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Re: Just a nice period picture

Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2022 2:15 pm
by surfblue63
Mutated Mutant!

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Candy Andy

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Re: Just a nice period picture

Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2022 3:04 pm
by surfblue63
Only 2 away from the famous one.


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And is this how the famous one started out?

Re: Just a nice period picture

Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2022 3:26 pm
by surfblue63
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Re: Just a nice period picture

Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2022 4:25 pm
by Costafortune
surfblue63 wrote: Sun Sep 18, 2022 11:59 am but I think it is Mirage.
Yes it is, also known as shiny primer. It had a slight purple tinge to it and was not popular. Its was used on Minis, Marinas and Allegros 74/75.

Re: Just a nice period picture

Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2022 5:19 pm
by Old English White
A mate had a MGBGT V8 in Mirage. Looked horrible :cry:

Re: Just a nice period picture

Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2022 6:22 pm
by WMU 211G
surfblue63 wrote: Mon Sep 19, 2022 2:03 pm


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All three of those cars are rare : FAB 1 is unique, there aren't many Mk2 Minis left and the Lancia Flaminia GT is rather exotic to boot!

Re: Just a nice period picture

Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2022 4:27 pm
by surfblue63
At first I thought the dark blue car was a Ferrari 250 GTE, but then I spotted the front wheel.



One for fans of ball chasers

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Somewhere in Norway

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Re: Just a nice period picture

Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2022 4:38 pm
by peasantslife
WMU 211G wrote: Mon Sep 19, 2022 6:22 pm
surfblue63 wrote: Mon Sep 19, 2022 2:03 pm


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All three of those cars are rare : FAB 1 is unique, there aren't many Mk2 Minis left and the Lancia Flaminia GT is rather exotic to boot!
Was it the Lancia put the boot in?

Re: Just a nice period picture

Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2022 4:53 pm
by surfblue63
peasantslife wrote: Tue Sep 20, 2022 4:38 pm
Was it the Lancia put the boot in?
Doubt it, there'd just be a pile of rust behind the Mini if it was.

Re: Just a nice period picture

Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2022 5:58 pm
by surfblue63
London 1981

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Niagara Falls 1985

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Re: Just a nice period picture

Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2022 6:10 pm
by surfblue63
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Re: Just a nice period picture

Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2022 12:32 pm
by WMU 211G
surfblue63 wrote: Tue Sep 20, 2022 4:27 pm At first I thought the dark blue car was a Ferrari 250 GTE, but then I spotted the front wheel.



Definitely a Flaminia Stu...


https://www.carandclassic.com/car/C1492425

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Re: Just a nice period picture

Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2022 3:18 pm
by InnoCooperExport
surfblue63 wrote: Tue Sep 20, 2022 4:53 pm
peasantslife wrote: Tue Sep 20, 2022 4:38 pm
Was it the Lancia put the boot in?
Doubt it, there'd just be a pile of rust behind the Mini if it was.
Aww come one, they weren't all made of Russian washing machines by Fiat... Flaminia's are wonderful things, 1800 boxer engines IIRC.

Re: Just a nice period picture

Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2022 4:13 pm
by surfblue63
it feel from the sky.jpg

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Re: Just a nice period picture

Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2022 7:00 pm
by Old English White
Hard to imagine how the VDP1300 sustained that damage isn't it :shock:
Answers on a postcard please........

Re: Just a nice period picture

Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2022 7:12 pm
by Oneball
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Surfers Paradise 1966, from racing sports cars website.

Re: Just a nice period picture

Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2022 6:08 pm
by Costafortune
CRX89B going through it's Triggus Broomus phase, or Trigor Mortis. :lol:

Re: Just a nice period picture

Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2022 6:58 pm
by hanlminiman
Are they D1s? Just askin' for a freind. :D

Re: Just a nice period picture

Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2022 12:41 pm
by surfblue63
Definitely look like D1s.



A Clubman Estate
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Interesting side bar about how Datsun dealerships were looking for tidy Minis to export to Japan.

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Re: Just a nice period picture

Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2022 5:03 pm
by goff
Sheffield , couple of nice Thames Traders with mini's