October - December 2009

Issue 20

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Leyland Mini

Leyland Mini

In the early 1970s, Australian Design Rule restrictions meant the base model Mini was slowly brought up to the standard of the deluxe models, rendering the cheap fleet Minis... Read more
Cooper D

Cooper D

The plan was to drive from Melbourne to Sydney for the MINI AUnited event, and to test MINI's claim of being able to do the trip on one tank of fuel - about 40lt - in the... Read more
London-Sydney

London-Sydney

....The rally, open to any 2WD four-wheeled car, ran virtually non-stop to Bombay, when the crews enjoyed eight days' rest on the ship to Perth.In Australia the organisers had... Read more
Models

Models

Ron Williams, from Tenterfield in northern NSW, has been smitten with Minis since they first became available in Australia nearly fifty years ago. His business card simply says... Read more
Twini

Twini

...Dave Wallis took a different slant on the idea when he began looking at the rod-change gearbox, which utilises a simplified action on the selector shaft, as he explains. "On... Read more

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