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[Cooperman]

Since these seem to amuse some of my friends on here, here is another true story which concerns my great racing buddy Mo Mendham and one of his Minis.
Mo was driving his road-registered race Cooper in Watford, quite near his Mum's pub, the Nascot Arms. He was driving, shall we say, enthusiastically and did a spirited overtake just before some traffic lights at the end of Clarendon road. the lights were red, so Mo stopped and the guy whom he had just overtaken took exception to Mo's driving, got out and ran up to the Mini. Now the driver's side window was a sheet of perspex with a circular hole and a round hinged piece of perspex. The window hole was open and the outraged driver shoved his right arm through the window hole and grabbed hold of Mo )very unwise!). At this point the lights went 'green' so Mo let the clutch in, trapping the guy's arm and took him for a long fast trot down Clarendon Road. A little way down the road the window came out of it's frame and the guy, by now completely 'knackered' (I think that's the word) stumbled onto the pavement completely out of breath but still with the window around his arm. Mo stopped, walked back and, taking the piece of perspex, said, "thank's very much, my window I think", got back in the Cooper 'S' and drove back to his workshop to re-fit it.
He never heard any more about it.
I hope you like this as much as we, Mo's mates, did at the time. The guy was a legend.

[maggies_minder]

thats brilliant, its like something from lock,stock and 2 smoking barrels.

[jamesmpi]

Brilliant!

[minilester]

lol... i love wen stuff like this happens!

[RayBoogs]

I would of loved to of seen that! classic!

[mini danny]

What a legend i would have payed to see that

[minilester]

from now on all stories must be accompanied by a mock video uploaded to youtube..

Edited by minilester, 18 July 2011 - 06:15 PM.

[samsfern]

Haha, serves the thug right, love it!

[Tommyboy12]

Brilliant! Serves him right.

[MiniLuke]

Brilliant, tell us more stories Uncle Cooperman!

[Cooperman]

Another day, Mo had been telling me about another competiton Mini he had been working on, a 998 Cooper, and which he was going to take out on test. We met at an hotel called The Noke which is between St. Albans and Watford. After a couple of pints we went out to his Mini and set off, in the wet, to do some testing. We went down the dual-carriageway towards the end of the M10 and caught up with a red MGA which, when it saw a Mini right behind it, accelerated down the road. Mo sat with him until we got to the roundabout at the end of the M10. The MGA driver braked and Mo said the immortal words "He's had it now, he's braked!". Mo just went around the outside of the MG a little-bit sideways and simply blew him away, laughing all the time. Ah, those were the days!

[maggies_minder]

Another day, Mo had been telling me about another competiton Mini he had been working on, a 998 Cooper, and which he was going to take out on test. We met at an hotel called The Noke which is between St. Albans and Watford. After a couple of pints we went out to his Mini and set off, in the wet, to do some testing. We went down the dual-carriageway towards the end of the M10 and caught up with a red MGA which, when it saw a Mini right behind it, accelerated down the road. Mo sat with him until we got to the roundabout at the end of the M10. The MGA driver braked and Mo said the immortal words "He's had it now, he's braked!". Mo just went around the outside of the MG a little-bit sideways and simply blew him away, laughing all the time. Ah, those were the days!

the days before breathalizers cooperman??

[RayBoogs]

Another day, Mo had been telling me about another competiton Mini he had been working on, a 998 Cooper, and which he was going to take out on test. We met at an hotel called The Noke which is between St. Albans and Watford. After a couple of pints we went out to his Mini and set off, in the wet, to do some testing. We went down the dual-carriageway towards the end of the M10 and caught up with a red MGA which, when it saw a Mini right behind it, accelerated down the road. Mo sat with him until we got to the roundabout at the end of the M10. The MGA driver braked and Mo said the immortal words "He's had it now, he's braked!". Mo just went around the outside of the MG a little-bit sideways and simply blew him away, laughing all the time. Ah, those were the days!

Awesome! utterly brilliant! I need to go out a get some mini stories!

[rimmer1993]

Keep the stories up loving them!

[Cooperman]

Another day, Mo had been telling me about another competiton Mini he had been working on, a 998 Cooper, and which he was going to take out on test. We met at an hotel called The Noke which is between St. Albans and Watford. After a couple of pints we went out to his Mini and set off, in the wet, to do some testing. We went down the dual-carriageway towards the end of the M10 and caught up with a red MGA which, when it saw a Mini right behind it, accelerated down the road. Mo sat with him until we got to the roundabout at the end of the M10. The MGA driver braked and Mo said the immortal words "He's had it now, he's braked!". Mo just went around the outside of the MG a little-bit sideways and simply blew him away, laughing all the time. Ah, those were the days!

the days before breathalizers cooperman??

Oh, yes, before the dreaded breathaliser. My son once asked me how much we would drink before driving home back then.
I said, "oh, typically 5 or 6 pints and maybe a scotch or two".
He said "how ever did you drive in that state".
I replied, "well, I certainly couldn't have walked!"
That's why the breathaliser had to be introduced. It's not something I'm particularly proud of, but that's how it was back then. I can remember when the breath-test started in october 1967. The night before I went out in my Mk.1 Cortina GT, had a few pints, drove home and said, "Won't be doing that again, ever".