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Happy Birthday !!! - My Mini is 40 !!!


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#1 dklawson

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Posted 30 June 2004 - 12:48 PM

Well... it's important to me anyway!

Today (June 30th, 2004) is my Mini's 40th birthday! Thanks to everyone in the U.K. who put it together! 11 days (and 40 years ago) from now the car started its journey to Switzerland and its brief career racing before eventually ending up in the hands of a U.S. serviceman in Germany who brought it back to the States.

This is a day I've anticipated for quite a while.

#2 CharlieBrown

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Posted 30 June 2004 - 12:53 PM

Nice to hear its still being loved after 40 years, I bet it could tell some stories (if it could) :grin:

What did you get if for its Birthday?

#3 lewis

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Posted 30 June 2004 - 01:10 PM

that is some achievement, you know much about its history?

#4 dklawson

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Posted 30 June 2004 - 04:21 PM

I know my car's history since 1968. The four years it spent in Switzerland after leaving the factory are sketchy at best. I know it was rallied there and that it suffered body damage at that time. I know this because only the boot lid was fixed during the next 30 years. Proper body repairs didn't happen until I got the car four years ago. I know four of the five previous U.S. owners of the car... three of them fairly well. I don't think I would have bought the car if I didn't know at least a little about it.

I think the car's biggest birthday present was delivered six months ago when I rebuilt its engine. Or perhaps it was last month's exhaust system. It gets more presents per year than a person does!

#5 miniman5

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Posted 30 June 2004 - 04:46 PM

ha ha thats the thing with mini's aint it u never stop spending money on them :tongue:

#6 Dom

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Posted 01 July 2004 - 05:35 AM

congrats on the mini :D

#7 Purple Tom

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Posted 01 July 2004 - 09:19 AM

Its nice to see it being pampered and looked after, but still being used at the same time! Congratulations, lets hope it lives another 40 more!

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Posted 05 August 2004 - 12:40 AM

40 years keep it up it looks good letts hope more minis can reach the 40 year old point as the mini is a great car

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