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[mighty mini jack]

It's grown some kind of tumor on its face.

[maph2]

well, normally there would be a smouldering wreck of stolen rover 200 there, so the mini is much more respectable.....

[maggies_minder]

i like it, it definately beats the boring geraniums used by the council on every other round about in birmingham.

[cooper_mark]

i think it was put there just to take the mickey germany 4 england 1....
haha u idiot's we won again...........

Edited by cooper_mark, 01 July 2010 - 12:19 AM.

[MiniMonty]

i like it, it definately beats the boring geraniums used by the council on every other round about in birmingham.

LOL - and let's remember that ALL Minis were really born in Brum.

(along with the industrial revolution and the Spifires that won the battle of Britain).

It's not called "the second city" for nothing...

[Andrew1408]

I'm just down the road from there, it been put there for either Birmingham in bloom or the city of culture, could of made it look a little bit better but nice to see the respect for the mini is still strong.

[maggies_minder]

i like it, it definately beats the boring geraniums used by the council on every other round about in birmingham.

LOL - and let's remember that ALL Minis were really born in Brum.

(along with the industrial revolution and the Spifires that won the battle of Britain).

It's not called "the second city" for nothing...

spitfire island in castle brom is by far my favourite roundabout in brum

[maph2]

oh please.........everybody know the best island in brum is halfords corner \/

Edited by maph2, 01 July 2010 - 09:16 AM.

[maggies_minder]

^^^to above sorry to disappiont you but it dont look much like that anymore.

spitfire island is still better

[Matt.P]

LOL - and let's remember that ALL Minis were really born in Brum.

Apart from the examples such as my Mk1 Morris Mini which was built at Cowley in Oxford.

[mab01uk]

LOL - and let's remember that ALL Minis were really born in Brum.

Apart from the examples such as my Mk1 Morris Mini which was built at Cowley in Oxford.

and remember it seems the first ever Mini was after all a Morris born in Oxford...............

BMC Engineer Says AOK Was The First Mini
An article in December 2009 Mini Magazine reports that 621 AOK is after all the first Mini and not just the first Morris Mini. Cowley Production Engineer Peter Tothill was there on the day and reckons it was built at Cowley Oxford over the Easter Bank Holiday weekend starting on Friday March 27 and finishing on Monday 30 1959. It was then loaded onto a truck, sheeted up and delivered to Longbridge on the Tuesday, ready for the Directors to view on the Wednesday. Tuesday was a holiday in Birmingham because they always worked on Good Friday. It is likely this car was used as a reference for Albert Green and his team to build the first Austin car on the Friday. Peter says it was impossible at that time to build 10 cars on one day May 8th as the factory records show and that the other 9 cars were built up slowly throughout April and May with the production record started on May 8.

[maph2]

^^^to above sorry to disappiont you but it dont look much like that anymore.

spitfire island is still better

yes, well aware actually but the road is still the same


halford island is much better to drive around - its wider.....

Edited by maph2, 02 July 2010 - 02:30 PM.