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[THE ANORAK]

But you dont know when that brochure was made?? Ive got a mini brochure that says Austin Morris...

the dates are on the "family tree" image

PS: brochure was from early 1984 as it says 25 years young but features a mini with 10inch wheels. 12 inch wheels became standard in October 1984 so it's sometime between January and October 1984 at a guess

Edited by THE ANORAK, 28 November 2007 - 07:17 PM.

[s_robinson91]

You quite like putting a downer on everyones hopes for their cars dont u?

[THE ANORAK]

I'm not putting a downer on anything, I'm just correcting commonly made mistakes

it doesnt change a thing about your car, it's just that people need to realise that V5 documents are not gospel

[sazal]

I see! Think my brochures quite a bit older, its got the City in it, but still with the centre clock. But.......................There all minis!! So it doesnt matter who made them, cause theyre all cool!!

[s_robinson91]

well said^ n anorak how the hell you get to be so brainy on minis?

[Sam]

that family tree thing is really interesting, thanks for posting that up

[THE ANORAK]

well said^ n anorak how the hell you get to be so brainy on minis?

yes, well said


i like to read everything and anything i get get my hands on. i retain the basic knowledge but i look back to the books for the details...

...and i have no friends (nothing else to do with my time)

PS: you from Daventry then !!! I'm from Rugby and work in Dav. if you want a local mini club give RCMOC a Google (Rugby Classic Mini Owners Club)... but you wont find me there because i fell out with them, too much of a smart arse (well i didn't fall out with them to be honest, its just that our opinions differ).

and please, you must take everything i say as tongue in cheek, yes i get wound up if the facts are wrong, but it's never anything personal

[s_robinson91]

Yeah cool, well i dont live in daventry i live in woodford halse, used to go to daventry for school tho, wherebouts in dav do you work.

[taffy1967]

No friends? well what about me since you invited, or more like press ganged me into help moderate the Mainstream Cooper Register? LOL



Anyway one thing to remember is that the Mini was originally called the Austin Severn and the Morris Mini Minor, but the general public just called them Minis and so Austin soon dropped the Severn name and switched to Mini and of course they gave up altogether with badging them as Austin's or Morris's by the end of the 60's.

[THE ANORAK]

Yeah cool, well i dont live in daventry i live in woodford halse, used to go to daventry for school tho, wherebouts in dav do you work.

i work on the Royal oak estate

No friends? well what about me since you invited, or more like press ganged me into help moderate the Mainstream Cooper Register? LOL

oh yeah, sorry i forgot. Taffy is my only friend

[s_robinson91]

Ah cool i know the royal oak estate.

Ha fair enough, you got any pictures of your mini it sounds pretty cool.

[THE ANORAK]

here and here

oops, hijacked the topic

[s_robinson91]

2???? you lucky bugger.

[THE ANORAK]

no, 1 and another that's in bits .....click

Edited by THE ANORAK, 28 November 2007 - 08:53 PM.

[s_robinson91]

Still pretty cool though.