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[cagy]

Hello all,

I was wondering if someone can help me get a list together of all the famous people who have owned a mini or had a custom mini built??



Craig

[samperks]

didnt the lead singer of the monkeys have like the most expensive one ever bought? if i remember rightly :\

[scoticus]

Yes, im sure it was a Radford mini, with the mercedes stacked head lights.. looks really good if you ask me

All four of the Beatles
Twiggy
Brigitte Bardot
Britt Ekland
Paul Newman
Steve McQueen
Clint Eastwood
Noel Gallagher
Mark Bolan
Tom Hanks
Enzo Ferrari (Yes, really!)
Eddie Van Halen
Stirling Moss
Jackie Stewart
Damon Hill
Nikki Lauda
Cliff Richard
David Bowie
Jeffrey Archer
Shirley Bassey
Norman Wisdom
Mick Jagger
Eddie Izzard

then theres the 3 Italian job minis
the bourne ultimatum mini
theres plenty more that i cant think of at the moment

(edit) the radford mini i was talking about

Edited by scoticus, 15 November 2010 - 09:59 AM.

[ministar]

All four of the Beatles
Twiggy
Brigitte Bardot
Britt Ekland
Paul Newman
Steve McQueen
Clint Eastwood
Noel Gallagher
Mark Bolan
Tom Hanks
Enzo Ferrari (Yes, really!)
Eddie Van Halen
Stirling Moss
Jackie Stewart
Damon Hill
Nikki Lauda
Cliff Richard
David Bowie
Jeffrey Archer
Shirley Bassey
Norman Wisdom
Mick Jagger
Eddie Izzard

Elton John
Lulu
David 'diddy' Hamilton

then theres the 3 Italian job minis
the bourne ultimatum mini
theres plenty more that i cant think of at the moment

[The_Mistro]

Spike Milligan
James martin
there was a mini that one of the royal family owned, might of been the duke of edinborough, was a pale blue one, mk1 or mk2
and didnt princess margret or anne have one at one point too?
Will young
Brian Johnson - with the sliding windows

Edited by The_Mistro, 15 November 2010 - 03:12 PM.

[minimaff]

Paul Smith

[CMcB]

Jamerquoi
Kate Moss
Peter Sellers

Mr Bean

so so many

Edited by CMcB, 15 November 2010 - 03:11 PM.

[Teapot]

Me.

[chrisandsarah]

Me.

you beat me to it

[Teapot]

OK, you & me then

[onefastmoke]

both Jeremy clarkson and James may

[Bungle]

can't think of his name but Mr T rex who crashed his 1275 GT and died

[Bungle]

Graham Hill

a customer of mine bought a cooper that belonged to him for his wife

it was only when he looked at the previous keepers section on the log book that he worked out why her mini was so much faster than his

[Juju]

can't think of his name but Mr T rex who crashed his 1275 GT and died

Graham Hill

Nope. It was Marc Bolan....

[Bungle]

John Cooper