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| Author: | watto [ Wed Mar 23, 2011 8:24 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Oops! Nearly forgot - Happy 50th Birthday Morris 850 |
Yes, the title says it - today (23 March) is officially the 50th birthday of the Australian Mini, the Morris 850. In most major daily newspapers on 23 March 1961 a small ad was run - effectively a birth notice in the centre of an (almost) otherwise empty page: 
Here is a close up of the ad: 
Happy Birthday Mini - have some cake! Cheers, Watto. 
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| Author: | kimini [ Wed Mar 23, 2011 8:55 pm ] |
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 Would imagine that was a very clever and effective marketing ploy in the day.
Happy birthday Mini  !!
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| Author: | grey 64 [ Wed Mar 23, 2011 9:00 pm ] |
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Happy Birthday 850 HIPHIP cough cough splutter splutter HOORAYYYY 
greys technically 50 in 2014. |
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| Author: | Timbo [ Wed Mar 23, 2011 9:22 pm ] |
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I wonder what they mean by 10 years development? 1951 was when the Austin A30 was released, so presumably they were seeing the Mini as a development of it. Tim |
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| Author: | watto [ Wed Mar 23, 2011 10:08 pm ] |
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Probably just a little bit of marketing hyperbole. Cheers, Watto. |
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| Author: | Bubbacluby [ Wed Mar 23, 2011 10:23 pm ] |
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I so want a newspaper from 23 March 1961. that page specifically Maybe oneday i'll find one. Happy birthday the mighty mini |
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| Author: | watto [ Wed Mar 23, 2011 10:38 pm ] |
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Check here: http://www.paperworld.com.au/indexsearch.php Expect to pay $120 - $130 though, so you would want to check that the specific paper has the ad in it - most but not all major daily papers had it. You could search the state archives and if you find what you want then order a copy from paper world. Or wait until you find one in a second-hand shop. Cheers, Watto. |
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| Author: | Bubbacluby [ Wed Mar 23, 2011 10:46 pm ] |
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Yeah i have seen that site watto but wasnt real keen on paying $120 for a newspaper that i want 1 page from 
I will keep an eye out at second hand shops me thinks. Brenton |
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| Author: | watto [ Wed Mar 23, 2011 11:28 pm ] |
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Quote: wasnt real keen on paying $120 for a newspaper that i want 1 page from
That's what I thought, but then I thought I'd mention it anyway.
Cheers, Watto.
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| Author: | Mick [ Thu Mar 24, 2011 5:23 am ] |
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She's still spritely for an old duck.. |
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| Author: | Mike_Byron [ Thu Mar 24, 2011 9:56 am ] |
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Gee that brings back a forgotten memory. I had that page and several mini test drive reports taped on the inside doors of my wardrobe at home. It was there for years. I got conscripted in 1968, did two years in the army including 12 months in Vietnam and came home to be discharged in 1970. My mother decided to clean up my bedroom and spruce it up. She ditch the old wardrobe and that included the paraphenalia taped to the inside doors. Otherwise i would have that birth of the mini page to this day. Mike |
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| Author: | mini_fanatic [ Thu Mar 24, 2011 4:00 pm ] |
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Happy Birthday Morris 850! Sorry about being a day late! Would the state library or similar copy the page from a newspaper if we asked? |
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