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VMV 186G, Oct 1968, red, 1340cc and currently taxed.

"British Leyland ran an ad for their Mini in 1979 with the slogan "Nips in and out like Ronnie Biggs" and placed one of the posters near the flower stall of Buster Edwards in Waterloo. Members of the public complained but the Advertising Standards Authority supposedly only queried whether BL had got Biggs's permission to use his name."
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/201 ... -10-things


Lot 1: A photograph of Buster Edwards standing in front of the Ronnie Biggs' Mini advert, signed by Ronnie Biggs together with an advertisement for Mini bearing slogan 'nips in and out like Ronnie Biggs' and signed by Ronnie Biggs.
https://www.invaluable.com/auction-lot/ ... de34735a0d

mk1 wrote: ↑Mon Dec 06, 2021 2:31 pm This is Bruce Reynolds


Always thought that the similarity to this bloke wasn't coincedental.

I think they were both fans of Buddy

Sean Connery and his wife Diane Cilento getting into their car at Heathrow Airport, London, July 7th 1967

Looks as if he'd had a rough night!

Chris Harris from Top Gear had a Mini as his 1st car and of course raced one at Goodwood in 2019.

Me

Kees

Brynmor wrote: ↑Sat Jan 15, 2022 9:28 am Chris Harris from Top Gear had a Mini as his 1st car and of course raced one at Goodwood in 2019.

Chris Harris had a good line recently on Top Gear saying,

“You’re either a beetle guy or a mini guy and I’ve always been a mini guy”

Never really thought of it before but while I respect the bug I don’t really have any desire to own one.

I've owned both. 6 Beetles (plus 4 other air-cooled VWs) and 11 Minis. So you shouldn't believe what all these celebrities say. By the way I do like Harris' E28 BMW.

I too have nothing against VW Beetles or their owners,

But this sort of took the gloss of the whole Beetle thing for me

At the audio shop having the TV aerials fitted for vanity only. And only because his chauffeur had had one fitted to his e-type first

B-movie actress Mimsy Farmer

Jacqueline Bisset



Lulu (again)



Cathy McGowan



Jean Shrimpton (again)

surfblue63 wrote: ↑Sat Feb 19, 2022 3:13 pm B-movie actress Mimsy Farmer

In an Innocenti 1001 Export ♥

English actress Charlotte Rampling is reunited with her dog Jessie. The dog was briefly being looked after by police after Rampling was arrested and fined £10 for speeding, 4th September 1967. (Photo by Norman Potter/Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)


Looks like she's had the car breathed on aswell judging by the dash.






Sally and Judy Geeson

surfblue63 wrote: ↑Sat Feb 19, 2022 3:13 pm B-movie actress Mimsy Farmer

She drove an Inno Mini in the 1971 Italian 'Giallo' thriller 'Four Flies On Grey Velvet' with Michael Brandon (of 'Dempsey & Makepiece' fame much later on). Brandon drives a very nice little Alfa 105 series Gulia which he drives straight into a Fiat truck at the end of the film!

Who knows the registrations of Minis used by Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon?
Any photos or other sources please?

Lord Snowdon's car was 999 FLY. There are photos on Jeroen's blog.

I think it is owned by an occasional member of the forum, who I seem to recall didn't want the car discussed.

Al

davidscothorn wrote: ↑Thu May 26, 2022 8:17 pm Who knows the registrations of Minis used by Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon?
Any photos or other sources please?

Lord Snowdon's coachbuilt Mini (999 FYL)
http://maximummini.blogspot.com/2011/05 ... -mini.html