Mr. 7-Port
Posted 27 January 2026 - 01:57 PM
I thought you may be interested. This was me in 1977. The car was a 1098 bored 60 thou on twin 1 1/4 SU's. The brakes were twin leading shoes with original Minifin alloy drums. We were very competitive in road rallies but didn't have the power on the loose. Sorry about the shadow over the picture.
One Carb Or Two?
Posted 27 January 2026 - 03:33 PM
Hi,
Is it the hand of God giving a liitle help?
Paddy
Mr. 7-Port
Posted 27 January 2026 - 03:47 PM
Hopefully others have some of their period mini pictures they can post.
Edited by Northernpower, 27 January 2026 - 03:56 PM.
Uncle Cooperman, Voted Mr TMF 2011
Posted 27 January 2026 - 10:35 PM
My first rally was as a navigator in a new 850 in July 1961. It was an inter-college motor clubs event of 240 miles all night and we won. My driver was my best friend and fellow apprentice Bill Rogers. We went on to win the London Counties Rally Championship in 1963 in his Mini (9NKP), but we borrowed a works-prepared Mini, the famous 16BOJ for one event when 9NKP went a bit sick the day before the event.
I rallied in my own 1964 998 Cooper, both as driver and as navigator and navigated several Cooper S's until the late 1960's.
When historic rallying started I prepared a 1330 'S' (UXD725G), then restored and prepped a better 1275 'S' which I still have (CNX132B) It has done 36 events and won 6 of them outright. Now that I am getting a bit too old, my son is going to use it instead of his Escort RS2000 on selected events in the Historic Championship.
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