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[1.3Cooper]

these are really good - thanks for posting them

[ministe]

A few I've collected from here and there:
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Can add a few more if people want

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[ukcooper]

Thank for the photo's there great. But keep going

[miniman86]

more pictures please, i like that hippie style minivan with the port hole rear windows, very cool!!

[Old Drag Racer]

Tonights offerings

[mab01uk]

I remember walking round that marquee at the show!
More great pictures, thanks for posting.
I think if you contact either the editor of Miniworld or Mini Magazine they would probably be very interested in publishing some of these unique old photos......perhaps in a feature on the 1979 Mini 20th at Donnington.

Edited by mab01uk, 17 July 2010 - 05:04 PM.

[mab01uk]

I'm pleased your enjoying them.
I'll post more of the static display shots stuff later if I get the chance, here's all the off road ones I have.

Noel Edmonds opened the event and also drove in the Autocross (see below)

I have found from the Mini 20 Extravaganza programme flyer insert:

The Mini Anniversary Autocross Trophy
Donnington Park August 27 1979

Class 1 (Minis or derivatives up to 850cc and 60 rebores)
Class 2 (Minis or derivatives 850 to 1000cc and 60 rebores)

The old photos above are from this class listed below with their competition numbers which match up with the pictures:
Class 3 (Minis or derivatives over 1000cc)

No. 61 - A. Martin - 1293 Mini - Coventry & Warks MC
No. 62 - NOEL EDMONDS - 1300 Mini - Sign Specialists
No. 63 - T. Lawson - 1340 Mini - Mini 7 Club
No. 64 - F. Fay - 1275 Mini - Redditch & District CC
No. 65 - M. George - 1293 Mini - Mini 7 Club
No. 66 - T. Downey - 1293 Mini - Mini 7 Club
No. 67 - M. Kirk - 1293 Mini - Monarch AC
No. 81 - Angela Martin - 1293 Mini - Coventry & Warks MC
No. 82 - T. Greenhill - 1300 Mini - Sign speciaists Ltd
No. 86 - A. Benton - 1293 Mini - Mini 7 Club
No. 87 - Jill Kirk - 1293 Mini - Monarch AC

Edited by mab01uk, 18 July 2010 - 10:07 AM.

[kez_19]

how great would it be if some of these minis in the pictures were still on the road today and owned by some of our members

[Old Drag Racer]

Not a huge amount left to post now.

[mab01uk]

Not a huge amount left to post now.

I have an advert for this conversion in the 1966 2nd edition of 'Tuning a Mini' by Clive Trickey a well known Mini 7 racer who used to write for Cars & Car Conversions magazine.

Quote:
" A complete "Do-it-yourself" conversion kit in primer finish only - can easily be sprayed and fitted in a few hours" £24 complete including packing.
The Glass Fibre Eng. Co. Ltd.
Trading Estate
Farnham
Surrey

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[minimininut]

Fantastic to see these, particularly love the Mini Wildgoose, but some great pictures all round, thanks for taking the time to share them with us

PS at a Sunday night loose end, here are some more of the DVLA reports



526 SYB - Vehicle details could not be found

PRB 622E - Vehicle details could not be found (tried Austin and Leyland)

The vehicle details for RNH 220 (nor sure if that was the full reg though?) are:

Date of Liability 01 10 1993
Date of First Registration 01 01 1963
Year of Manufacture Not Available
Cylinder Capacity (cc) 1275CC
CO2 Emissions Not Available
Fuel Type Petrol
Export Marker Not Applicable
Vehicle Status Unlicensed
Vehicle Colour BLACK



KFK 730D - Vehicle details could not be found
YDL 109 - Vehicle details could not be found

The vehicle details for EPV 253L are:

Date of Liability 01 01 1988
Date of First Registration 18 05 1973
Year of Manufacture Not Available
Cylinder Capacity (cc) 998CC
CO2 Emissions Not Available
Fuel Type Petrol
Export Marker Not Applicable
Vehicle Status Unlicensed
Vehicle Colour BLUE

