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[m1n1]

I went to the london motor show today; in docklands. Saw the only mini inside; it was called the after eight; and had a gold roof..
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also I decided to sit in the 60th anniversary defender; upon sitting in the driver seat I was amazed to find it has the same indicator and wiper stalks as my 1987 mini city. Did i smile or what!

[Mini-Mad-Craig]

Mate! Its amazing aint it! i went last sunday. There was a forien bloke next to the mini he said it was 24karrat, or however you spell it. Was good though, Big scalextric, and all the binis. Went in the Toyota F1 car, and In The ferrari 430Gt which raced lemans this year, legendary car, wernt allowed to sit in it but i didnt know, climbed in through the roll cage, it wasnt locked! then got moaned at by the owner at the stand. Still, got to sit in a race winning GT car! lol.

It is a hell of a trek around the place though! but worth it, my brother brought a Mazda2 there, Deep red metalic one they had on display same as that, picking it up from local garage on monday. You see the top gear police cars?

[Mini-Mad-Craig]

That mini was well rusty wernt it! the front end was terrible.

[m1n1]

YEA i saw the top gear cars; took pics as well but didn't come out to good. I bought an 'i am the stig' t shirt! most amusing!

[Ouster]

That mini either needs new cones on the front, or the rear needs some hi-los!

Edited by Ouster, 02 August 2008 - 12:19 PM.

[taffy1967]

The Mini After Eight LE was built in 1992 and exported to France and Spain.

[RetroRay]

there was another mini there aswell it was one of the precison driving ones had a 1430 engine i believe

[998dave]

That's Paul Swift's car, the son of Russ Swift. Paul is current Autotest UK, (or better) champion...

It's got a two speed gearbox, and reverse, only two speeds as it doesn't go that fast, and that way they won't get 3rd accidentally.

And if you went to the Honda live action arena, you'd have noticed those two doing the stunt driving.

[Burt]

[MINI 1]

i dident see that first mini in picture one where was it ? ,i saw the paul swifts car . what a show tho, had some such good cars!

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[edi57]

All this talk, not enough pictures! I'm not going to be able to make it to the motor show...so pics that I can dribble over would be most appreciated!