Left: Graham Robson chats to owners in the arena. Below Left: Mini Cooper Police car... or should that be Mini Copper?( groan!) Below: Mini Moke‘ Rat Scamp’ had some interesting additions! Bottom: Unzip the flag! Neat paintwork on Mini Cooper.
at one point in the afternoon. Talking of the live arena, it was good to see such a great variety of cars taking centre stage at this rally. Some one make rallies can get a bit tedious when numerous examples of the same model as paraded in front of visitors like some sort of bizarre‘ spotthe-difference’ competition, but thankfully this was not the case at Beaulieu. The tricky job of delivering the live commentary fell to the very knowledgeable motoring writer and historian, Graham Robson, who did a good job of keeping visitors both entertained and informed as the cars came in and out of the arena. James Martin also gave a talk in the live arena, and Paddy Hopkirk made an appearance too, as did other notable personalities from the
Mini world. Across in the large concours marquee, the standard of cars on display had to be seen to be believed. Take for example Michelle Pizzey’ s Mini Pick-Up
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