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27 de março de 2011

Works Minis (1960 to 1970) (#1)

I'll try to start here a modest retrospective (one more...) of Works Minis from the 'sixties', trying to describe each of them - I suppose were 71 in total - since the 'first' one YOP663 (August 1959) to SOH878H (January 1970), distributed as follows...: 850 cc (9), 997 cc (11), 1071 cc (1) and 1275 cc (50). I will be adding some curiosities from those I have photographs and other data. I apologize to Works gurus about any innacuracies...
(photo during 2004 Annual MINI COOPER REGISTER Meeting in Beaulieu, UK)
As nowadays, these works cars, speccially those used in 1960's rallies all over the world, by BMC Team , were quite different from those sold to the public...their mods and some unique technical details (those which are known...) have attracted me since I become an MCR member several years ago.
Some of the following photos were took by my good friend Eduardo Perdigao, Works Mini enthusiast, with whom I've learned a lot about of these little cracking and complex machines!