Re: 1967 Austin Mini Cooper S colors
Posted: Fri Nov 12, 2010 4:55 am
Stuart Turner told me it was his idea to keep the car interior cooler in the hot sun.
Austin Costin wrote:I heard a story many years ago that I have always taken for the truth:
BMC painted their works cars red/white and used maserati horns to confuse the French spectators into believing that it was a Italian car approaching so that they would'nt throw obsticles into the road to knobble/slow the English cars
Is this true ? Would'nt want a good story to ruin the truth ?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Maserati-Air-Horn ... 230b834abb