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Comment by Norman Nelson on July 24, 2009 at 9:01am

Conor thanks for the information and GOOD LUCK. We will be rooting for you. I'll try to see if we can find Motors TV, maybe it will be on Speedvision.
As Always...."Keep the Rubber Side Down"

Comment by Conor O'Brien on July 24, 2009 at 4:18am

Am still at Silverstone our qualifying today and 2 races on Sunday. All races are being shown live on Motors TV on saturday and sunday. Our 2 mini races are Sunday 1115am with me at the wheel and 5.35pm with Barry "Whizzo" Williams at the wheel.

Comment by Neil Kavanagh on July 23, 2009 at 3:24am

Car looks great Conor. Makes me wish I kept my Mini looking more like a classic...it has bloated Miglia arches and split rims now!

Comment by Norman Nelson on July 22, 2009 at 10:07pm

What beauty!!! Looks great! Thanks for sharing the photos. I hope you had fun at Silverstone. We were there during MINI United and got the opportunity to have lunch with Paddy Hopkin and Rauno Aaltonen (The Flying Finn) who both piloted Mini Coopers to victory in the mid 1960's Monte Carlo Ralleys, What stories they had to tell. Along with them we got to meet the engineering & race team for Mini (British Motors) and get some great insight into thoe early victorius days in a Mini.

Comment by Conor O'Brien on July 22, 2009 at 7:23pm

Barrie "Whizzo" Williams leaving the line at the Cholmondeley Pageant of Power

Comment by Conor O'Brien on May 25, 2009 at 3:08pm

The car is being prepared and is not yet ready. I will post photos of the finished car in June.

Comment by Conor O'Brien on May 22, 2009 at 12:51pm

I am going to share my Mini Cooper Swith Barrie Whizzo Williams at both the Pageant of Power and the 50th Anniversary Race at Silverstone Historice Weekend both in July. My car will be presented in British Vita Racing Livery to honour Barrie and John Rhodes who also occasionally raced for the Vita team. If anyone is going to either of these events do please come and see me. I will put up pictures of the car in its Vita livery in mid June. If you have any information on the Vita racing era do let me know. Conor

Comment by Conor O'Brien on March 25, 2009 at 8:46am

This is a picture of John Rhodes racing my 1966 Mini Cooper S at Brands Hatch GP circuit in 2006. He is showing his son Tim,in the Midget behind, the way around and has not lost a bit of his magic touch, still hunched over the wheel but does not need to put his right elbow in the door pocket or his right leg up on the dash!

Comment by Norman Nelson on March 11, 2009 at 2:13pm

Great to find this group. Thanks Pat for guiding me in the right direction. We are lucky enough to be going to the UK this May/June and will be going on the London to Brighton Run and a tour of the MINI plant in Oxford, then a three day celebration MINI United at Silverstone Raceway

Comment by Pat Kaye on March 8, 2009 at 11:12am

Thanks for the great history! I belong to one of the largest Mini clubs in the west that is mostly BMW MINI's but we embrace our legacy and love to have the classics with us on our runs. Many of our members have both in their family. We regularly invite the MOASF group to join us on runs, picnics, events, etc. We have a number of husband/wife members where one has the classic and the other a new MINI.

I never understood the snob attitude of the classic car scene. I had a '66 MGB roadster that I modified to suit my taste including replacing
the "Prince of Darkness" with a modern street rod wiring kit. It made my B more reliable and a stronger runner. I also had lourvers popped in the hood to help get heat out from under the bonnet. I'd have the purists give me a hard time about these mods and simply told them when they started paying for my car then their opinion would matter. I'm going to share this site with my club friends (www.redwoodempiremini.com)

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