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[Noah]

I think I'm off to Gaydon for my 17th birthday then....

[minimat]

I also read that the red one was not actally the final mini but was taken from the line early to make sure it was perfect for the final publicity events and that the real last mini was actally a blue one,cant remember where i read it though.

[Mini_Magic]

is AOKs rear valance and bumper dented in the middle? https://fbcdn-sphoto...388068478_n.jpg

Sadly, I bet most people these days would vote for the new one

[g-dog]

there was a blue mini in the end of line rework area on or around oct 4th. i asked the bloke working on it and he said it was running rough so there were replacing the injectors. (the inlet manifold wasnt on the car) i remember him saying getting the parts was taking ages as the logistics had removed all the parts from the line as soon as the mini run out.

never know if that was the last mini produced in the cab assembly but it was the only mini i saw apart from the red one in the 4 weeks or so i was up there. g

[james962]

is AOKs rear valance and bumper dented in the middle? https://fbcdn-sphoto...388068478_n.jpg

I noticed this in AutoCar this week.

[hennasxi]

I did pay a visit to Gaydon some years ago and X411JOP was on display. I think the VIN was 188766 and so from previous posts, we are saying that whoever has 188765 actually has the very last Mini built?

Would this Mini have the highest Body Number as well? Or was it the case that when they were building the cars, they just grabbed the nearest body and so the bodies that went down the production were not in strict numerical order as re Body Number and much the same as engines where the nearest one was grabbed. (Some manufacturers did ensure that the Chassis and Engine Numbers did match up but not Rover and the Mini).

Also it would appear that 621 had new number plates for the 50th celebrations. The '6' is clearly a different shape from the old one.

Does anyone know why this is? Did someoone pinch the old plate or was it thought that the original plate was too valuable to put on show? As we know, some people (but happily a minority) will pinch almost anything.

JOP's chassis number ends in 676 not 766.

I believe the penultimate mini was given away as a raffle prize and was British Racing Green.