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Re: Just a nice period picture
Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2023 7:45 pm
by mab01uk
spraybeateer wrote: ↑Mon Oct 16, 2023 7:09 pm
Found another about 1974 My 1275 GT DOt445k appropriate Colour of Pure Black with ST works type if I remember rightly
6" Original. Mamba wheels And the only tyres available to me then Goodyear Rally Specials.Photo Portknokie North East Scotland.
Frank Hubbard : :
Hi Frank, good to hear from you, I look forward to seeing the 1275GT photo! You could also maybe post it in the long running 1275GT thread!
This was my 1965 Mk1 Mini also in 1974 the year I passed my driving test, this was just after being updated to the 'Mk2/3 Mini look' I had also fitted 6" Mambas and Goodyear Rally Specials the first 165x10" tyre I had seen suitable for road use....I remember being really excited to buy them and finally have a 10" tyre wider than 145 which did not look stretched on a 6" alloy rim. Mk1 but with Tilling winding windows...I bought the doors complete secondhand from an Exchange & Mart ad for about £25 the pair with tinted glass...happy days.
My First Mini in 1974:-
http://mk1-forum.net/viewtopic.php?t=10695
Re: Just a nice period picture
Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2023 10:09 pm
by spraybeateer
HI Martin,sorry to say its The only photo I have left,
I will Post it in 1275 GT Thread ,
AS you say nice to hear from as well,
hope you & yours are well
Frank
Re: Just a nice period picture
Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2023 11:50 am
by WMU 211G
mab01uk wrote: ↑Mon Oct 16, 2023 7:45 pm
spraybeateer wrote: ↑Mon Oct 16, 2023 7:09 pm
Found another about 1974 My 1275 GT DOt445k appropriate Colour of Pure Black with ST works type if I remember rightly
6" Original. Mamba wheels And the only tyres available to me then Goodyear Rally Specials.Photo Portknokie North East Scotland.
Frank Hubbard : :
Hi Frank, good to hear from you, I look forward to seeing the 1275GT photo! You could also maybe post it in the long running 1275GT thread!
This was my 1965 Mk1 Mini also in 1974 the year I passed my driving test, this was just after being updated to the 'Mk2/3 Mini look' I had also fitted 6" Mambas and Goodyear Rally Specials the first 165x10" tyre I had seen suitable for road use....I remember being really excited to buy them and finally have a 10" tyre wider than 145 which did not look stretched on a 6" alloy rim. Mk1 but with Tilling winding windows...I bought the doors complete secondhand from an Exchange & Mart ad for about £25 the pair with tinted glass...happy days.
My First Mini in 1974:-
http://mk1-forum.net/viewtopic.php?t=10695
Originality always looks nice when you see shiny, freshly restored Minis at shows, but I wish there were more about that looked like this, just how I remember loads of Minis round our way when I was growing up.
Re: Just a nice period picture
Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2023 4:34 pm
by WMU 211G
Here's another example of the kind of Mini I'm talking about - I've just been watching an episode of the 1969-71 BBC series 'Paul Temple' on youtube which features a customised Mk2 Austin Cooper, with two tone gold and black paint job, Webasto roof, Moto-Lita steering wheel, period wooden dash, tinted glass and factory fitted recliners... the glass in the rear quarter lights is mounted in rubber channels like some Wood & Pickett Minis...
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PTT EE.jpg
PTT wcbh9n7t.jpg
PTT sJigAZU6.jpg
PTT Tot3R7yh.jpg
Re: Just a nice period picture
Posted: Sat Oct 21, 2023 9:18 pm
by Ronnie
WMU 211G wrote: ↑Sat Oct 21, 2023 4:34 pm
"The glass in the rear quarter lights is mounted in rubber channels like some Wood & Pickett Minis."
Why did they do it like that? Were they using Mk1 glass, I think it spoiled the appearance of the car.
Re: Just a nice period picture
Posted: Sun Oct 22, 2023 3:30 pm
by WMU 211G
Ronnie wrote: ↑Sat Oct 21, 2023 9:18 pm
WMU 211G wrote: ↑Sat Oct 21, 2023 4:34 pm
"The glass in the rear quarter lights is mounted in rubber channels like some Wood & Pickett Minis."
Why did they do it like that? Were they using Mk1 glass, I think it spoiled the appearance of the car.
I think some of them had two panes of glass, not sure why!
Re: Just a nice period picture
Posted: Sun Oct 22, 2023 4:31 pm
by Peter Laidler
Bullet proof.....
Re: Just a nice period picture
Posted: Sun Oct 22, 2023 4:41 pm
by mab01uk
Re: Just a nice period picture
Posted: Sun Oct 22, 2023 6:28 pm
by hanlminiman
I've got a set of 4 Formula 70 tyres on Ronal alloy 10" wheels which I found at the IMM 2008 in Holland. The full set of tyres came later thanks to the owner of a yellow Minisprint. Display only!
Re: Just a nice period picture
Posted: Tue Oct 24, 2023 11:01 pm
by mab01uk
Re: Just a nice period picture
Posted: Fri Nov 03, 2023 12:13 am
by MiNiKiN
UHR850 wrote: ↑Wed Dec 12, 2018 10:53 am
This one is also very nice if I my say
PHOTOS OF HCG700
Kees.
Did you know that HCG700 with Rob Slotemaker behind the wheel won their class in the very foreign 1963 Timmelsjoch hillclimb in Austria?
JE-RF-1963-480-0015_700HCG_RobSlotemaker_Downton_#50.jpg
Re: Just a nice period picture
Posted: Fri Nov 03, 2023 11:35 am
by UHR850
Yes I know, he did a lot of driving in 700HCG for Downton.
Kees.
Re: Just a nice period picture
Posted: Sun Nov 05, 2023 11:38 am
by UHR850
Red light district in Amsterdam
Kees.
Re: Just a nice period picture
Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2023 10:28 am
by mk1
I'm surprised that 700HCG hasn't been miraculously resurrected.
Re: Just a nice period picture
Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2023 11:26 am
by WMU 211G
Re: Just a nice period picture
Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2023 11:44 am
by mk1
Is that Canadian spec?
Re: Just a nice period picture
Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2023 3:10 pm
by Exminiman
UHR850 wrote: ↑Sun Nov 05, 2023 11:38 am
Red light district in Amsterdam
Kees.
I have been trying to think of a caption to the Red Light District photo, without any luck, any suggestions ?
She really dosent look too happy though
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Re: Just a nice period picture
Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2023 3:25 pm
by Peter Laidler
Yep, been wracking my literary brains too. Best I can come up with is
'.....you're welcome to try, but you'll need more than a mini to keep me satisfied, sonny Jim...'
Re: Just a nice period picture
Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2023 4:03 pm
by mk1coopers
What about "they told me I had won a Mini, I was expecting a skirt.."
Re: Just a nice period picture
Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2023 4:34 pm
by Polarsilver
