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iain1967s wrote:But then again, didn’t they make a bunch of ‘showroom dolly’ copies of the three Monte winning cars - could be one of those...?

Only one could be sold with the registration number. Any copies would have a different registration number.

My dad remembers FMO back then, a guy bought it , and it lived up the road from where I am now. Then sold to a guy in Ambleside, who used it everyday, said it was pretty knackered by 1967, he sold to a guy from Liverpool.

Some found on the internet

Kees.

1970's..........

Spring 1984 Mini Owners Club Newsletter ads....



Anyone know what happened to the '59 Mini?
250 LPK
✗ Untaxed
Tax due: 01 December 1981
Vehicle make: MORRIS
Date of first registration: October 1959
Year of manufacture: 1959
Cylinder capacity (cc): 848 cc
Fuel type: PETROL
Export marker: No
Vehicle status: Not taxed
Vehicle colour: RED

Cosmic Mk1 Alloys for only £6 each....



When did Mini Mania sell these reproduction 4x10 Cosmic Mk1 alloys? ($169.95)
https://www.minimania.com/part/WHL400/C ... x10-Wheels

Anyone know what happened to the '59 Mini?
250 LPK
✗ Untaxed
Tax due: 01 December 1981
Vehicle make: MORRIS
Date of first registration: October 1959
Year of manufacture: 1959
Cylinder capacity (cc): 848 cc
Fuel type: PETROL
Export marker: No
Vehicle status: Not taxed
Vehicle colour: RED[/quote]

A mystery - it may well have been just weighed in but even in '84 there was some interest in 1959 cars as long as they weren't completely knackered.

665VPF is on SORN so it's survived.

What about the Mini Van - Tel Rotherham 877569 , It says its 'Supped up' , I know what he means , 10 minutes after the last orders ,landlord comes round and says ' Get Supped up lads ' proper South Yorkshire saying

Just goes to show how easy it is to miss cars, I've lived all my life in or around the Crowthorne area and never saw the Cooper S that was in the advert!
There used to be an early S that dashed around the Broadmoor area painted in a lovely shade of chocolate brown, including the brocade seats, but that disappeared in the early '80's as a lot of them tended to after being 'ragged' for the previous 20 years.

Anyone know what happened to the '59 Mini?
250 LPK
✗ Untaxed
Tax due: 01 December 1981
Vehicle make: MORRIS
Date of first registration: October 1959
Year of manufacture: 1959
Cylinder capacity (cc): 848 cc
Fuel type: PETROL
Export marker: No
Vehicle status: Not taxed
Vehicle colour: RED

A mystery - it may well have been just weighed in but even in '84 there was some interest in 1959 cars as long as they weren't completely knackered

Amazingly it sill exists but in need of serious restoration. It still belongs to a friend of mine whose mother bought the car in 1965. It was him who posted the for sale ad in 1984 but obviously had nobody interested in buying it. I ended up storing it at my premises for many years until he eventually took it back home. He was only talking to me recently about getting it restored. It will need a lot of work though.

Some aussie ones

....and

Leyland ST

minimk1man wrote:

Anyone know what happened to the '59 Mini?
250 LPK
✗ Untaxed
Tax due: 01 December 1981
Vehicle make: MORRIS
Date of first registration: October 1959
Year of manufacture: 1959
Cylinder capacity (cc): 848 cc
Fuel type: PETROL
Export marker: No
Vehicle status: Not taxed
Vehicle colour: RED

A mystery - it may well have been just weighed in but even in '84 there was some interest in 1959 cars as long as they weren't completely knackered

Amazingly it sill exists but in need of serious restoration. It still belongs to a friend of mine whose mother bought the car in 1965. It was him who posted the for sale ad in 1984 but obviously had nobody interested in buying it. I ended up storing it at my premises for many years until he eventually took it back home. He was only talking to me recently about getting it restored. It will need a lot of work though.

