Old Mini Adverts

[BruceK]

Selling special edition Minis in the Netherlands in the late 1980s.

Racing Green, Flame, and Checkmate

[BruceK]

Early 1960s Mini ad touting the novel - for the time - transverse placement of the engine to make the car more spacious.

[BruceK]

The Clubman nose models are the big stars of the Mini world according to this ad, and they cost more.   The round nose version is still available at 850 and 1000 cc's and they are definitely at the bottom of the Mini lineup at this point in time.

[BruceK]

Early Innocenti brochure.

[BruceK]

Selling the Clubman wagon.  I owned a Mini in this bright Pagent Blue and it really stood out.

[BruceK]

Hornet ad showing the internal hinge doors with roll up windows that would appear on regular Minis four years later. 

[BruceK]

Wash and wear.

[BruceK]

Promotional photo of Mini coming off the assembly line painted like the Union flag. 

I believe this was the first Mini ever painted like this and it was shipped off to Montreal for display at the Expo '67 World Fair (back when world fairs were a big thing).

[BruceK]

Seems to be an ad for the later Portuguese-built Moke.

[BruceK]

Newspaper ad from Australia in the 1960s.  Only Morris-badged Minis were sold in Oz - never Austins for some reason.  Note the reference to these being BMC cars first, then Morris models.

[ve9aa]

Suddenly

Seems to be an ad for the later Portuguese-built Moke.

I have the urge to drive a MOKE on a beach in Portugal!

[BruceK]

Some peeks into the exciting world of Broadspeed back in the 1960s. 

Pretty darn impressive performance out of a modified Mini: 128mph.    And look at the prices!

The James Bond/Aston Martin DB5 influence of the mid-1960s definitely affected the rear styling!

[BruceK]

A list of all (most?) special edition Minis from the final 2 decades of Mini production.  I think these are the ones for the British home market and there were other special editions unique to Europe and Japan.

[BruceK]

Does this make my nose look big?

[ve9aa]

A list of all (most?) special edition Minis from the final 2 decades of Mini production.  I think these are the ones for the British home market and there were other special editions unique to Europe and Japan.

That's pretty cool. I've never seen them all(?) listed like that.
My 1987 is an "Austin Mini City-E"  - perhaps way too common to make the list?

Thanks for all your Mini ads.  I look here often to see them Bruce.

[ve9aa]

cdn mini

[BruceK]

A promotional photo from BMC showing John Cooper standing in front what is likely the launch of the first batch of Mini Cooper models in 1961.

[BruceK]

Janspeed and their SOHC head upgrade for the Mini.

[94touring]

Have you scoured all the internet and run out of advertisements Bruce?

[MiniDave]

I wish they had a better pic of that Janspeed OHC setup, what the heck are those blocks on the carbs?

And a specially constructed block?

[ve9aa]

CANADIAN MINI - FUGLY BUMPERS AND ALL

[MiniDave]

Includes free snowplow?   

[skmini]

Interesting angle to take on selling a Mini.  "Luxurious" "relaxing seating"

[BruceK]

Have you scoured all the internet and run out of advertisements Bruce?

Nope!  Just took a break. Back with more...

[BruceK]

How's this?  Upgrade from a Mini 850 to a Mini 1000 and get:

150cc more engine displacement!!!

AND...

Two extra gauges on the dash!!!

What a deal.