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#1 minimender

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Posted 19 January 2008 - 09:32 PM

The Mini celebrated its 35th birthday on the Sunday of the August bank holiday weekend, the begining of week 35

Anyone got anymore :proud: ??

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Posted 19 January 2008 - 09:34 PM

The Mini celebrated its 35th birthday on the Sunday of the August bank holiday weekend, the begining of week 35

Anyone got anymore :proud: ??


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Posted 19 January 2008 - 09:42 PM

Bull.

How about...
The Mini was at one stage going to be called the 'Austin Newmarket'

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Posted 19 January 2008 - 09:47 PM

Bull

How about...
The Mini was at one stage going to be called the 'Austin Newmarket'


Bull

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Posted 19 January 2008 - 09:47 PM

why?! thats a stoopid name!

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Posted 19 January 2008 - 09:50 PM

or............

Joanne Westlake was the first person to be born in a Mini

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Posted 19 January 2008 - 09:52 PM

ha where are you getting this from?

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Posted 19 January 2008 - 09:55 PM

The record for a Mini cram was 66 people.
This event happened on the Noel Edmunds late breakfast show in May 1986.

Be all right for a quiz these dont you think?? :proud:

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Posted 19 January 2008 - 09:59 PM

Bull

How about...
The Mini was at one stage going to be called the 'Austin Newmarket'


Bull

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Posted 19 January 2008 - 10:02 PM

The record for a Mini cram was 66 people.
This event happened on the Noel Edmunds late breakfast show in May 1986.

Be all right for a quiz these dont you think?? :proud:


BOOLARKS!! thats impossible!!

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Posted 19 January 2008 - 10:04 PM

The record for a Mini cram was 66 people.
This event happened on the Noel Edmunds late breakfast show in May 1986.

Be all right for a quiz these dont you think?? :proud:


BOOLARKS!! thats impossible!!

I watched that program and there were people inside, in the boot, stood on the engine and piled on the roof, and yes they did do it :proud:

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Posted 19 January 2008 - 10:06 PM

Standing on the engine.. and roof.. Doesn't make it 66 people crammed in a mini!..

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Posted 19 January 2008 - 10:06 PM

on the roof? thats cheating!

i wouldnt like to be at the bottom of all that!

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Posted 19 January 2008 - 10:10 PM

Thought this was fun facts, not people tring to disprove each other....Nothing better to do????

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Posted 19 January 2008 - 10:15 PM

Standing on the engine.. and roof.. Doesn't make it 66 people crammed in a mini!..


Seconded :proud: that's like saying how many people can you get in a piece of paper... as many as you can fit on it :lol:

In fact thats probably not like it at all, so ignore that :proud:




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