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WMU 211G wrote:Limited edition Mk1 Maxi-Mini!

this is the actual BMC Maxi Mini from 1968

GRX 5D Shell 4000 rally 1968.

This was a very early edition of the Mpi

Very nice picture

The Bull hotel now

UHR850 wrote:Very nice picture

...i used to see that old bone rattler a lot in the mid 60,s....great way to transport large items or cars back in the day .. foxy52

UHR850 wrote:Very nice picture

...great pic of the A T L 98 Carvair or Bristol at Lydd ferryfield is it ??....i used to see that old bone rattler a lot in the mid 60,s....great way to transport large items or cars back in the day .. foxy52

That old bone rattler..., Bristol Freighters........ Yes! We had them as general freighters and troop transports in the Far East in the 60's. We used to call them Bristol Frighteners. I seem to recall that it was the NZ Air Force that had the bulk of them. The RAF had a similar frightener, RAF Belvederes, a sort of prehistoric Chinook. When they took the crunchies on operations they had to take their own fuel with them for the return flight. Not a lot of fun seeing 6x 44 gallon drums of petrol strapped in alongside you!!!!!!!

I used to watch Bristol Freighters take off several times a day in Wellington NZ in the early '70s. Noisy buggers. Recently one in quite good nick was dismantled and shipped from NZ to the UK for restoration to flying condition..

Those where the day my friends

HEINZ

Wiles Turned Downton Cooper S Tuned

Cropped from the front cover of 'Motor' magazine, week ending 8th May 1971...

Mini 1000, March 1970. Colour changed in 1983 to black. Long dead now!

Peter Laidler wrote:That old bone rattler..., Bristol Freighters........ Yes! We had them as general freighters and troop transports in the Far East in the 60's. We used to call them Bristol Frighteners. I seem to recall that it was the NZ Air Force that had the bulk of them. The RAF had a similar frightener, RAF Belvederes, a sort of prehistoric Chinook. When they took the crunchies on operations they had to take their own fuel with them for the return flight. Not a lot of fun seeing 6x 44 gallon drums of petrol strapped in alongside you!!!!!!!

thats the one.. went in one on a trip to Heathrow once when my Dad was on biz looking after the Aviation Fuel contracts for Shell there back in the 60,s.....the A T L 98 Carvair sorta superceeded car transports by air later in the decade..it was a converted Douglas DC 4 OR 6 ?!!.. SO LONG AGO I HAVE FORGOTTEN !!!..lol....ps I think Dan Dare (Air)...lol...used them as commercial freighters to.... foxy52

Costafortune wrote:Mini 1000, March 1970. Colour changed in 1983 to black. Long dead now!

Lasted quite well then considering! A Nice Mk3 1000 would be sought after now....

From the February '73 issue of 'Motorsport' mag...

Just found these two lurking in my hard drive, I have no idea where they came from...!

WMU 211G wrote:From the February '73 issue of 'Motorsport' mag...

At first I thought that was the one pictured outside Lord John, but plate says different. White must have been a favourite on the test fleet.

Silverstone 65 by Brimen, on Flickr

surfblue63 wrote:At first I thought that was the one pictured outside Lord John, but plate says different. White must have been a favourite on the test fleet.

I love Rostyles. Such a shame they didn’t continue them for 12” instead of the ghastly Denovos.

Early 70's for this one (I would guess)