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Very interesting

http://www.28dayslater.co.uk/forums/sho ... hp?t=53946

Quote from MCR forum on the 1275GT:
"My father in law worked at longbridge years ago for a long time, i showed him the mini pic and he remembered it, he said it fell off the conveyer so they just dragged it out of the way. He also told me that this particular car would have been built to the stage it was at in the pic at castle bromwich as it is already painted and has a rear subframe fitted."

Shells were not assembled at Castle Bromwich, they were assembled at Longbridge. CB used to make boot floor asssemblies. that being the boot floor and rear seat with the rear parcel shelf. The sections were then taken to Longbridge by lorry for the shell to be built.

Front grill of the 1275GT looks OK. I'll have that then.

Interesting thread, like the period Pepsi can.

Useless info', my grandad used to work at Castle Bromwich, long before the Mini, building another iconic machine.