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Re: 61 speedwell blue

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prof peach wrote: wish i had floors as good as that :cry:
Great car

Ian.
Wish I had any floor at all :D great project and speedwell blue is such a great colour.
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llmikeyj
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Re: 61 speedwell blue

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Looks fantastic, what was that doing in a scrappy?!
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Orangerover
Basic 850
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Re: 61 speedwell blue

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Not been on for a while , here's some pis of the Speedwell blue 61.
These pics taken a while ago so the car is 90% done.
Door fit is great , always a worry but old skool minis seem to have the knack .
Would highly recommend them.
Car is running an 850 with Downton H1 Su's and manifold , and a Slark modified
12g 295 head = great fun driving a fizzy engine again.
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1968 mk2 cooper s
1961speedwell blue Austin seven mini.
1963 1071 cooper s
1972 lotus elan sprint fhc .
1965 bmw R60 motorcycle
1977 2cv van
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Macker2
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Re: 61 speedwell blue

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Very nice car, looks like new.
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Pete
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Re: 61 speedwell blue

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That looks a little cracker, even upside down :lol: . Hope you can bring it to Blyton Nielson. 8-)
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Jono
998 Cooper
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Re: 61 speedwell blue

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Looking lovely Neilson, great plate!

...will I see you at the RAC this weekend? - will be up at Newcastleton and Kershopefoot stages on Sunday AM in BPV.

Jon
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