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Mini at Aust and Severn Bridge.
Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2014 10:31 am
by 36inter
Came across this online and thought it might be of interest, looks to me to be no recess around the rear window so could be a very early Mini, what do you think, I also love the cross ply tyres.
Pete
Re: Mini at Aust and Severn Bridge.
Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2014 10:35 am
by rich@minispares.com
interesting fact is that the severn princess was built in Hull in 1959
Re: Mini at Aust and Severn Bridge.
Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2014 11:22 am
by 36inter
I believe she is rotting somewhere near the Sharpness canal, just up channel from this photo. I've looked on DVLA and they hold no records for that reg.
Pete
Re: Mini at Aust and Severn Bridge.
Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2014 10:16 pm
by miniminor
Nice!
I love cross ply tyres too (how they look at any rate, not their road holding) so put a set on my Mk1, just look so right!
Re: Mini at Aust and Severn Bridge.
Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2014 7:42 am
by Old English White
Great picture!
I suppose any early Mini which spent time near the water has long rotted away....
As for crossply tyres, it's over 40years since I last used them on a Mini. I didn't have much money at the time so went for the cheapest tyres. Big mistake - it drove dreadfully and I wore them out in 1500miles
Re: Mini at Aust and Severn Bridge.
Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2014 10:50 am
by SMOKE GREY
Tis a 59!!!!
Re: Mini at Aust and Severn Bridge.
Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2014 12:38 pm
by cookie1071
sent the pic to my old man, as he lived locally then and does now plus, being in freight, had a lot of involvement in the bridge over the years and this is what he said
"Good picture for the time. Summer '64 or '65. Interesting to see the bridge under construction. Looks like the cables had been spun. That took months and months. No deck sections been floated in yet."
Niall.
Re: Mini at Aust and Severn Bridge.
Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2014 1:12 pm
by rich@minispares.com
cookie1071 wrote:sent the pic to my old man, as he lived locally then and does now plus, being in freight, had a lot of involvement in the bridge over the years and this is what he said
"Good picture for the time. Summer '64 or '65. Interesting to see the bridge under construction. Looks like the cables had been spun. That took months and months. No deck sections been floated in yet."
Niall.
I bet the people who paid for the boat in 1959 where gutted when the bridge started to be built - I bet they thought they where going to be earning a living from it for years, when it must have only lasted for ten years or so - I wonder if they even paid it off!
