Giving It The Works

摘要

Graeme Allan's Minis are a bit like London buses -you don't see any for ages, and then a couple Come along almost together. But, unlike London buses, which are dirty, smelly, Graeme's Minis are all different. We've already seen his grey Cooper 1275 S in the December '08 issue. This is his 1071 S, and he's got a 970 S and an 850 tucked away in his garage, awaiting restoration. The 1071S, as you surely know, was the first of the Ss, launched to the public in lanuary 1963. In |une, Aaltonen took one to a win class/category in the Alpine. They lend themselves to dissimilar use. While the 1275S is just for the odd trip around the Highlands, this red racket gets a much tougher ride. Last year it carried Graeme and Kevin Murray on the Mini Cooper Register's Minis to Monte event, racking up over 5000 miles in 16 days, with the bare minimum of maintenance.