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UHR850 wrote: ↑Sat May 08, 2021 3:05 pm I took this picture in the beging of the 80th.
The owner had also an 1973 Innocenti Cooper 1300.
Kees

Erm, Kees - the topic title is "..NICE period picture".

My dad's Tartan red 998 Austin Cooper on holiday in 1966 in I think Cornwall.
He bought it new in 65 and upgraded it with 4.5" S wheels.
My mum with dog and grand mother in picture.

MiNiKiN wrote: ↑Sun May 09, 2021 10:00 am

UHR850 wrote: ↑Sat May 08, 2021 3:05 pm I took this picture in the beging of the 80th.
The owner had also an 1973 Innocenti Cooper 1300.
Kees

Erm, Kees - the topic title is "..NICE period picture".

Oke, let's start the most ugly Mini topic

NZ cars

That's the NZ of my era working there Goff, mid to late 60's. My girlfriends car number was CT 40.

UHR850 wrote: ↑Mon May 10, 2021 10:51 am

MiNiKiN wrote: ↑Sun May 09, 2021 10:00 am

UHR850 wrote: ↑Sat May 08, 2021 3:05 pm I took this picture in the beging of the 80th.
The owner had also an 1973 Innocenti Cooper 1300.
Kees

Erm, Kees - the topic title is "..NICE period picture".

Oke, let's start the most ugly Mini topic

I'm on your side Kees

Taken about 1990 at Doncaster race course car park where the had a custom car show

That is what the antipodeans would call '.....what a fugly car.....'. They had a few more colourful descriptive expressions too, but being a 20 year old church-going, teetotal and early-to-bed pom I never got to use them.

Any of you antipodeans ever hear BMC referred to as Bloody Mooka Crap?

The 'Best Customised Mini' display for the Mini's 20th Birthday event at Donnington back in 1979.
Like them or loathe them I remember there was always a lot of variety at the the few early Mini shows back then and the Mini 20 was a big and fun event! No one there at the time would have believed the Mini would continue in production for another 21 years....

I was there in 1979, those where the Mini days.
Wish it was like that again, not so huge like the last UK IMM. To much, to large, to many people, not Mini anymore. Every body did his best but the celebration field was to far apart but after 60 years of Mini it is expaneable no hard feelings.

Kees.

Avengers & Mini Moke

interesting kick plates, as well as painted door locks and fixings.

Looks like the two kids have been painted onto the back window too. What might be referred to as pre-computer photo-shopped!

Another gratuitous non Mini period shot - taken at Spa in 1965, I love how casual the scene looks....

Just not so nice period picture


Safty first but not for this little Mini Traveller, take a look at the steeringwheel

Kees

Pre compulsory seatbelt wearing

onetim wrote: ↑Tue May 18, 2021 1:35 pm interesting kick plates, as well as painted door locks and fixings.

1959 Mini Register - Variations – Door Furniture
"Morris de-luxe had black plastic kick plates on the doors. All Morris 59 cars have body coloured interior door locks with the passenger interior lock as a round button. Austin’s had a similar lock but they were painted black."
https://1959miniregister.com/variations-door-furniture/

mab01uk wrote: ↑Sun May 23, 2021 7:25 pm

onetim wrote: ↑Tue May 18, 2021 1:35 pm interesting kick plates, as well as painted door locks and fixings.

1959 Mini Register - Variations – Door Furniture
"Morris de-luxe had black plastic kick plates on the doors. All Morris 59 cars have body coloured interior door locks with the passenger interior lock as a round button. Austin’s had a similar lock but they were painted black."
https://1959miniregister.com/variations-door-furniture/

Thank you for that, always learning.

couple of pics

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