Edited by classicminidriver, 14 July 2012 - 08:23 PM.
Whos Got The Oldest Mini...
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Posted 14 July 2012 - 08:18 PM
Say you have a 1959 mini what date was it built, not registered?
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Posted 14 July 2012 - 08:20 PM
Mines 1958
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I wish!
I think there is a thread about have we got the whole set yet, and that may have dates on it, im not sure :)
oh and there was a unrestored one that sold recently which I think i read was 8th off the production line but that may be my imagination :)
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I wish!
I think there is a thread about have we got the whole set yet, and that may have dates on it, im not sure :)
oh and there was a unrestored one that sold recently which I think i read was 8th off the production line but that may be my imagination :)
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Posted 14 July 2012 - 08:22 PM
Mines 1958
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I wish!
I think there is a thread about have we got the whole set yet, and that may have dates on it, im not sure :)
oh and there was a unrestored one that sold recently which I think i read was 8th off the production line but that may be my imagination :)
had me going for a moment lol
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Posted 14 July 2012 - 08:24 PM
I wish!
1958 mini was just a glint in issigonis' eye!
1958 mini was just a glint in issigonis' eye!
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Posted 14 July 2012 - 08:30 PM
The two oldest Minis in existence are in Japan in full working order.
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Posted 14 July 2012 - 08:35 PM
I think my Dads is December 1959, it's far from working order though.
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Posted 14 July 2012 - 09:50 PM
The two oldest Minis in existence are in Japan in full working order.
but do they come here? :)
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Posted 14 July 2012 - 09:56 PM
My friend has a sep 1959 mini in his garage its not been on the road in 1980...... 
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Posted 14 July 2012 - 11:45 PM
This has become a myth based on chassis numbers. The oldest Mini is actually the one that even Issigonis has been photographed standing next to with a sign clearly saying Mini no.1 - 621 AOK at the Gaydon museum. You would think Issigonis might actually know. Mini Magazine did an article a couple of years ago proving this on the evidence of a man actually involved in building it.The two oldest Minis in existence are in Japan in full working order.
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Posted 15 July 2012 - 07:37 AM
I have a FEB 1960, so close but so far 
wish it was a 59
wish it was a 59
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Posted 15 July 2012 - 09:22 PM
621 AOK is so far from its original specification that its not even the most original 1959 mini in the BMIHT collection.
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Posted 15 July 2012 - 09:33 PM
621 AOK is so far from its original specification that its not even the most original 1959 mini in the BMIHT collection.
Even so its still number 1 in build.
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Posted 15 July 2012 - 09:37 PM
I have a July Built 59 was registered October 1959
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Posted 15 July 2012 - 10:34 PM
I have a 73... older than a lot of other mini's haha 
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