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Came across this whilst looking for other stuff yesterday...

Moggy thou, Canada, note speedo.

Couple of random shots found on a Hexham Historical Site

Also a driving school lesson car in the early 1960s

Kees

Bad luck Mini pictures from the Netherlands early 60th.

Some more

Cromwell Avenue, Hammersmith, W6, May 1995, en route to Crystal Palace for the L2B....

Dublin 1964

I'm A Celebrity (ITV 2008) and 5 Australian Minis get dropped into a river....

I know this one has been posted a couple of times before, but it has always been a small image.

It's said that this is the Chelsea Drug Store that is referanced in the Rolling Stones number You Can't Always Get What You Want.




And another random shot taken in Great Orme in 1971

You're quite right Stu, it is the drug store mentioned in the Stones' song. The Mk2 Mini is a Stewart & Arden car, one of at least two which were dolled up for some publicity photos in 1968....

621 AOK pre-restoration

Underbonnet photo of the automatic Mini prototype in 1962

"In 1965 the world's smallest automatic gearbox arrived, specially developed by Automotive Products. All parts were housed in the sump and uniquely lubricated by circulating the engine oil. Announced in 1965 but because of many problems only became available in quantity from 1967 making Mk1 versions very rare. Early testing revealed that oil surge in the sump under cornering could cause oil starvation of the torque converter and sky-high engine revs. To compensate for this failing the oil pump was moved to the centre of the sump and oil capacity was increased.
Final assembly problems also arose and manufacture of the gearboxes was transferred to clinically clean, dust free rooms to ensure a dependable assembly of the unit with its numerous hydraulic valves.
The design itself put all known hydraulic boxes in the shade and to make the most of the engine's meagre output, gave four speeds as against the three of other automatics current at the time.
A mechanical control ensured gear selection according to load when in automatic mode, and there was also a kick-down working directly off the throttle pedal. To compensate for the usual auto power losses on an 850cc, the compression ratio was increased to 9:1 and a larger SU carburettor with inlet manifold was fitted."

Documentary about the construction of automatic transmission and power units for Austin 1100s/Minis:-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieraaVfUs4Q

That’s why we always looked for autos in the scrap yards - extra power

AndyPen wrote: ↑Thu Jul 07, 2022 6:54 pm That’s why we always looked for autos in the scrap yards - extra power

Me too!

Disappointing though when you had climbed to the auto Mini sitting on top of a 3 or 4 car stack only to find the head, carb and manifold had gone!

Entrance to the John Dalton College of Technology on Chester Street, Manchester, late 1960s

Memories......, what memoroes..... Torrey Canyon Bay with the RASC Bedford..... must be 1966 or so. There maintaining the Coventry Climax pumps washing the oil floating on the surface of the sea. Watched the RAF bomb the wreckage with Napalm - that nobody realised that we had stockpiles of. Happy days

So many places look very different, but Deal hasn’t changed even the flowers in the roundabout look the same now!

Photo from a magazine article on Japanese scrap yards a few years ago...

Period footage rather than a photo - The Beatles' Apple boutique on the corner of Baker Street and Paddington Street closing down on 31st July 1968, 25 seconds in a white & black Mk2 passes by the camera....


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4eZBGHi75o

The car following it appears to be a Scimitar GT Coupe.