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Very early Minis - 20th August 1959.....spot the difference! 



A woman checks the engine of one of the first mini cars designed by Alec Issigonis which was launched by the British Motor Corporation in 1959. 20th August 1959.

(Photo by Daily Herald/Mirrorpix/Mirrorpix via Getty Images)

Edited by mab01uk, 10 November 2019 - 09:30 AM.

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Timo Makinen in the works Mini-Cooper found some competition here from downhill racer Kallevi Hakkinen at Turku in 1967 !

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Edited by mab01uk, 10 November 2019 - 09:29 AM.

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Edited by mab01uk, 10 November 2019 - 09:33 AM.

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Modified Minivan - photos circa 1965

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Edited by mab01uk, 17 July 2020 - 09:54 AM.

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Nice photo below of an early Mini from,
Cowley Works - Employees Past and Present:-
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Photo David Shaw - ‎Cowley Works - Ex- Employee - His first car (with his family) in the late fifties a Clipper blue Mini.
Cowley Works - Employees Past and Present 19 April:
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Pressed Steel Fisher - Cowley - Minivan
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Cowley Works - Employees Past and Present:-
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Assembly Plant E Block Paint Shop
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Cowley Works - Employees Past and Present:-
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FAB 1 + Mk2 Cooper (with rear end damage)

Edited by mab01uk, 26 August 2020 - 10:07 PM.