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Re: Just a nice period picture

Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2023 6:00 pm
by WMU 211G
mk1 wrote: Mon Nov 06, 2023 12:44 pm Is that Canadian spec?
Not sure Mark, might be, but my first thought was French with the bull bar on.

Re: Just a nice period picture

Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2023 9:21 am
by mk1

Re: Just a nice period picture

Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2023 10:20 am
by mab01uk
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Canadian export Mini with some 'nice' period mods....

Re: Just a nice period picture

Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2023 10:54 pm
by AndyPen
Just been posted on Facebook. 70's Falmouth, Cornwall. The old bus station at the top of the Moor. All gone now and an Iceland is there. To left used to a BL dealership, where I saw my first Dolomite Sprint ;-)



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Re: Just a nice period picture

Posted: Sat Nov 11, 2023 1:52 pm
by UHR850
Peter Laidler wrote: Mon Nov 06, 2023 4:25 pm 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...'
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: Super 8-)

Re: Just a nice period picture

Posted: Sat Nov 18, 2023 3:01 pm
by Oneball
My godfather navigating on the 1966 RAC
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Re: Just a nice period picture

Posted: Sat Nov 18, 2023 3:09 pm
by WesleyB
Nice photo of the RAC 8-)

Re: Just a nice period picture

Posted: Sat Nov 18, 2023 3:24 pm
by Oneball
WesleyB wrote: Sat Nov 18, 2023 3:09 pm Nice photo of the RAC 8-)
I’d never seen a photo of him in a Mini, I knew about Lancia/Fiat/Hillman etc but not a Mini so when I saw the pic I thought I’d put it up.

Re: Just a nice period picture

Posted: Sat Nov 18, 2023 4:26 pm
by Pete
Oneball wrote: Sat Nov 18, 2023 3:01 pm My godfather navigating on the 1966 RAC
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For John Bloxham?

Re: Just a nice period picture

Posted: Sat Nov 18, 2023 4:38 pm
by Oneball
Pete wrote: Sat Nov 18, 2023 4:26 pm
For John Bloxham?
Yep. Richard Harper.

Re: Just a nice period picture

Posted: Sat Nov 18, 2023 5:35 pm
by LMM76C
Must have been an anti climax after the 1966 Gulf...
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Roy Johnson/Richard Harper S DKW808D at finish of 66 Gulf London International Rally at Forte's Excelsior Hotel, Heathrow Airport.

Re: Just a nice period picture

Posted: Sat Nov 18, 2023 7:10 pm
by Oneball
I guess that’s motorsport. My folks went all the way up to Scotland once to see Richard in the Avenger and they didn’t get past the first stage.

Re: Just a nice period picture

Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2023 12:11 am
by mab01uk
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Re: Just a nice period picture

Posted: Fri Dec 15, 2023 6:31 pm
by mab01uk
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(From the Metro newspaper - Oct 27th 1999)

Re: Just a nice period picture

Posted: Mon Dec 18, 2023 8:34 pm
by goff
Shitgulls getting their dinner :lol: :lol: :lol:

Re: Just a nice period picture

Posted: Mon Dec 18, 2023 10:38 pm
by Tim
Silver gulls, also known as "chip hawks", consuming their natural diet.

Its an Aussie car with the wind-up windows, most likely a 998 Deluxe built between '65 and '69. I don't recognise the location, maybe one of Sydney's eastern suburbs, could even be NZ.

Tim

Re: Just a nice period picture

Posted: Tue Dec 19, 2023 12:38 am
by mab01uk
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Re: Just a nice period picture

Posted: Tue Dec 19, 2023 1:19 am
by twc641
The gap between the wheel and the upper wing arch is that acceptable? With the alignment being correct?

Re: Just a nice period picture

Posted: Tue Dec 19, 2023 8:10 am
by Old English White
Strange specification isn't it. Mk2 boot badges, "S" wheels and Cooper exhaust but single tank. Mk1 rear lights (and rear 'screen?) but lack of bumper corner bars suggest Mk2 :(
I assume it is a BMC factory shot and the LHD suggests an export spec. of some sort but it's a strange one. Oxford registration.
Just noticed the lack of body seams. It isn't one of those glassfibre Minis is it??

Re: Just a nice period picture

Posted: Tue Dec 19, 2023 10:48 am
by 66Traveller
Old English White wrote: Tue Dec 19, 2023 8:10 am Strange specification isn't it. Mk2 boot badges, "S" wheels and Cooper exhaust but single tank. Mk1 rear lights (and rear 'screen?) but lack of bumper corner bars suggest Mk2 :(
I assume it is a BMC factory shot and the LHD suggests an export spec. of some sort but it's a strange one. Oxford registration.
Just noticed the lack of body seams. It isn't one of those glassfibre Minis is it??
Could well be - Chilean spec....?