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Hi all,



I was attending this event on sunday, and took some photos, for you guys in UK.

There were soo many nice cars, but I will stick with the Mini,s on this thread.



1st up, is a rare "beast" Dont think I ever saw one before ? (as MK I)




Can anyone spot, whats special about this car ?








Here is Michaels early 59er.








He does have the correct washer bottle.




Notice the dead fly, no trailers here.







It was a nice day = no rain, so many people - rare & interesting cars to see,
and I met 2 people, with direct connections to my cars past
of which 1 gave me some very interesting info (more to come) .







Jens Christian

Is the top white car an Auto? (That's my guess from the picture anyway )

mk1coopers wrote:Is the top white car an Auto? (That's my guess from the picture anyway )

id say so yes

1 1.2" carb + large air filter is the only hint due to jc's photo, he must have been laying down when he took that.

jc use your 9' tall body to your advantage!

Hi guys

Yes you are both soo right congratulations

Here are 2 more =




In this pic, you can see the special number plate light angle/extension bracket.
This was fitted on some export markets, Denmark & USA are 2 of them.



I certanly do use my height = I drive Mini

If you had only been there, when I drove on the podium

All the other winners, were interwieved sitting in their cars, but the judges wanted me to step out ha ha

The blue car I notice has indicators at the top of the B pillars.

Excuse my ignorance but is this a '59' or an 'export' thing?

NotNormal wrote:The blue car I notice has indicators at the top of the B pillars.

Excuse my ignorance but is this a '59' or an 'export' thing?

No excuses needed here

This is legal requirements here in Denmark.

If you look at other Danish Mini,s they all have extra fitted indicators.

59 to 65/66(app?) they sat on the B post, from around 66/67 they were moved to the A panel,
and around 1968 & on, it was the front wings.



Jens Christian

Here is a close up, of the angled bracket, for the number plate light.



Not sure which years, they were fitted ?

JC T ONE wrote: ...
Jens Christian

Cheers for the info

Used in the U.S., too. Mk I and the few Mk II cars that came in. The mount for the light part was father down and not so close to the bottom of the registration number to be able to clear the wider (top to bottom) plates.

cheleker wrote:Used in the U.S., too. Mk I and the few Mk II cars that came in. The mount for the light part was father down and not so close to the bottom of the registration number to be able to clear the wider (top to bottom) plates.

In denmark they fitted these, either becourse you could see the white light, when driving behind a std type.

Or becourse in std position, the whole number plate wasnt lit up ?

I will ask some of the old BMC guys, next time I see them.