Old Mini Adverts

[BruceK]

Interesting. I guess the contrast is supposed to be between the boring conventional people in the background, and the crazy and fun loving '70s people who, of course, are choosing the cool Mini?

[BruceK]

Where the Mini fit in the Morris range of cars, circa 1962 (year based upon the license plates not yet having a designated letter suffix).

[BruceK]

A Clubman 1275GT ad with some very 1970s colors. 

[BruceK]

A Mini ad from the late 1980s with an appeal to the fashion conscious.

[MiniDave]

But......that's actually a good looking Mini, tho I would prefer shiny bumpers rather than those grey ones.....check out the wheel gaps!

[BruceK]

Yeah, big but "factory authentic" wheel gaps.

 


And nice paint color too. Suits the car very well.

[BruceK]

With the awful weather most of the country is having right now, this winter fun ad seems appropriate.

[MiniDave]

When I lived in Colorado I drove my Mini year round, it was great in the snow and fun to buzz around. It always started easily too......

In KC I drove my Dino in the snow too back in the day - people looked at me like I was crazy, but it was my only car at the time, and it did great with the mid mounted engine/gearbox.

[94touring]

I daily drove a mini for years too.  Snow and all.

[BruceK]

Interesting design. Thigh support?  Yes indeedy.   In spades. But they don't exactly look comfortable.

[BruceK]

John & John.

A promo photo showing John Cooper and racer John Rhodes.  A couple of huge names in Mini history.

[MiniDave]

Interesting design. Thigh support?  Yes indeedy.   In spades. But they don't exactly look comfortable.

There were a set of these in the Cooper S I got from Iowa, the guy who sold me the car kept them. I didn't think the bolsters looked that big!

[BruceK]

Kind of crazy to think that by the time these school kids grew up and had their own children, the Mini was still in production, and their grownup children could buy a brand new one.

[BruceK]

It's the updated Hornet with Hydrolastic. And it has roll up windows many years before the regular Mini got those doors.

[BruceK]

From a brochure at the launch of the revived 1990s Cooper model.

[MiniDave]

I guess those pop up sunroofs were really big then, didn't those go out of favor here in the 70's?

[BruceK]

Sorry to admit I had one installed in a brand new '86 car I bought.

[ve9aa]

Very cool Bruce. Keep'm comin' !

 

[BruceK]

How to buy a Moke in Oz as a business expense. 

[BruceK]

Not sure if this is a BMC or James Bond "Goldfinger" promotional photo, but here is Oddjob lifting up a Mini.

[BruceK]

As you might know, the Mini name was not always used in different markets. At one time the car was called the Austin Partner in Norway. 

[BruceK]

And in Denmark the Mascot name was used instead of Mini.  Which led to the sporty version called the Mascot Cooper instead of the Mini Cooper.  Awkward.

[jeff10049]

I probably posted these before but here they are again always fun to look at.

[jeff10049]

I have hundreds of ad's Ill add some from time to time.

[BruceK]

Oz Mokes stacked for shipping.  Pretty cool how the front and rear fenders provide a platform for the tires of the top Moke.