the top pic is of Bill Foster(Headstay), myself and Darren (Cranium) at the Glen, 5-6 years ago-

The pic below that is of my 1934 Morris 10/6 Special Tourer and James(Authimini) dads' mini formerly owned by mini enthusiat in Pittsburgh PA

The bottom pic is of Arwallys white mini with the racing lites-Beautiful car-

BIG AL

I don't ahve any of Captin JJ, but I do have a couple of everyone at The Glen that year.. Arwarlly's cars:

I had the great pleasure of spending the weekend in the BMC with Big Al and JJ a few years back at the Watkins Glenn Grand Prix weekend.  What a weekend to remember, had a blast.  JJ and Al always kept things interesting.  Got to drive a sweet Estate that Al had for sale.  Saw some great racing and was in great company the whole weekend.

Heres a pic Al sent me of JJ when they were delivering my dads mini to my place in the mountains!

Bob-

As far as the lack of fins (Oxford Morris tail Lites), they had to go when the original vehicle was converted to a transporter with the ramp in the rear-

 

BIG AL

Bob- Great pic-Lots of history there-

I believe that transporter was BMC 34 , but as it shows Leyland graphics, it probably was still hanging around  when British Leyland took over-

Check the Anglia in the back ground , looks like a sixties model-(105E)

BIG AL

found this in Works Minis book. Later BL livery. No fins.

Can't really discuss the BIG BMC without thinking about the Captn JJ-

Gone two years ago to-day-

 

R I P-

 

BIG AL

Zip-tph

 

The one in your picture is BMC 25, owned and restored by Paul Stanworth-

I hope to have more info on this particular bus posted here shortly-

 

BIG AL-

Yes, the bus is a beauty.

Paul Stanworth's was at IMM/Mini50 last week. It still looks great.

ttt

new info coming-

BIG AL

"did the mini's load in the back of these someway? "

Here is an excerpt from Paul Stanworths' understanding of the history on these BMC Transporters-

Bus # BMC 34 found its' way to Abbington to be used as a transporter for two minis.The back was lengthened and a drop down tailgate was fitted, then painted Red/White with full BMC Comps graphics on it.Once again at any photo opportunity, BMC used these large vehicles to stand proudly behind their famous race/rally cars-

More to be posted on Pauls' research later-

BIG AL-

did the mini's load in the back of these someway?

In going thru some of my past correspondence in researching these vehicles,l came across this-From Tony Fox, past president of our BSCCOC-

O K- Only the dreaded red X, will have to go to plan B-

BIG AL

If the current owner was a bit more realistic on price, I'd be extremely tempted as a vehicle for me, Suzy & Jim to rumble round in at shows !!

Awesome piece, I'd love to have that and the Mini Mover,

 

 

Cheers

 

Ryan

Thanks MeMe-

I purchased this Unit in June 2000 from the previous owner who had it for 27 years-I had previously owned the only other one from 1998 -2000 and it was sold and sent back to the U K for restoration by Mark Nolan -

On this unit, l did the restoration work my self as it came to me in an unflatering brown/cream colour-I pretty well left the seventies interior(orange shag) orange plaid upholstery alone as it was afterall ,period,time warp-

The outside had to be taken down to the bare aluminium skin and then prepped and painted the tri-colours of the Union Jack-I never had a picture of the original to work off but, one of the original factory drivers, said, "he almost fainted when he saw it restored" It apparently was pretty close to the original nine-

Some say there were 9, some 7, who knows, but only ever two LHD models in North America-

So, new tyres all around, new wiring thru-out , sealing to prevent water leaks,full brake job and that was prety well it- A small fortune on Brit flags and decals and there you have (had) it-

It was fun for the 5 years l owned it, it served me well, the 6 cylinder turbo Perkins powered diesel never quit-And it pulled the double trailer with two minis as if it wasn't there-It went to Texas and then moved on to California-

Below-

1st Pic/ at Mid Ohio race track in Sept at the SCCA Runoffs-My Cooper S and pick up on the trailer-

2nd pic/ at Watkins Glen N Y at the vintage races, Blue mini is now in Alabama and the yellow one is now wierd Eh's in New Brunswick-

3rd pic/Joe Huffaker, Outstanding mini race driver at the SCCA Runoffs in Mid Ohio, Sat nite, Ohio Mini Owners Chili party- Always a great time-

4th pic/ At home in front of my shop, with my 66 CooperS in the foreground, remember that car Scargo ?
5th pic/ Loaded and ready to roll to Mid-Ohio-

 

Enjoy the pics-

BIG AL

That is a pretty cool one. This is one of my favorites. I saw it at the Mercedes Museum in Stuttgart last year.

I think I have a couple shots of it at The Glen.. let me see if I can find them somewhere.

posting for big-al:

 

 

my personal favorite is the Ecurie Ecosse transporter