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[Cooperman]

I love the Helphos light on the screen. They were very useful.
Ah, those were the best days of rallying.
Proper Lucas 'Flamethrowers' as well.
It looks great. Did it go well?

[unburntfuelinthemorning]

here's a period picture of my 1963 mini that I used to road rally in the late 60's

 

Allan

That is a proper bewty!

[Aly-g]

I love the Helphos light on the screen. They were very useful.
Ah, those were the best days of rallying.
Proper Lucas 'Flamethrowers' as well.
It looks great. Did it go well?

only a 850 unfortunately so was never going to win any trophy's against the twin cam lotus boys , we did several very rough events though and the little old mini always got to the finish leaving the escorts by the wayside broken down, loved them days.

 

Allan

[Lord Oversill]

Was it his Mini? 

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[mab01uk]

George Best and his Minis

 

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[mab01uk]

Screenshots below are from the new BBC documentary....
BBC iPlayer - Roy Orbison: In Dreams:-
https://www.bbc.co.u...bison-in-dreams

In the BBC documentary Roy Orbison and his wife Claudette are seen getting into an 'Austin Mini Cooper S' in 1963 during his UK tour with the Beatles.....however you may have noticed the Mini has a 1965 registration CBL 386C....which makes it more likely this was actually during his 1966 UK tour!







"As "In Dreams" was released in April 1963, Orbison was asked to replace Duane Eddy on a tour of the UK in top billing with the Beatles. When he arrived in Britain, however, he realized he was no longer the main draw. He had never heard of the Beatles, and annoyed, asked rhetorically, "What's a Beatle, anyway?" to which John Lennon replied, after tapping his shoulder, "I am". On the opening night, Orbison opted to go onstage first, although he was the more established act. The Beatles stood dumbfounded backstage as Orbison simply played through 14 encores. Finally, when the audience began chanting "We want Roy!" again, Lennon and Paul McCartney physically held Orbison back. Ringo Starr later said, "In Glasgow, we were all backstage listening to the tremendous applause he was getting. He was just standing there, not moving or anything." Through the tour, however, the two acts quickly learned to get along, a process made easier by the fact that the Beatles admired his work. Orbison felt a kinship with Lennon, but it was George Harrison with whom he would later form a strong friendship in 1988 as part of the Traveling Wilburys."
https://en.wikipedia...veling_Wilburys

Edited by mab01uk, 06 February 2023 - 08:02 AM.

[mab01uk]

Mk2 Mini range (+ Mk3 Elf and Hornet)

[mab01uk]

Cheap Mini Pickup...
 

 

 

[Itsaminithing]

Reading area 4 number/2 letter plate -aren't they very rare? - 'a few of these were issued in the 1950's / 60's when three letter plate combinations ran out' (poss issued 1961-62?)

I will get someone who knows Reading to have a look at this, perhaps she might be able to identify the road (IF it is Reading area).

 

 

[mab01uk]

 

[Lowestoftmodder]

Cheap Mini Pickup...

I’ll take ten mini pickups please..

[mab01uk]

Rally Midas 1430cc AP Automatic...

 

[mab01uk]

MCC magazine (1986)

"No thanks! I've just got rid of 150,000 of 'em." 

Edited by mab01uk, 18 April 2023 - 07:05 AM.

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