low n blown wrote:
I drove the friggin wheels off mine. I recall one drive from Brookvale to Palm beach. Dicing at the lights 5 minis abreast. Me, Danny Burke, Andrew Bergan, Chris Adlam, Skinny, and that guy that I can't recall who used to fight a lot and is probably in gaol.
Best hoon days of my life.
Agree with the above statement, we had 4 Cooper S's in our little circle of friends back in the 60's and 70's, from what I recall they all were driven very very hard, they were always pulling big revs where every we went. There seemed to be a big difference in performance between the cars we had when they were stock, the car on the right, ADO374 was so much faster and all together a lot sweeter motor than the other 3. Two of us were in the army at the time (National Service) and ADO374 used to do the Melbourne/Sydney run on a regular basis, remember there were no speed limits then, and we did the run non stop in 8 1/2 hours (no freeways then just the old Hume Hwy). We also wound ADO374 off the clock down the old 'Pretty Sally' hill on the old Hume Highway with 4 National Service guys in the car. (Stupid stuff now I am older but different times then).
Attached is an old pic, there were only 3 of the 4 cars there that day, mine is the Mk1 on the left with the dealer fitted flairs.
