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My first '65 Mk1 Morris Mini-Minor (Tweed Grey) shown here in 1974 before and.......just after I had 'upgraded' the badges, door mirrors, grille and rear lights to Mk3, fitted 'Tilling' winding windows, smoke tinted glass, rear wiper, roof aerial, some 6x10 Mambas with 165 Goodyear Rally Specials, centre exit exhaust and new reflective numberplates + wiper aerofoils !

Note also my 'period' flared jeans and British Leyland badged Rally Jacket.....still have hair but not quite so long.

Awesome what a nice car, this is just how Mini,s and their owners looked in the 70ies

A couple of years later this was my second Mini a '67 Mk 1 (not found many photos of this one yet), now upgraded to 998cc eng/box from a Mk3 write off and with many other bits transferred over from my previous '65 Mini which had rusty sills, rear subframe and failing Hydrolastic plus some accident damage to the front end. Sprayed black in my dad's single garage by my brothers and I with black 'shadowlite' glass, W&P nudge bars and a Webasto sunroof from a Triumph Herald. Scrapyards were full of Heralds with sunroofs so we used to remove them recover vinyl and refurbish as required and them fit them to many different cars for friends and family (if they were brave enough to have the the hole cut).

Ohh - getting better & better me like

Love the Playboy sticker

That brings back some memories, including the attire.

spot on love them old memories thanks for posting

Brilliant....love the 70's photos

mmmm love the bull bars !!!.. great shots those...strange I never owned a mk 1... as I passed my test in the 70,s to it had to be a newer car !! lol...3 minis,1 pug and 5 v dubs all in a decade !!!!....tks for posting...foxy52

those photos look great

I might have to buy a rally jacket like that for when im in the er-cooper s

Same pics after a quick whizz through Photoshop.

mk1 wrote:Same pics after a quick whizz through Photoshop.

Thanks Mark......much improved !

Found a front view....

You are welcome, and again. . .

Changing Mk1 features to make them look like those 'modern' Mk2s

Them Flares must have been dangerous to drive in !! lol

Great pics though.

Fab pics!

I do love those nudge bars! Remember working at Minispares and fitting them for girls at the back of the shop at Friern Barnet! Got lots of dates with them.

Rolandino wrote: ↑Thu Sep 05, 2024 9:20 pm I do love those nudge bars! Remember working at Minispares and fitting them for girls at the back of the shop at Friern Barnet! Got lots of dates with them.

You fitted smooch bars, so to speak