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Unread postby worksminis » 26 Apr 2017, 13:07

Tulip Apr 64. Makinen/Ambrose. 1st.

Coupe des Alpes Jun 64. Mayman/Domleo. 970(999)cc. 6th in Category (Touring cars).
(Described at time as “Makinen's Tulip car”).

Tour de France Auto Sep 64. Mayman/Domleo. 970(999)cc. 1st in class.
(TdeF cars described at time as “the 4 CdesA cars reprepared”).

Recce use?

Browning lists final event as:
Nordrhein-Westfalen Jul 65 Hopkirk. Retd. in car list but Vltava Jul 65 Makinen, Retd, in rally list.
Price lists final event as:
Vltava Jul 65 Makinen. Retd.

So:
Vltava Jul 65. Makinen/Easter. Retd.

Sold to J. Cracknell.

Unread postby davidscothorn » 29 May 2017, 15:47

DVLA MORRIS 1964 1275 DOR 4/80 SORN MOT6/17

Images

Hi,

found something that is maybe new re the Rally History of AJB 66B: it was driven by Tony Fall / Ron Crellin in the Munic-Vienna-Budapest Rally (8-10 Oct, 1965).
photos: "© Erwin Jelinek / Technisches Museum Wien www.technischesmuseum.at"

Oulton Park Mini Festival 2014

Fall on Munich Vienna Budapest 65 above was incorrectly listed as AJB55B by Browning. (Price correctly showed 66B)

Nice colour one from the Tulip...

Tulip Rally : Morris Cooper S, registration AJB 66B No 119 -
Timo Mäkinen/Tony Ambrose works Mini-Cooper S -
overall winners of the Touring Category, April 1964.

I discovered this car in a garage in Rothbury owned by Bill Kirkup the local mechanic, no one had seen it for 20 years and it was complete but in poor condition.

The owner Bill had bought it from the BMC team at the roadside while they were on destruction testing up at Kielder forest, Bills relation worked for Associated Press as a photographer and pulled all the publicity pics of the car and put them in folders for Bill, which were with the car.

A friend Bernard Griffin pestered the life out of me for the address and contact details of Bill as he wanted to buy an Ex works car, as i had no chance of ever affording to buy the car myself I passed the details onto Bernie and he eventually after a couple of years persuaded Bill to sell him the car.

I was so pleased Bernie bought it because he made a fantastic job of restoring it and enjoyed owning it.

And I still own it 33 years later ..Many thanks Simon In the intervening years I have managed to find many items relating to the car, i.e. original rally plates/trophies/paperwork/carnet de board /etc ,etc,....This also started my obsession with original Ex Works rally plates of which I have quite a collection !.........

Hi Bernard,

Hows life treating you? Glad you kept the car and continue to enjoy it. I've just retired and after a life in the Motor trade have lost my passion for cars but not Mini's although its years since i owned one.

I had a few E types and Other old jags but seem to have worked the classics out of my system LOL.

Love to hear from you again, still got that beauty Fiesta yellow 970 S ?

Regards

Simon

Mark 1 S wrote: ↑Tue Jan 18, 2022 11:21 am And I still own it 33 years later ..Many thanks Simon In the intervening years I have managed to find many items relating to the car, i.e. original rally plates/trophies/paperwork/carnet de board /etc ,etc,....This also started my obsession with original Ex Works rally plates of which I have quite a collection !.........

That is wonderful to hear. I am restoring (very slowly) a 1071 that is only a few chassis numbers away.It was used in the SW as a rally car and nowhere near the provenance of yours, but I did compete in it myself

Hope to see this car out again this year. I’m also pleased that Bernie has refused all offers to sell it so we still get to hang on to a works car for people to see oop here. He’s also agreed to leave it to me in his will, which is very generous of him.

What a lovely Photo Pete. And a lovely car.

Nice to see Norman behind in the photo. We all miss him. As we do you chum

Rocky

More pics for you here Bernie, you’ll have to fill in the details!

July 1965 Czech Rally with Timo Makinen/Paul Easter.....First photo at the German/ Czech border, second photo car on an early stage prior to retirement with a broken oil cooler pipe [according to Paul Easter... [what a memory ]........

The second car (no 102) is EJB55C - Rauno. His victory in this event contributed to his winning the European rally Championship.

I wonder what the sticker in the rear window says? Presumably not "Running In Please Pass"....

1964 Coupe des Alpes

1964 TdF