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Re: Just a nice period picture
Posted: Sat Mar 25, 2023 9:04 pm
by mab01uk
Re: Just a nice period picture
Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2023 11:23 pm
by mab01uk
Clive Trickey (in CCC Rally jacket, on right) speaking with Des O'Dell (left) of the Chrysler Competition Department.
Coventry Cavern / Clive Trickey; photographer. - Cars and Car Conversions 1971, May. - p. 521-523:-
https://www.imps4ever.info/tech/tuners_ ... tment.html
Re: Just a nice period picture
Posted: Tue Apr 04, 2023 10:55 pm
by mab01uk
Re: Just a nice period picture
Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2023 10:10 am
by goff
A few cop cars , NZ photo
Re: Just a nice period picture
Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2023 10:14 am
by goff
Sheffield Royal Mail depot , mini vans
Re: Just a nice period picture
Posted: Wed Apr 05, 2023 12:29 pm
by mini_surfari
Steve Mc.jpg
Steve McQueen riding through London in Nov 63
Re: Just a nice period picture
Posted: Thu Apr 06, 2023 7:33 am
by UHR850
Not a Mini but typical 70th
Re: Just a nice period picture
Posted: Thu Apr 06, 2023 9:58 am
by Exminiman
mini_surfari wrote: ↑Wed Apr 05, 2023 12:29 pm
Steve Mc.jpg
Steve McQueen riding through London in Nov 63
Great photo - but he wasn`t a "Ginger" was he ?
Re: Just a nice period picture
Posted: Fri Apr 07, 2023 11:34 pm
by mab01uk
Re: Just a nice period picture
Posted: Sat Apr 08, 2023 8:41 am
by Old English White
It seems that the car above (or one claiming the identity) is still taxed. I wonder if it still has those headlamps
Re: Just a nice period picture
Posted: Sat Apr 08, 2023 9:00 am
by Peter Laidler
GTX....... yes... At one time a car numbered GTX 401 L (GTX for oil) lived in or near Newbury
Re: Just a nice period picture
Posted: Sat Apr 08, 2023 11:36 am
by richardACS
Would that be Graham Wood?
Re: Just a nice period picture
Posted: Sat Apr 08, 2023 2:23 pm
by Costafortune
I've no idea, sorry.
Re: Just a nice period picture
Posted: Sat Apr 08, 2023 10:59 pm
by iain1967s
Reposting from the BMC Competitions Department Facebook page
Interesting to see how the early S engines were built up (and what was originally painted…)
Re: Just a nice period picture
Posted: Sun Apr 09, 2023 8:26 am
by Exminiman
Great photo, anyone know the date ? Obviously post 64…..
Presumably the white numbers are order numbers ?
Re: Just a nice period picture
Posted: Sun Apr 09, 2023 8:46 am
by timmy201
I was under the impression that after final assembly they were painted as a complete unit, I feel like that photo was taken prior to painting?
Re: Just a nice period picture
Posted: Sun Apr 09, 2023 9:18 am
by mab01uk
timmy201 wrote: ↑Sun Apr 09, 2023 8:46 am
I was under the impression that after final assembly they were painted as a complete unit, I feel like that photo was taken prior to painting?
All the Mini engines/gearboxes I remember back in the day came factory painted all over green (BMC) or all over black (BLMC). I think it was only when the A+ arrived in 1980 that yellow 998 blocks and red 1275 blocks appeared with unpainted alloy gearbox and flywheel housings.
Bmc Presents Wizardry On Wheels Reel 2 (1961)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9g6FWriz-g
Re: Just a nice period picture
Posted: Sun Apr 09, 2023 9:43 am
by Exminiman
timmy201 wrote: ↑Sun Apr 09, 2023 8:46 am
I was under the impression that after final assembly they were painted as a complete unit, I feel like that photo was taken prior to painting?
If the photo is of the “Competitions Department” ? Then presumably they reassembled the engines or modified them, which could explain unpainted gearboxs ?
Re: Just a nice period picture
Posted: Sun Apr 09, 2023 9:59 am
by timmy201
Exminiman wrote: ↑Sun Apr 09, 2023 9:43 am
timmy201 wrote: ↑Sun Apr 09, 2023 8:46 am
I was under the impression that after final assembly they were painted as a complete unit, I feel like that photo was taken prior to painting?
If the photo is of the “Competitions Department” ? Then presumably they reassembled the engines or modified them, which could explain unpainted gearboxs ?
It does look like the far left engine had the water pump removed after painting? And the heads don’t look painted?
And are they at final assembly before installation or going off for paint next?
Would be interesting to know all the details
Re: Just a nice period picture
Posted: Sun Apr 09, 2023 10:25 am
by AndyPen
What is the guy to left of centre actually doing, side diff covers??