Here are some of the things I saw at the British Motor Museum.
The famous Twini Moke. Complete with not only two engines, but with two gearshift levers too! BMC just used a front subframe in the rear.
Never seen a "BMC" plate on a valve cover before...
The divorce Mini. 71.gif
It was actually cool to see a Mini this way - lots of insight as to how everything comes together.
Sorry. I don't know anything about this lifted Mini other than it was an official build by Rover.
Landies have an aluminum body. So why not show it off?
Paddy Hopkirk's Monte Carlo winning car.
I never knew this car had a sort of rudimentary headlight washing system. This must be one of the first - if not the first time such a system was used on a car. It's not on the later works rally cars at the museum - so either it didn't work well or it was outlawed.
Polished Jag to show off aluminum body.
I saw this Group 44 E-type Jag racing many times in the 1970s, driven by Bob Tullius.
One of the very first Minis touched by a tuner. This Downton's fast 850.
Mini from South America. The Fiberglass bodied Mini Cord from Venezuela – built in the 1990s. They even moulded in the seams! I remember talking to a guy in South Florida who was trying to import these.
A very famous competition Jaguar XK120 - Registration NUB 120