PHY 268S - Vehicle details could not be found

631 TBF - Vehicle details could not be found

The vehicle details for HPP 365C are:

Date of Liability 01 06 1979
Date of First Registration 01 06 1965
Year of Manufacture 1965
Cylinder Capacity (cc) 1275CC
CO2 Emissions Not Available
Fuel Type Petrol
Export Marker Not Applicable
Vehicle Status Unlicensed
Vehicle Colour WHITE

EKP 789C - Vehicle details could not be found

The vehicle details for XYT 991 are:

Date of Liability 01 12 1985
Date of First Registration 15 12 1959
Year of Manufacture Not Available
Cylinder Capacity (cc) 848CC
CO2 Emissions Not Available
Fuel Type Petrol
Export Marker Not Applicable
Vehicle Status Unlicensed
Vehicle Colour BEIGE


The vehicle details for DNP 827J are:

Date of Liability 01 05 1984
Date of First Registration 03 09 1970
Year of Manufacture Not Available
Cylinder Capacity (cc) 1275CC
CO2 Emissions Not Available
Fuel Type Petrol
Export Marker Not Applicable
Vehicle Status Unlicensed
Vehicle Colour BLACK


WDP 686 - Vehicle details could not be found

BEV 172G - Vehicle details could not be found

KTT 152E - Vehicle details could not be found

948 GLR - Vehicle details could not be found

The vehicle details for RBT 179G are:

Date of Liability 01 07 1987
Date of First Registration 01 04 1969
Year of Manufacture Not Available
Cylinder Capacity (cc) 998CC
CO2 Emissions Not Available
Fuel Type Petrol
Export Marker Not Applicable
Vehicle Status Unlicensed
Vehicle Colour BLUE


The vehicle details for GBP 645C are:

Date of Liability 01 02 1985
Date of First Registration 01 07 1965
Year of Manufacture Not Available
Cylinder Capacity (cc) 848CC
CO2 Emissions Not Available
Fuel Type Petrol
Export Marker Not Applicable
Vehicle Status Unlicensed
Vehicle Colour BLUE

So lots are sadly not found, but some are - can someone confirm for me, if the date of liability is ages ago (like the one above, 1985), but it doesn't say SORNed, (instead it says unlicensed), does this mean the vehicle is off the road, but since before the SORN requirements came in?!

I assume that as tax free vehicles have to have a tax disc they will show as currently taxed on the DVLA's system?

I might be getting a bit obsessive!

Edited by minimininut, 18 July 2010 - 09:49 PM.

[mab01uk]

So lots are sadly not found, but some are - can someone confirm for me, if the date of liability is ages ago (like the one above, 1985), but it doesn't say SORNed, (instead it says unlicensed), does this mean the vehicle is off the road, but since before the SORN requirements came in?!

I assume that as tax free vehicles have to have a tax disc they will show as currently taxed on the DVLA's system?

I might be getting a bit obsessive!

Thanks for doing the searches..........interesting but sadly if the date of liability is ages ago (ie. last taxed) it often indicates the vehicle has been scrapped although it is possible some are sitting in a garage unused and untaxed somewhere but before the current Sorn rules came in to force.

[liirge]

wow....soo many mokes! I'm in heaven!

[yousmeg]

Tonights offerings

Ive fallen in love

[minimininut]

Thanks mab01uk - I suspected might be the case, so it seems likely that most of these minis are resting in a special place where tired minis go to sleep.

But SVD 252R (Mike's Mini's six wheeler) might still be around unless the plate was sold or something. And if 526 SYB is rumoured to be alive and being made well, then who knows, maybe some of the others are too. Either way, great to have some history in pictures, thanks again Old Drag Racer, I'm sure you can see how appreciated your photos are here at TMF ...

Edited by minimininut, 19 July 2010 - 10:32 AM.