Happy 55Th Birthday

[tonyav]

The Mini is 55 this week.
http://cars.uk.msn.com/features/happy-55th-birthday-mini

[Psybbo]

Has it really been around that long?

[Jeza]

I passed my test in a mini. Happy Birthday little car.

[tonyav]

Afraid so, Psybbo !.

[tonyav]

Don't see to many original ( non BMW ) around these days.

[lady-janine]

they've probably rusted away tony. long live the mini (mine at least).

[tonyav]

Yeah, they were a bit of a rust bucket, lj. But so was pretty much everything from that era.

[Psybbo]

The petrol pump used to stop working and you had to get out and thump it with a gulf club underneath and in a miniskirt the following drivers didn't get annoyed!

[lady-janine]

dagenham dustbins!

time for me to cook tea. bye.

[tonyav]

lady-janine
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dagenham dustbins!

LOL, they were Cortina's lj.

I wouldn't have minded the hold up, Psybbo !.

[silliemillie]

My brother was born on this day so is also 55 next week, think he should have got a free one when they were 50, don't you, LOL!

[silliemillie]

Lady J, Fords were made in Dagenham, not Minis

[Obiter]

Can anyone remember bubble cars?

[tonyav]

Yep, Isetta Messerschmitt and BMW.

[tonyav]

silliemillie
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My brother was born on this day so is also 55 next week, think he should have got a free one when they were 50, don't you, LOL!

Good idea that.

[Prudie]

My elder brother wrote off 3 minis in 18 months, it's a childhood memory I shan't forget.

[Psybbo]

I hope he was ok, Prudie. You didn't have much protection in a mini.

[tonyav]

Was that after Paddy Hopkirk won the Monte Carlo rally, Prudie ?.

[Prudie]

Who?? Psybbo amazingly yes. he was about 19, you know how reckless they could be - and it was just as a result of reckless driving. Every time there were at least 4 people squashed in, they cushioned each other.

[tonyav]

This guy, Prudie.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPXzW8Vz2BA

[Psybbo]

A Belfast boy, Prudie, glad nobody was hurt.