botach wrote:
Mole - your bit about the Imp - that was the car i was talking about - whole family wiped out -petrol tank exploded, car on fire , doors wedged shut - one small person got out of rear window.
One other bit of history - Mini - 1959-2001.
Austin & Morris Mini 1959 - 1970 (circa) ---became MINI in tht year - mine bought new in 1970 (H plate ) had MINI on the bonnet ,not Austin/Morris.Were two others about - Riley Elf and Wolseley Hornet ---both sported twin carbs and lots of extras.Then there was the clubman.Possibly others - over to you Cooperman.
And just to make Cooperman drool ---
Look at this site
http://www.miniman.com/The Riley Elf & Wolseley Hornet were the first Minis to have the 998 engine. The early Cooper had an awful long-stroke 997 until 1964, whereas the n998 Elf & Hornet had 998 from late '63.
Incidentally, the Elf & Hornet never had twin carbs, neither did the Clubman 1275GT.
It's really no wonder that BMC went never made any money when you look at the engine combination and the fact that they had different engines with the same capacties in production at the same time. I could list them, but it would almost fill a page!
Of course, My 1964 Cooper 'S' has a full roll cage, so the structural safety is not really an issue and when I rolled it (on a private forest road) a few years ago all it needed was a roof panel and a bit of painting.
Lovely little cars, if you can accept the unreliability which was built intop 1950's designed cars. Good fun, though!
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