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PostPosted: Fri Jan 08, 2016 10:32 pm 
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Thats a great pic Watto.
Geez that Castrol oil can is strikingley similar in colour to the Castrol Green car!
Same camera, same day, same light, same developing, same ageing, same digital reproduction, one could almost deduce they were the same colour?

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If i recall correctly, Bob picked the best engine from the three cars and swapped it into 13C.


The story as Bob told me is that he convinced Evan Green to let him take the car home and with the help of the guys from Lynx engineering they took the engine out, stripped it, weighed all the major components, chose matching balanced conrods, pistons, etc, completely built the engine by hand, making sure tolerances were all as close to perfect as could be, refitted the engine and returned it to BMC - all in one night. The following night he got the car from BMC and ran it in by driving it to Goulburn (I think) and back (although Carol Shaw - Bob's ex-wife - recalls running the car in at Oran Park).

When they got to Bathurst, Bob was concerned that if his car was faster than either of the others then it would have been taken from him and allocated to Paddy Hopkirk as the lead international driver, and Brian Foley. He said he and Rauno were considered the number-three car in the team (true or not, that's his recollection). So, he convinced Rauno to time the car's laps in practice from the top of Mt Panorama - doing a slow half lap, then a fast lap from the top of the mountain, then a slower half lap back to the pits - so that their times taken from the pits to the pits would not be so fast.

Rauno confirmed this story and said it went against his competitive nature, but Bob convinced him to do it. He also said that Bob was a brilliant strategist and that went a long way toward them winning the race. Take into account that Bob, with Tony Fall, was also the first Mini home in 1967, finishing 5th outright and first in class.

I do not recall any story about taking the best engine from the three cars for 13C. In fact, quite the opposite - Bob said they had to convince the rest of the BMC team that their car was the slowest and actually knocked back the timing a couple of degrees, then after practice re-adjusted the timing back to where it should have been.


The folklore I have heard is that prior to the race, Bob drove to Canberra as part of the running in process. Col Ogilvie and Bob tuned the thing to be the fastest. But when the UK heavies made it clear that the best car would be given to Paddy, Bob or Col de-tuned it back to what the factory mechanics were using.

Can't vouch for the veracity of the story...but sounds more plausible for this era of production-based race.

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PostPosted: Sun Jan 10, 2016 6:36 am 
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Thats a great pic Watto.
Geez that Castrol oil can is strikingley similar in colour to the Castrol Green car!
Same camera, same day, same light, same developing, same ageing, same digital reproduction, one could almost deduce they were the same colour?


As far as the colour goes, this one reproduces the correct colour the best. If anyone is trying to match what castrol green looks like this is as close as you can get in an image.
Your right Ben, great shot.
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PostPosted: Sun Jan 10, 2016 8:57 am 
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We were at Bathurst for 2006 & it was a great event, - would love to take my bog standard Cooper S again! - I'm not good at organising social events, but can do some of the clerical stuff?


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We were at Bathurst for 2006 & it was a great event, - would love to take my bog standard Cooper S again! - I'm not good at organising social events, but can do some of the clerical stuff?



Hi Ian, get onto Todd Martin. I believe the parade laps are full but there are other stuff happening!!
CHeers Brett

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I've just bought a gopro and playing with angels. I plan to have 3 or 4 cameras running.. :D

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There was an update email last week and on facebook today - more entries are being accepted
https://www.facebook.com/Minis-at-Bathu ... 197100541/

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Need help from the 'experienced' ones. Trying to work out marking colours for #10 (5th place) - it has two panels across front/rear. I am planning teal and yellow (car is dark green/white roof) as I have no actual colour pics.

There is also a white panel on the front guards with writing, no idea but Im thinking the entrants name rather than drivers?

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PostPosted: Sun Jul 10, 2016 11:26 pm 
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I can't find a colour photo of the car, but below is a black & white pic of it - courtesy Autopics.com.au (photo by Lance J. Ruting)

Across the front of the roof is stripe, behind which are four five-pointed stripes.

The white patch on the front guard does have the entrant name, which is Baulkham Hills Service Station. Under that is, I think, the phone number. I don't know what it is (it is not clear enough to read even in the original). You may be able to find the phone number in an old phone book (maybe at local or state library).

Black tape over headlights. White tape over parker/indicator lights.

White "Cooper" stripes on bonnet. The strip across the front of the bonnet appears to be darker than the side stripes. The second strip across the bonnet is darker again.

Hope this helps.

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PostPosted: Sun Jul 10, 2016 11:29 pm 
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I've just bought a gopro and playing with angels. I plan to have 3 or 4 cameras running.. :D



How are the angels going to help - or should that be praying to angels?

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watto wrote:
I can't find a colour photo of the car, but below is a black & white pic of it - courtesy Autopics.com.au (photo by Lance J. Ruting)

Across the front of the roof is stripe, behind which are four five-pointed stripes.

The white patch on the front guard does have the entrant name, which is Baulkham Hills Service Station. Under that is, I think, the phone number. I don't know what it is (it is not clear enough to read even in the original). You may be able to find the phone number in an old phone book (maybe at local or state library).

Black tape over headlights. White tape over parker/indicator lights.

White "Cooper" stripes on bonnet. The strip across the front of the bonnet appears to be darker than the side stripes. The second strip across the bonnet is darker again.

Hope this helps.

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C 10 Baulkham Hills Service Station Peter Brown and Bob Cook Morris Cooper S

Peter Brown is still around...in the ACT I believe...ask him? :idea:

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watto wrote:
I can't find a colour photo of the car, but below is a black & white pic of it - courtesy Autopics.com.au (photo by Lance J. Ruting)

Across the front of the roof is stripe, behind which are four five-pointed stripes.

The white patch on the front guard does have the entrant name, which is Baulkham Hills Service Station. Under that is, I think, the phone number. I don't know what it is (it is not clear enough to read even in the original). You may be able to find the phone number in an old phone book (maybe at local or state library).

Black tape over headlights. White tape over parker/indicator lights.

White "Cooper" stripes on bonnet. The strip across the front of the bonnet appears to be darker than the side stripes. The second strip across the bonnet is darker again.

Hope this helps.

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Great pic Watto - didn't know what was on the roof before.

I have found the car was raced Bathurst 1967 as well as Warwick Farm Dec 1966 and Surfers 4hr 1967...no colour shots though...

I'm going to photoshop my car before I get the graphics done, just to see if Im happy how it looks

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PostPosted: Mon Jul 11, 2016 7:24 pm 
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I used this pic in Issue 4 of The Mini Experience, but I hadn't noticed the stars on the roof.

Sorry I'm not going to be up at Bathurst. Looks like a good range of cars, and those done up like the first nine will be a real drawcard.

I look forward to seeing lots of photos - and seeing the Mokes on the Sunday with the drivers' parade.

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watto wrote:
I used this pic in Issue 4 of The Mini Experience, but I hadn't noticed the stars on the roof.

Sorry I'm not going to be up at Bathurst. Looks like a good range of cars, and those done up like the first nine will be a real drawcard.

I look forward to seeing lots of photos - and seeing the Mokes on the Sunday with the drivers' parade.

Do you have someone taking notes, interviews and photos so you can do a spread in the mag?


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I believe Brett Nosse is doing something for me. No matter what happens I will be sure to have something in the mag.

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