Welcome to the Mini Page.
So....., what's a Mini..? Above pictures show Mini's racing in the mid 1960's. What started as a micro-box economy car in 1959 quickly earned a spoken word reputation as an enthusiast's dream. Ultra light weight, wide wheel stance, brilliant power train packaging and a compact, fully independent suspension design contributed to mind boggling handling characteristics. Later upgrades to power-train and brakes gave us the Mini-Cooper and Mini-Cooper S.
Concept sketch drawn
by the Mini's designer, Alec Issigonis. If the layout looks familiar it's
because the majority of cars on the road today use the essence of this
layout. In 1959, no one did. You're looking at the originator of the
modern front drive car.
Theo Page technical artwork of the original design concept for power train
layout.
Suspension layout
Technical artwork of MK I Mini-Cooper "S"
Own your very own Mini
Some picture-history books on the Mini:
"Mini-Cooper And S", Jeremy Walton ISBN 0 85045 438 7
"Mini, Thirty-Five Years On", Rob Golding ISBN 1855 324 644
"Neko Historic Car Books 3, Mini", no ISBN, text :Japanese, pictures: awesome
Comments to: Steve Clarke user510@earthlink.net