Mini Coopers? Who needs ‘em?
For a real Mini adventure, all you need is a yellow British Leyland 1000 model, a few thousand miles of New Zealand countryside and Amy Archibald’s dog.
"RICHARD GUNN, a Seventies Mini owner himself, looks at Goodbye Pork Pie, one of the world’s lesser-known road movies.
It’s possibly not a film you’ve heard of, thanks to it being made in New Zealand on a small budget at the tail end of the Seventies, and not actually being that good in a conventional sense. But for those of us who appreciate an automotive underdog – particularly one built by British Leyland – winning through against all the odds, it’s a hilarious and bizarrely heart-warming slice of cinema. Its name is Goodbye Pork Pie, and it was released in 1981. The story is of three misfits, brought together by chance, stealing a yellow 1978 Mini 1000 – the ‘Pork Pie’ of the title – and driving it across New Zealand pursued by police. The chase generates so much media attention that they become popular outlaws, nicknamed the Blondini Gang, as they struggle from Kaitaia to Invercargill with assorted following police Holdens proving that 300bhp 5740cc V8 engines are simply no match for 998cc and 38bhp of muscular Birmingham A-series."
Full story on AROnline here:-
https://www.aronline...odbye-pork-pie/
