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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Penderic on January 13, 2015, 12:55:58 PM
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Watching this vid today on the restoration and history of the Austin 59 Mini, 64 Cooper and other race modifications .... very very interesting!
(Lots of gear head stuff).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8F6CZi7sXw
;-T
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Started watching but looks like a: "hold it till evening Macallan and stream buy the fire" type of a clip.
My uncle had a proper left drive when I was a kid in Minnesota. Amazing winter car - excluding too deep a snowfall. At the other end, while whiling away a winter in Harrogate, England - I was able to often borrow a 3/4 race mini. What a rush. Sound and fury far exceeding the actual effect but fast none the less.
Such a missed opportunity for the English car industry that they weren't able to extend capitalizing upon it as say Honda did with the N600.
Today, we Mini about in our S Clubman. Too freakin' cool.
"... self preservation society..." to be sure.
Todd.
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Wonderful video. I owned a '64 Mini for a while. Sure wish I still had it.
jdg