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GT mowog
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We all know that the workers pee'd in the paint cos they were pissed about their pending retrenchment.

I told you before that the workers didn't get retrenched. :roll: So cut the bullshit.


We both know that they pee'd in the paint Morris.

And if I remember correctly, you tried to convince me that the Land Rover was their bread and butter product and that the mini was just biskets and tea, and that they weren't worried because there were plenty of land rovers to build...

And then watto got involved and confirmed that the MINI was their bread and butter, not the land rover, and that they did pee in the paint.

Sorry, but I'm not going to argue with the facts. The fact is that they pee'd in the paint. :)
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Hey, I remember reading this in I think issue 3 or 4 of TME :lol: :lol:
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Has anyone actually tested to see if pee and paint mix yet ?

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Hi,

I remember looking at this car in Hobart too, it was owned by a middle aged guy who had moved down from NSW, it still had the NSW plates on it. It still had the plaque then, the sun roof and the alarm key behind the drivers door. The guy that had it lived in Sandy Bay. It also had the ten inch wheels and had been recently repainted. From memory it still needed some electrical work to get it running.

I have not seen the car around since then, around 1993-94.

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so from the last 10 badged we know of 10th (mine) 5,3,2,1???

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Has anyone actually tested to see if pee and paint mix yet ?

I reckon it's an urban myth. You ever tried to spray acrylic with water in it?? :lol:

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drmini in aust wrote:
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Has anyone actually tested to see if pee and paint mix yet ?

I reckon it's an urban myth. You ever tried to spray acrylic with water in it?? :lol:


Yep I have, and trust me, pee is a much better thinner :wink:
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Hey, I remember reading this in I think issue 3 or 4 of TME



:?: :?: :?:

I don't remember ever saying that.

I hope I'm not being misquoted.

Watto. :shock:
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watto wrote:
No, the last 10 were not sequentially numbered (see Issue 16 of The Mini Experience for details).

5th last: chassis 105280
3rd last: chassis 105283
2nd last: chassis 105287

Last one built, in Birdwood: chassis 105303

As I said in the magazine, there may even be another "last built: as the one in Birdwood did not have the plaque stating it was last one (as far as I can recall) and the plaques on the others state: "This Mini 1275 LS chassis No. 105... was the nth last produced for sale in Australia 26-10-78

The emphasis on built for sale, whereas the last built was not intended for sale.

Also, as the numbers are not sequential and the plaque reads that it is the nth last 1275 LS chassis, then there are clearly other cars built later that were not 1275 LS. They could have been Mini S, LS (998) or even plain old ordinary Minis.

Nobody seems to know.

So, there could others out there somewhere. It all comes down to the chassis numbers, as there are some 16 cars between the 2nd last and the last.

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Watto.[/b]


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Just not sure how verifiable it would be though , does anyone have the numbers from it as I'm not sure if the last 10 were sequentially numbered (Watto ???) ?


And my one, 4th last was 105281, i had to magnify one of my photos to read it.

so

5th last: chassis 105280
4th last: chassis 105281
3rd last: chassis 105283
2nd last: chassis 105287

Last one built, in Birdwood: chassis 105303

It's interesting, I've never really thought about the plaques only being on the last of the top model. I always just imagined by the very end (say the last weeks of production) they were only building 1275LS.

So have any of the chassis nos. between the 2nd last and the Birdwood car ever surfaced?

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That's great John, thanks for that I enjoyed the read.

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