I'm testing the limits of my brain cells, but it seems through the beer fog
that enveloped me at such events, the Austin Mini Cooper S was one scalding
machine. And a lot of fun to watch run the course.
--Bob
On Jun 4, 2011, at 2:07 PM, David Thatcher wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 04, 2011 at 11:58:33AM -0400, Bob Whitmire wrote:
>> Do I remember correctly a beast known as an "Austin Mini Cooper S"?
>
> The Pommy motor industry being what it was, I reckon the actual brand
> name was mostly irrelevant... I had a '58 Morris Major for a while (it
> had a coarse spline diff, for the REAL anoraks) but they (and the next
> model with the 'fins') were also sold out here as an Austin Lancer.
>
> My first mini was a 'Morris Mini Deluxe' (a '68 - almost as old as I
> was), but my mini van was 8 years newer and was ostensibly made by
> Leyland - it certainly rusted like one!!!. A young lady who was a
> classmate at TAFE had an 'Austin Mini Cooper S' at the time.
--
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