On this day

FLYING BANANA · 11th July 2021, 21:19

60 years ago.

Production of the first Morris Mini and Austin Se7en Coopers began at Longbridge on 11 July 1961.
John Cooper recognised the sporting potential of the Mini right from the start, when the first prototypes appeared on the track. Issigonis initially rejected the idea of a high-performance variation of the Mini, seeing his baby as a people’s car, but Cooper was persistent and managed to persuade the BMC to manufacture 1,000 cars for homologation purposes.
BMC’s Managing Director George Harriman offered John Cooper a £2 royalty on every ‘Mini Cooper’ sold, and BMC took on the development of the production car under the codename ADO50.

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FLYING BANANA Moderator/Club Shop MG ZT 1.8t+. No.3 of 4 in Sunspot Yellow & Ford Fiesta in Black. Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Rattler Farm Posts: 22,568 Thanks: 9,270 Thanked 15,645 Times in 6,806 Posts	On this day 60 years ago. Production of the first Morris Mini and Austin Se7en Coopers began at Longbridge on 11 July 1961. John Cooper recognised the sporting potential of the Mini right from the start, when the first prototypes appeared on the track. Issigonis initially rejected the idea of a high-performance variation of the Mini, seeing his baby as a people’s car, but Cooper was persistent and managed to persuade the BMC to manufacture 1,000 cars for homologation purposes. BMC’s Managing Director George Harriman offered John Cooper a £2 royalty on every ‘Mini Cooper’ sold, and BMC took on the development of the production car under the codename ADO50. *****Copied from another site __________________ 233,431. That’s our second meet done, no.3 next weekend. onen hag oll