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Blunder
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When did the mini first hit Australian roads!?

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1961? I think. or was it 1965? started with Morris Mini Deluxe.

please correct me if im wrong 8)

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1961

morris 850
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Thanks spaceboy. Got one part right though

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What month/day :wink:

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gareth-in-Adelaide wrote:
When did the mini first hit Australian roads!?


A demo car was probably out here in 59/60.
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Kennomini wrote:
What month/day :wink:

and time? :P

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prototypes were running by june 1960

the morris 850 was launched March 23rd 1961
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and time?


"Early in the morning..." :lol:
(Can't find the newspaper add atthe moment... but :

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Although the Mini was introduced to the UK market in 1959 it did not arrive in Australia until March 23rd 1961.
On that day, the newspapers carried advertisements consisting of a page, which was blank except for a birth notice, in the form of a classified advertisement, which read as follows:

MORRIS (nee Mini Minor)
Early this morning at the
British Motor Corporation’s
Sydney plant, after ten years'
development, a sturdy youngster.
Name Morris 850. All wonderful.
Visitors welcome from tomorrow.
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Huh, my birthday... minus 15 years... cool.

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