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meeni
 Post subject: minis at brands in 79
PostPosted: Sat Feb 26, 2005 1:05 pm 
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these pictures were taken by my parents at brands hatch in 1979!

the first is a mini miglia race

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this is the famouse siloette racing, and look whos winning! MINI!!!

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hope you enjoy them

theres more pics but i need to find them!

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Great shots...very appeeling.....PM about to be sent.... :D

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excellent pics orange a damb sight better than that lovely english weather.
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thanx, we are goin back to england this year so i will go there and stand in that spot and take a pic of the new mini going around, thattle be really strange, to think that 25 years before my parents did the same

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Cool pics! Here's on of me at brands 10 years later! 1989!
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y10/gr ... brands.jpg

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And another:
http://photobucket.com/albums/y10/graha ... 0MINBR.jpg

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Learning these picture posting thingy's?
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You actually raced in a mini at Brands Hatch graham........ :shock:

Going green right now :evil:

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Did three years of Mini Se7en, Brands, silverstone, cadwell, Oulton, most of the UK circuits, never raced at Spa, one of my regrets!

Did last year of 850 Mini se7en, then two years with 998 Mini Se7en :P

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im sure everyone in this forum is feeling the same way as me........ very very jealouse :x

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I can see I am going to have to get out some of my old photos and get scanning!

I don't seem to be able to copy and paste more than one picture form photobucket? is this cause I only have the 'free' account? :(

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no, i have a free account and can hot multiple pics.. yours seem to have the same file name.
each pic needs its own file name..then when i post a pic i just use the img link below the pic and cut and paste it to here (dont forget to hit close tags b4 final submittion of your post..
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OK! Now I got it Thanks Danidad! This is my current hillclimber / racer, then another Mini Se7en shot at Brands!

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Graham..................... i hate you 8) . That must have been quite an experience, but back then it would have just felt nornal i guess :shock:

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Back then it was still possible to run your own car and be competitive, I started to get into the top ten, then decided to build a new car from a new 'Rover Motoresport' shell, that's when I ran out of money! It's easy for that kind of thing to take over your life!
Ask the wife!!

A certain Bill Sollis was the man to beat then, I never did do that, but I remember finishing in seventh place at Brands and being able to see Bill take take the chequer!!

Now it's just for fun! although I have just bought another ! sports sedan!

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