Thank you for sharing.... interestingly YOK250 (one of the cars in the clip) according to DVLA was put back on the road in April 1995 with 6 months tax, but was never relicensed in October. Anyone know where it is?? I guess it's in a museum or stored somewhere??
Many famous old Minis were being exported to Japan around that time.....................
Some more info and a picture of YOK 250 (scroll down) in Surbiton alongside a Cooper Racing car here:
Link:http://www.aronline.co.uk/blogs/cars/mini-classic/the-cars-mini-cooper/
Quote:"As is well known, when the 34bhp Mini 850 was launched in August 1959 BMC's publicity department lent a car registered YOK 250 to racing car constructor John Cooper of the Cooper Car Company Ltd, which operated out of premises in Surbiton in Surrey."
"John Cooper then set about building a fast Mini, probably YOK 250. The work was overseen by long-time Cooper employee Ginger Devlin and featured many components from the FJ engine and allegedly had three times the power of the standard Mini 850 engine, which would be around 100bhp. By 1961 the FJ engine was a 994cc unit developed by Eddie Maher of Morris engines in Coventry."
"The 1961 Formula Junior MK2 protototype pictured alongside YOK 250. Presumably YOK 250 is alsothe car Aurelio Lampredi took for his long excursion at Monza in 1959?"
Edited by mab01uk, 12 April 2013 - 04:41 PM.