Thanks for the update on 250 LPK.......at least he won't look back with regret and wish he had not sold it back in '84 or scrapped it. The current value on the market should mean a good financial return for him even as a barn find/basket case project.

Autocar 28 January 1966.

Very nice SPEEDWELL advert.

Kees.

Mini Marcos

I received the owners handbook for my Grandad's 1965 Island blue Austin Mini in the post today following my Gran's passing. Within is a BMC travel rug advert!

Inner;

I've been dipping in to some old classifieds from 1971, here a few examples...

''Morris Cooper MkII, 1969, 998cc, sun-roof, Minilite wheels, good SP68s, radio, leather rimmed steering wheel, tachometer, twin air horns, excellent, £580, tel : Bodmin 2503''.

''1968 Austin Mini MkII 1000 De Luxe, beige / red, one lady owner since 1969 (two total), undersealed, rubber over mats, suit another lady owner, £465. Performance Cars Ltd, Great West Road, Brentford, 1&1/2 miles west of Chiswick Roundabout on the A4''.

''Crayford Mini convertible (1965), new body, hood etc, grey with red interior, tonneau etc, £375, PO Box 3101''.

''Mini Cooper, 1967, director's second car, white / black, year's MOT, Dunlop alloy wheels, radials, undersealed, immaculate, £480, tel : Croydon 01 657 0756''.

''Mini Cooper, H registration, excellent condition, one careful owner, tel ; Rugeley 2802 (no price!)''.

''Mini Special, only six in the country, ''G'' registration, genuine reason for sale, £450 ono, tel : Gravesend 4058''.

''Cooper 1275 S MkIII, 9,000 miles, still under manufacturer's warranty, many extras, £900 ono, tel : Burgh Heath (Surrey) 51434''.

''1970 (March) Mini Clubman 1275GT, under 9,000 miles completed, excellent condidtion, flame red with black trim, taxed, one careful private owner from new, would consider part exchange with January 1970 onwards MBG, £780 ono, tel : Yaxley (Peterborough) 437''.

''1275 S Mini Cooper, 1969, blue / white, high back reclining seats, 'Goldi' sunshine roof, radio, twin tanks, immaculate, genuine reason for sale, £705, tel : Coleford (Glos) 3528''.

''Mini Cooper 998, fully personalised saloon with sunroof, radio, special instrument panel and Janspeed road conversion, rev-counter, flared whee larches, 6J wheels, lowered suspension, finished in aquamarine, £695, tel : Bournemouth 43223''.

''Registration number for sale, '5 KB' available on Morris Mini, offers, tel : 52226''.

''Cooper 1293 S, 28,000 miles, Radford styled interior, sunroof, winding windows, complete instrument panel, oil cooler, reclining seats, wide wheels, 1&1/2 inch SUs, every extra imaginable, shattering performance, in excellent order, £455, tel : Mr.G.Dix, Luton 472''.

''Bargain Minisprint, very fast, wide wheels, new tyres etc, professional conversion, quick sale £295, tel : Southend 524248''.

''Mini Marcos, 'J' registration, immaculate tartan red, 850cc, excellent performance, does not frighten insurers, usual extras, Cibies, wide wheels, remote gear change, alloy steering wheel, electric clock etc, £450, tel : Mill Hill 6336 or Radlett 4652 after 6pm''.

''1967 Mini Moke, good condidtion, side screens, heater, £330, tel : Leeds 782735''.

''Cooper S 1293, Downton conversion, 12-1 compression ratio, twin 1&1/2 inch SUs, 544 camshaft, balanced, Sprite gearbox, 105 bhp and mph, touring mpg = 40 on four-star, 7,000 miles only, Konis, radials, 13 inch Motolita, quartz iodine headlights, tachometer, ameter, oil pressure, water temperature, aerofan, 1300 header tank, electric heated windscreen, washer, radio, fuzz forces embittered sale, tel: Basinstoke 431''.

Now close your eyes and imagine what they all look like....