Just a nice period picture

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surfblue63 wrote:'68 RAC Rally

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Blimey, it's Jeff Randall...!
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1982.
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Rude Boy!
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:P Nice ;)
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:D My kind of team. :lol:
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Sir Alec Issigonis after receiving his Knighthood from the Queen at Buckingham Palace on 22nd July 1969, pictured in front of a Mk1 Mini Cooper S
and a BMC 1100 and Maxi just visible parked alongside. (Photo by Aubrey Hart/Evening Standard/Getty Images)

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A bit more of the Cooper S reg. no. ?MV 40F is visible in this other photo above...
If it is RMV 40F below, it still exists according to the DVLA website.....

RMV 40F ✓ Taxed
Tax due: 01 December 2019
✓ MOT Expires: 26 November 2019

Vehicle details:

Vehicle make: AUSTIN
Date of first registration: November 1967
Year of manufacture: 1967
Cylinder capacity (cc): 1275 cc
Fuel type: PETROL
Export marker: No
Vehicle status: Taxed and due
Vehicle colour: GREY
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Very early Minis - 20th August 1959.....spot the difference. :lol:

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A woman checks the engine of one of the first mini cars designed by Alec Issigonis which was launched by the British Motor Corporation in 1959. 20th August 1959. (Photo by Daily Herald/Mirrorpix/Mirrorpix via Getty Images)
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Looks like someone reversed the negative when they printed it!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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............. and it's left hand drive!!
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Looks OK to me.
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ALEXANDER tuned Morris Mini Cooper Mk1 with a Monte LL steering wheel ;)

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Novel Innocenti stand at the Turin Motor Show.
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[quote="UHR850"][/quote]

Is that a central fuel filling hopper clipped onto the roof gutter to fill both tanks at once?

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Yes it is.

I very risky, highly dangerous strategy to my mind.
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Very nice picture :arrow:
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Two SPRINT'S :arrow:
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Oké one more :arrow:
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put these up before but worth another look.
66ish 998 cooper taken in the late 60s
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They really are belting images.
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