13 Jul
2011
13 Jul
'11
1:27 p.m.
> (here, the mini is sold by BMW and is a very
high price car. There are
On Wed, 13 Jul 2011, Tony Duell wrote:
Ah no, that;s the 'new' Mini. And if you think
that's areal mini, you
probably also think the the HP Officecalcs are real HP calculators....
The real mini, which first appeared in 1959 IIRC, is a somewhat smaller
car.
The REAL Mini, unlike the BMW MAXI-cooper, has 10" wheel rims with 145x10
to 165/70x10 tires (like the Honda N/Z 600s), transverse engine over
transaxle, etc. They corner GREAT! With an aftermarket cam, 4 Weber carb
barrels (2 DCOE), etc., it can be modified to put out a level of power
that is absurd to have in such a vehicle.
Watch "The Italian Job" (The REAL original, not the American remake that
uses the MAXI-cooper). The original "Italian Job" had a lot of England's
best actors, and the most fantastic stunt driving footage of any movie.
To get back closer to topic: the movie has a theme of extreme UK V Italy
nationalism, with a group of Brits tampering with the traffic control
computers to pull off a robbery.
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