Automotive first for the mini
Created by: onetim
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Aug 17, 2017 05:02AM | Dan Moffet | |
Aug 16, 2017 08:41AM | minimans | |
Aug 15, 2017 12:34PM | malsal | |
Aug 15, 2017 10:47AM | onetim |
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Originally Posted by minimans
I had a set on my 59 mini back around 1980, they were a good set up, very grippy but didn't last long and I never got a puncture to try them out!
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I had a set on my 59 mini back around 1980, they were a good set up, very grippy but didn't last long and I never got a puncture to try them out!
Mini's are like buses they come along in a bunch
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Originally Posted by onetim
Just read that the first car to offer run flat tires, Dunlop Denovo, was the 1974 mini, and other British Leyland offerings that year.
If in doubt, flat out. Colin Mc Rae MBE 1968-2007.
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make a car lighter and it's faster everywhere. Colin Chapman.
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Just read that the first car to offer run flat tires, Dunlop Denovo, was the 1974 mini, and other British Leyland offerings that year.