More Fascinating Photos
#1
Posted 14 September 2007 - 05:02 PM
the book is simply called "mini" and was first published in 1979, although my copy is a 1983 reprint. all the pics are black and white and most of them we have all seen before, but there were a few new ones that caught my eye, enjoy
early mini crash testing...
interesting way to end a saloon car race ...
timo makinen on the having bonnet trouble on the 1967 thousand lakes rally...
I'm sure you are all familiar with the famous jumping mini pic, but this one is even more spectacular...
a publicity exercise set up by Morris public relations man Tony Dawson....
#2
Posted 14 September 2007 - 05:09 PM
#3
Posted 14 September 2007 - 05:10 PM
#4
Posted 14 September 2007 - 05:11 PM
this was the largest one...
and this was the smallest, and eventually evolved into the mini...
rare photo of the Riley elf prototype codenamed RIL 8...
another crazy prototype, this time a long wheelbase 4 door mini...
and the mini clubman during it's styling stage in the hands of Roy Haynes...
after his rear extension was turned down, he created this in a final attempt to change both ends of the car....
#5
Posted 14 September 2007 - 05:18 PM
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Posted 14 September 2007 - 05:20 PM
#7
Posted 14 September 2007 - 05:23 PM
I'm sure you are all familiar with the famous jumping mini pic, but this one is even more spectacular...
Man, thats gonna be a harsh landing. Smart if he drove away like it was nothing
I have been reading up on the jumps performed on the filming of The Dukes Of Hazzard. There were two ways of performing the jump, nose landing or tail/ flat landing. The nose landing was the least harsh for the driver, but the worst for the car, tail landing was not so harsh for the car, but bad for the driver so the stuntmen were strapped into a sling that was suspended from the cage, just before the car was about to land the driver would clench up his arms, shoulders and legs pulling him up off the seat, so that when the car hit, the force of the impact was not carried through his body, th cars were wrecks every time. Best TV show ever, just watch the cars land and see the front and back ends bend
#8
Posted 14 September 2007 - 05:23 PM
awesome! on that photo of the upside down clubby- is that an exhuast sticking out the side?
mmm, looks like it could be the exhaust flapping around, but i know one thing for sure...
...there's definitely a leg sticking out of this one !!!!
#9
Posted 14 September 2007 - 05:24 PM
early attempts at disguising the mini during test runs. nicknamed 'the orange box'
#10
Posted 14 September 2007 - 05:30 PM
awesome! on that photo of the upside down clubby- is that an exhuast sticking out the side?
mmm, looks like it could be the exhaust flapping around, but i know one thing for sure...
...there's definitely a leg sticking out of this one !!!!
OUCH!!!! lol
can i see a bracket there though, holding the exhaust into position?
#11
Posted 14 September 2007 - 05:33 PM
rear view
nice a**e!!
Edited by ADministrator, 14 September 2007 - 05:34 PM.
#12
Posted 14 September 2007 - 05:37 PM
early attempts at disguising the mini during test runs. nicknamed 'the orange box'
actually, the orange boxes were far from simply disguised minis. they were the very first attempts at laying out the car. the engines were the other way around, the battery was at the front and they had no sub-frames.
all these things would evolve from problems found during the testing of the orange boxes
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Posted 14 September 2007 - 05:41 PM
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Posted 14 September 2007 - 05:43 PM
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Posted 14 September 2007 - 05:50 PM
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