Front-wheel drive, front disc brakes and a clever interconnected Hydrolastic suspension gave these BMC models the edge over their rivals, while Alec Issigonis’ design delivered a car with a huge ...

Meetings between Longbridge and Cooper – who had developed a successful dealer-fitted twin-carb conversion for the Mini 1000 ...

Most Minis, if not modified, will come with this great set-up apart from saloons built from the mid-to-late 1960s that feature a considerably different Hydrolastic system. • Rear suspension ...

THE front page of Memories 445 featured the opening cavalcade on Sedgefield’s A177 bypass on June 2, 1969. But what was the municipal vehicle, registration 999 JUP, that carried Alderman Bob ...