Huntyfm
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Post by Huntyfm on May 23, 2009 16:52:30 GMT 1
Righto, I want random facts about the Mini, wether they be interesting or useless, or a fact that every Mini lover should know, so waste no more time, get typing  |
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Post by boycie101 on May 23, 2009 20:43:27 GMT 1
1 for taffy i think  |
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taffy1967
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Post by taffy1967 on May 23, 2009 23:45:19 GMT 1
Hey stop picking on me. Well okay then, Issigonis didn't believe in music in cars and so there was no real provision for a radio in the Mini. But there were loads of ashtrays as he was a heavy smoker. Plus the capacious MKI/MKII Mini door bins were designed so Issigonis had somewhere handy to keep his gin and tonics. Or officially several old style milk bottles. |
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Post by Phil J on May 23, 2009 23:52:09 GMT 1
Come on Taffy, you can do better than that ;D
I'm sure you could type out 99% of the mini history ;D ;D ;D
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taffy1967
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Post by taffy1967 on May 23, 2009 23:58:39 GMT 1
Don't get me started Phil and I'm still biting my tongue after reading a few threads on the Mini Cooper Register forum about how the efficient Germans did such a wonderful job at Mini United. Mind you that got posted by the usual pro-BINI bore whose a member of practically all Mini forums. So everyone tends to ignore him and I'm going to do the same. Yes totally out of character for me though.  Anyway there's loads of Mini facts on just about every page of my Mini rough guide history 1959-2000 website. ;D |
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Post by Phil J on May 24, 2009 0:02:30 GMT 1
Dont balme you mate, not worth having your blood pressure raised by a few morons who think they know better ;D
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Post by coedy on May 24, 2009 0:12:44 GMT 1
has the same wheelbase as a landrover?
did i dream that?
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Post by Phil J on May 24, 2009 0:15:12 GMT 1
Nope thats right mate, the new clubman has exactly the same size wheel base |
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Post by Specialbuoy on May 24, 2009 0:24:54 GMT 1
The word 'mini' did not exist before the production of the mini.
After designing such a small car, Issigonis named it the 'mini' after his childhood friend Bernard Minihoff, who was only 5 foot.
This, subsequently lead to the word 'mini' being used to describe small, and was first included in the 1963 edition of the Oxford English dictionary.
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Post by coedy on May 24, 2009 0:46:44 GMT 1
^^^^ That ones awsome....
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Post by 2loud2old on May 24, 2009 3:22:21 GMT 1
The Mini has won many awards over the years, perhaps the most notable include: "Car of the Century" (Autocar magazine 1995), "Number One Classic Car of All Time" (Classic & Sports Car magazine 1996) and "European Car of the Century" in a worldwide Internet poll run by the prestigious Global Automotive Elections Foundation in 1999. The Mini managed second place (behind the Model T Ford) for "Global Car of the Century" in that same poll.
In the end 5.3 million Minis were sold, making it by far the most popular British car ever made. Thousands of these are still on the road, with the remaining pre-1980s versions being firmly established as collectors' items.
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Huntyfm
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Post by Huntyfm on May 24, 2009 15:42:03 GMT 1
^^^^ That ones awsome.... Yea that was a great one  |
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Post by dai9fxey on May 24, 2009 16:30:03 GMT 1
Issigonis first designed a car with transverse engine and front wheel drive in 1952 and this was in a converted Morris Minor.
The gearbox was on the end of the engine rather than in the sump.
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Post by Specialbuoy on May 25, 2009 15:45:20 GMT 1
By the way, I made my fact up. Sorry guys |
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Huntyfm
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Post by Huntyfm on May 25, 2009 18:41:21 GMT 1
By the way, I made my fact up. Sorry guys  it was well made up, o well ive told people that fact |
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Post by Specialbuoy on May 25, 2009 18:51:01 GMT 1
By the way, I made my fact up. Sorry guys it was well made up, o well ive told people that fact Hah oh well. A few white lies won't harm anyone! |
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Post by dai9fxey on May 25, 2009 19:28:02 GMT 1
The leaky floors in the early Minis was Issigonis's fault.
He was so bloody minded he wouldn't change the way they were put together on the assembly line even after his production team had alerted him to the problem.
He eventually had to give in and the assembly method was changed.
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Post by dai9fxey on May 25, 2009 19:39:25 GMT 1
A total of 3016 Nuts bolts and screws were used to hold the early Minis together.
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Post by daddypig on May 25, 2009 19:51:08 GMT 1
Official sellers of the first run of mini's were told to drill holes in the roof channel to allow water out until the factory could resolve this flaw.
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Post by ljonez on May 25, 2009 20:51:55 GMT 1
i once had 3 blondes in nurses uniform on the back seat of my mini well you wanted facts about minis |
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it was well made up, o well ive told people that fact