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#1 mab01uk

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Posted 30 March 2020 - 06:31 PM

"We all know about Innocenti‘s work, and how the products it sold were closely based on BMC’s model catalogue. But The Leyland Italia years aren’t a story that’s anywhere near as often told – Chris Cowin puts right that wrong with his account of Leyland Italia.
Things could only get better after BL’s Innocenti sell-off, and they did. Chris Cowin takes a look at Leyland Italia in the late-1970s and early-’80s."
https://www.aronline...leyland-italia/

 



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Posted 30 March 2020 - 06:47 PM

Collecting parts for mine...
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Posted 30 March 2020 - 07:40 PM

quite a few out here

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Posted 31 March 2020 - 07:20 AM

A few De Tomasos here, don't know of any other 120s

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Posted 31 March 2020 - 09:04 AM

Innocenti Mini 90/120 (P53) development story

"In 1974, Leyland’s Italian subsidiary Innocenti introduced a rebodied, three-door hatchback Mini, styled by Bertone. However, within a year of its launch, BLMC went bankrupt, the company was sold to de Tomaso and the opportunity to sell the Innocenti Mini 90/120 in the UK was lost forever."

https://www.aronline...ti/mini-90-120/

 

What if BL had introduced the Innocenti Mini in the UK?

"It’s a question that many people asked throughout the mid-to-late 1970s, and yet we’ve never really looked too deeply into. The story of BMC, BL and Rover is littered with frustrating and tragic what-ifs, but the question of whether BL should have introduced its own version of the Innocenti Mini 90/120 really does bear pulling off the shelf and dusting off once again."

http://www.theminifo...0120-in-the-uk/


Edited by mab01uk, 31 March 2020 - 09:06 AM.





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