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Factoid Extra:@neilmbriscoe @t2stu @DarraghMcKenna @TopOfTheTower @StvCr Early ‘80s Mini, South African-style; while the Mini Clubman saloon was replaced by the Metro in Oct 1980 in the UK, such a car (the 1275 E) was made & sold in SA for a further 3yrs…
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Factoid Extra:@neilmbriscoe @t2stu @DarraghMcKenna @TopOfTheTower @StvCr 1968 saw a lot of changes to the Beetle with the most notable being the more substantial bumpers plus larger rear lights.
Interestingly, this Irish ad is almost a word-for-word copy of the original US one…

Factoid Extra:@neilmbriscoe @t2stu @DarraghMcKenna @TopOfTheTower @StvCr This @GKN__Automotive ad for the Series 2 XJ (debut at Frankfurt on Sept 13, 1973) focuses on the XJ-C though its sales only started in spring ‘75.
Sealing problems in the pillarless doors was the culprit.

Factoid Extra:@neilmbriscoe @t2stu @DarraghMcKenna @TopOfTheTower @StvCr Austin Morris smartened the Marina TC over its production life as it gained a vinyl roof & a coachline which seems to have been coloured depending on the car’s shade (black here for Glacier White).

Factoid Extra:@neilmbriscoe @t2stu @DarraghMcKenna @TopOfTheTower @StvCr Ok, not the most exciting cars to be sure but when the young me got this brochure from the local dealer (when this car was just launched) it was poured over like it was an exotic super car…

Factoid Extra:@neilmbriscoe @t2stu @DarraghMcKenna @TopOfTheTower @StvCr
60 1100 facts at 60: No:50
The last 10 facts kick off with the US market MG Princess 1100 (a MG/Vanden Plas hybrid) & one of the rarest of the 1100/1300 variants made (just 154 cars)…
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Factoid Extra:@neilmbriscoe @t2stu @DarraghMcKenna @TopOfTheTower @StvCr Continuous improvement during a car’s production life isn’t unusual though space devoted to it in a brochure is, but this 1977 example here seems more to counter the Princess’s bad reputation at the time…

Factoid Extra:@neilmbriscoe @t2stu @DarraghMcKenna @TopOfTheTower @StvCr In 1980, Renault gave the R14 a refresh including a mild front facelift & a new TS model with an uprated engine to boost its mediocre sales record.
Sadly, a poor early reputation was harder to shift…

Factoid Extra:@neilmbriscoe @t2stu @DarraghMcKenna @TopOfTheTower @StvCr 60 1100 facts at 60: No:5: The Innocenti IM-3 was the firm’s third BMC car modified & built in Italy (hence the name) & their 1st FWD car.
It was the also the 3rd 1100 version of any type.
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Factoid Extra:@neilmbriscoe @t2stu @DarraghMcKenna @TopOfTheTower @StvCr It takes a sec to spot it but a reminder that when the Clubman Estate was revised in the MkIV Mini changes its wooden ‘batons’ remained for a short time until replaced by adhesive tape.
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