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1965 Morris Mini Minor Van [YDO4]

1965 Morris Mini Minor Van [YDO4] in Underbelly, TV Series, 2008-2013 IMDB Ep. 2.01

Class: Cars, Van / MPV — Model origin: UK — Built in: AU

1965 Morris Mini Minor Van [YDO4]

[*][*][*] Vehicle used by a character or in a car chase

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valiant1962 AU

2009-03-09 06:54

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And in 2.02
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marioman3138 AU

2009-03-09 07:00

Belonging to (the still missing) Don Mackay

Pomtidom NL

2009-12-21 14:57

I owned one once, brings back memories.... :)
This seems not 100% original with its chromed grille

-- Last edit: 2009-12-21 14:58:01

chris40 UK

2009-12-21 15:07

I'm not sure if this applies to Aussie Minivans, which this is, but many Minivan owners in the UK cut the grille out and fitted separate grilles as this made some DIY jobs under the bonnet much easier.

Pomtidom NL

2009-12-23 14:19

chris40 wrote ...this made some DIY jobs under the bonnet much easier.

I know, I once had a broken v-belt which a had to replace alongside the road...

chris40 UK

2010-01-02 20:04

@Pomtidom: :hello: /vehicle.php?id=267166

Pomtidom NL

2010-01-07 16:06

Lovely car! Thanks chris40.

jpts AU

2014-12-30 10:23

marioman3138 wrote Belonging to (the still missing) Don Mackay


This scene was the reenactment of Don Mackay reporting of the drug plantation at Coleambally, NSW that occurred in November 1975.

In reality, Don Mackay knowing that the local police weren't going to do anything, drove to Sydney and reported the plantation to senior detectives within the New South Wales Police Drug Squad in a hotel room.

Using the information received from Mackay as well as using his furniture store as a base of operation, on the morning of the 10th November 1975, detectives raided the farm and discovered the marijuana plants along with several weapons and arrested five men, including senior 'Ndrangheta member and winery owner, Francesco Sergi.

One of the detectives involved in the raid on the farm at Coleambally was Michael Drury who was a Detective Constable at the time.

However before Don Mackay had reported the Coleambally Plantation, on the 18th February 1974, a Department of Agriculture fruit fly inspector, Patrick Joseph Keenan had reported to the local police at Griffith that he came across massive marijuana operation in a shed at the farm of Griffith 'Ndrangheta boss, Antonio Sergi's father-in-law, Giuseppe Scarfo at Tharbogang, 8km north of Griffith.

Keenan later made a report of the discovery at Scarfo's farm to the local police at Griffith, a short time later, Keenan received a threatening visit from one of Tony Sergi's relative, telling him to "forget about the marijuana operation" at Tharbogang.

It was later revealed that when Keenan went to the police at Griffith to report the marijuana operation at Tharbogang, he spoke with a police sergeant, John Ellis who was later identified as one of the local officers who were on the Griffith 'Ndrangheta's payroll.

Two weeks later, on the 3rd March 1974, another man who was also named Patrick Keenan (unrelated to Patrick Keenan who spoke to Ellis) was found dead in a drainage ditch near Griffith.

While the Coronial Inquest into the death was classed the death as an "accidental death by drowning", it was suspected that 'Ndrangheta had arranged a contract killer to kill the agriculture inspector, but the contracted killer had killed the wrong Patrick Keenan in mistake.

Four of the men were convicted for their part in the Coleambally marijuana plantation, the fifth, Francesco Sergi was acquitted, it was revealed that one of the members of the jury was a relative of Francesco Sergi.

Despite this, the trial went ahead with this particular juror, while the Coleambally Trial was underway, the NSW Police Drug Squad raid another marijuana farm just west of Griffith at Euston, NSW.

A short time later, a small-time dealer was arrested in Sydney with a small amount of marijuana traced from the Euston raid, he was later bailed out by another Griffith Police Sergeant, Arthur Liddell.

After bailing out the dealer, Sergeant Liddell was later found dead next to his overturned car on the outskirts of Griffith in May 1977.

The local newspapers covering the Coleambally trial had named Mackay as an informer after the detectives' case reports on the Coleambally raid were turned over to the lawyers for the defendants.

One of the reports that was turned over to the defendants' lawyers had Mackay's name listed as the person who reported the Coleambally plantation.

And like in the scene, the real Don Mackay had a Morris Mini Van in the same livery, but his van's NSW vehicle registration was GBE-061.

The night of his murder, suspecting something is wrong, Barbara Mackay called family solicitor and family friend, Ian Salmon and told Salmon that Don Mackay was missing and was worried, Salmon told Barbara not to worry and that he would drive around town to find Don Mackay.

At the same time, Don and Barbara's son, Paul Mackay was out in Sydney with friends.

As this was the time when there weren't any mobile phones for people to carry, Paul Mackay was unaware of his father's disappearance, when he got home around midnight, Paul found Barbara in a distress state.

When Paul asked his mother what had happened, Barbara told Paul that his father was missing, Paul then went back out and drove with around his friends around Griffith looking for his father.

Salmon found Mackay's van still parked at the Griffith Hotel in the early hours of the 16th July 1977, when he went to check the van, he noticed that there was a large amount of blood on the driver's side door and window, the mud guard, right front tyre and a large pool below the driver's side door and on the fence, also at the scene were three spent cartridge shells from a .22 caliber handgun and the vehicle's keys on the ground just below driver's side door.

As the murder occurred during a cold night, the cold from the night air had etched Don Mackay's right bloody handprint onto the window on the driver's side door.

At the time of the murder, local accountant, Roy Binks was working late at his office that overlooked the hotel's car park when he heard what he described was a "couple of loud sharp cracks" followed by the sound of a person moaning as if that person was sick.

Binks then heard the sounds of dragging followed by the sound of a car driving away from the hotel.

35 years after Don Mackay's murder, in July 2012, the NSW Police offered a $200,000 reward for information leading to the location of Don Mackay's body.

On the 16th May 2020, Paul Mackay had died from cancer at the age of 61.

-- Last edit: 2024-03-12 14:05:46

dsl SX

2015-02-18 03:47

Assembled in Aus 65-69 as Morris Mini Minor Van and sharing YDO4 code with Morris Mini Minor saloon. Shiny grille and quarterlights were normal fit for Aus vans. Both replaced in 69 by Morris Mini 1100 and Morris Mini 1100 Van - still YDO4 and Mk1 bodywork/fixtures - until 1971 when everything went Clubman front. So this could also be 69+ Morris Mini 1100 Van.

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