Tanked up Smoothie

摘要

As soon as work on the Austin Seven and Morris Mini-Minor was complete, Issigonis' team was already working on their next projects, the Van and estate Minis. When talking to John Sheppard, one of the members of Issigonis' design team, I asked him about his memories of the press launch at Chobham in August 1959. He laughed and told me that they never got out to any of the glamorous events, his memories were of being stuck in the office working hard on the Traveller and Countryman. The results of their labour came to fruition just over a year later, when two new long-wheelbase models were launched.