MiniWorld visited an iconic Radford Mini which was reportedly driven by Peter Sellers in the 1964 film A Shot In The Dark. Well known for its wickerwork paint design, this Mini was one of three used in the film but was apparently the one driven by Peter. It was still in a fair condition but the owner had plans to restore it. In John Cooper's monthly column he told how he recently sold a Mini Cooper to Francoise Valentine, from Turkey, who was the great niece of Sir Alec Issigonis. He also recalled his early racing years: "If something was wrong with.the car you had to work it out using your brain." This contrasted with Bill Sollis' track test of Ian Curley's Mini Se7en racer: "It has no analogue instruments - a neat AstraTech dash performs the rpm, water temp and oil pressure display function, and a host of other features that represent the way forward for a thinking racing driver." Also in this issue we introduced our readers to a new project Mini: a very rusty Clubman Estate who we named Nigel.
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机译：MiniWorld参观了标志性的Radford Mini，据报道由Peter Sellers在1964年的电影A Shot In The Dark中驾驶。这款Mini以其柳条编织的油漆设计而闻名，是电影中使用的三款之一，但显然是由Peter驾驶的。它仍然处于状况良好，但所有者计划恢复它。在约翰·库珀（John Cooper）的月度专栏中，他讲述了最近他是如何将迷你库珀（Mini Cooper）卖给土耳其的弗朗索瓦·情人（Francoise Valentine）的。他还回顾了他早年的赛车生涯：“如果车子出了问题，您必须动脑筋来解决它。”这与比尔·索利斯（Bill Sollis）对伊恩·库利（Ian Curley）的Mini Se7en赛车手的跟踪测试形成了鲜明的对比：“它没有模拟仪器-整洁的AstraTech仪表板具有rpm，水温和油压显示功能，并且还具有许多其他功能，代表了前进的方向有思想的赛车手。”同样在本期杂志中，我们向读者介绍了一个新项目Mini：一个非常生锈的Clubman Estate，我们将其命名为Nigel。
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