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Author:	LS1380 [ Sat Nov 18, 2006 7:52 am ]
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Sir Alec Issigonis 1906-2006 Alec Issigonis was born in Smyrne-Turkey 18th November 1906. In 1922 he and his family were exiled to Malta by the British Navy.At the age of 15 he arrived in London,and started studing Engineering and got a job at Morris Motor Company. He designed the Morris Minor.The small car was not at first very popular,but when the Suez crisis brought rationing, BMC asked him to design an efficient small car-the new designed was to be known as the Mini.The Mini soon became the best selling car in Europe. To honour his sucess,he was knighted by the Queen in 1969.He retired from Austin Rover in 1971,and suffering from Parkinson's disease,he was only able to stay on as a consultant until 1987. Sir Alec passed away on 2nd October 1988. The Mini defines his disign philosophy-Less is More We celebrate him today while we drive and work on our Minis

Author:	sports850 [ Sat Nov 18, 2006 7:57 am ]
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If you want to know more about sir Alec , I can highly reccomend this book , covers his entire life and the design period of the mini with a lot of his other projects etc . Issigonis, the official biography , by Gillian Bardsley . Published 2005

Author:	Blokeinamoke [ Sat Nov 18, 2006 7:58 am ]
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sports850 wrote: If you want to know more about sir Alec , I can highly reccomend this book , covers his entire life and the design period of the mini with a lot of his other projects etc . Issigonis, the official biography , by Gillian Bardsley . Published 2005 Finished that a while ago - good book

Author:	YoungMiniac [ Sat Nov 18, 2006 9:28 am ]
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Happy Birthday Sir Alec

Author:	simon k [ Sat Nov 18, 2006 11:14 am ]
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Happy Birthday Sir Issigonis... Smart.... Alec

Author:	meeni [ Sat Nov 18, 2006 11:17 am ]
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shame hes not alive anymore, oh well happy bday

Author:	Mick [ Sat Nov 18, 2006 11:49 am ]
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[singing] Why was he born so ugly, Why was he born at all... [/singing]

Author:	boho [ Sat Nov 18, 2006 12:51 pm ]
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Mick wrote: [singing] Why was hge born so ugly, Why was he born at all... [/singing] [continues singing] Because he had no say in it, No say in it at all... [/singing] Nice to see a Rover on the front...

Author:	sports850 [ Sat Nov 18, 2006 12:57 pm ]
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BohoMini wrote: Nice to see a Rover on the front... Umm , Ian , external door hinges and sliding windows ... It's a morris , they used the Rover or English grille for quite a while ...

Author:	boho [ Sat Nov 18, 2006 1:05 pm ]
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sports850 wrote: BohoMini wrote: Nice to see a Rover on the front... Umm , Ian , external door hinges and sliding windows ... It's a morris , they used the Rover or English grille for quite a while ... Well! You learn something new EVERYDAY! Thanx, Ian.

Author:	sports850 [ Sat Nov 18, 2006 1:13 pm ]
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BohoMini wrote: sports850 wrote: BohoMini wrote: Nice to see a Rover on the front... Umm , Ian , external door hinges and sliding windows ... It's a morris , they used the Rover or English grille for quite a while ... Well! You learn something new EVERYDAY! Thanx, Ian. Sorry Ian , was a bit cruel .... It's a lot clearer on the book in the flesh and they've edited the sliding window's line off the pic on the passenger side .

Author:	boho [ Sat Nov 18, 2006 1:40 pm ]
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sports850 wrote: BohoMini wrote: sports850 wrote: BohoMini wrote: Nice to see a Rover on the front... Umm , Ian , external door hinges and sliding windows ... It's a morris , they used the Rover or English grille for quite a while ... Well! You learn something new EVERYDAY! Thanx, Ian. Sorry Ian , was a bit cruel .... It's a lot clearer on the book in the flesh and they've edited the sliding window's line off the pic on the passenger side . Meh, took no offense.

Author:	Steve.E [ Sat Nov 18, 2006 3:00 pm ]
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Lived with his mother was extremely witty and arrogant had an acid tongue and his favourite drink was the martini, hmmmmmmmmmmmm My kind of guy Happy birthday Alec Steve

Author:	Monster Mini [ Sat Nov 18, 2006 7:52 pm ]
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Happy Birthday Sir Alec without him we would not be on this Great forum..... I Knew there had to be a connection from Malta and the MINI......... Cheers Monster Mini

Author:	drmini in aust [ Sat Nov 18, 2006 7:57 pm ]
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Monster Mini wrote: Happy Birthday Sir Alec without him we would not be on this Great forum..... I Knew there had to be a connection from Malta and the MINI......... Cheers Monster Mini Malta??? Issy was a Turk!! They did sell lots of Minis in Malta though, and Rover Mini door courtesy switches are made there too. Dunno why.

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