Leekbrookgull
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Passed away at 89yo and will be bit of an unknown for many here on NSC but back in the day very much a household name. R-i-P.
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[NSC] Paddy Hopkirk.
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GT49er
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Indeed.
Dick Swiveller
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- Sep 9, 2011
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Rally driver for those that didn't know as the OP seemed to want to keep that a secret if you don't know.
Is it PotG?
Thrifty non-licker
I thought he died years ago, and Randall was left on his own.
RIP Paddy , these should sell fast if not already gone
https://www.mini.co.uk/en_GB/home/mini-news/paddy-hopkirk-edition.html
PADDY HOPKIRK SPECIAL EDITION MINI COOPER S. DESIGNED TO DEFY THE ODDS.
A lot has changed in the world of MINI since Paddy Hopkirk stormed the 1964 Monte Carlo rally. But something that remains forever unchanged is our challenger spirit. Our boldness. Our tenacity. So we decided to build a MINI in celebration of that spirit, of that ultimate MINI challenger moment – Paddy Hopkirk’s first Monte Carlo victory (there were another two after that, just in case you don’t know).
Meet the Paddy Hopkirk Special Edition MINI Cooper S, complete with exclusive and unique design features. And when we say special edition, we mean it; we only have 100 of these available in the UK.
https://www.mini.co.uk/en_GB/home/mini-news/paddy-hopkirk-edition.html
PADDY HOPKIRK SPECIAL EDITION MINI COOPER S. DESIGNED TO DEFY THE ODDS.
A lot has changed in the world of MINI since Paddy Hopkirk stormed the 1964 Monte Carlo rally. But something that remains forever unchanged is our challenger spirit. Our boldness. Our tenacity. So we decided to build a MINI in celebration of that spirit, of that ultimate MINI challenger moment – Paddy Hopkirk’s first Monte Carlo victory (there were another two after that, just in case you don’t know).
Meet the Paddy Hopkirk Special Edition MINI Cooper S, complete with exclusive and unique design features. And when we say special edition, we mean it; we only have 100 of these available in the UK.
To shag Jenny
Publius Ovidius
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Superb driver and personality from the old days of rallying and TV
Will be sanely missed
Will be sanely missed
GT49er
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Ah, those souped up minis (nothing like the current monstrosities masquerading as minis these days!) I had an ordinary (not souped up and cooperised) one - loved it! Same colour as Mr. Bean's though, so not terribly cool!
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
I loved my maroon mini.
vegster
Sanity Clause
- May 5, 2008
- 27,905
Many years back, got talked in to a camping weekend in Dorset with the GF, she had a Mini... fudging thing was awful, died on almost every hill, we had Milk Floats trying to overtake us. God awful weekend and subsequently have noticed that Mini's are almost universally owned either by girls with pony tails or complete cretins who think they are living in a never ending " Italian Job " .
GT49er
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Was she as disappointed as you?
Barnet Seagull
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Bloke i worked with had the same. Yellow 850. It was called The Ballistic Banana.