Comparative sizes of Minis
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Rod Thrower, on Flickr
My third car was a 1200 Cortina - had to have the strut mounting areas reinforced, as they rotted like crazy in those days. It was a cracking car, complete with Peco big bore exhaust which made it sound a heck of a lot hairier than it was. It met an untimely death when a lorry turned right whilst I was overtaking it
