1970 Mini 1000 MkIII [ADO20]

1970 Mini 1000 MkIII [ADO20] in Portrait of a People - Impressions of Britain, Short Movie, 1970

Class: Cars, Supermini — Model origin:

00:13:46 Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene

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dsl ◊ 2016-09-25 04:20	Very strange picture - orange is a Mini Mk3 (probably 1000) but red is a Mk2 with exposed hinges and sliding windows. So I guess this is August/September 69 footage during changeover - maybe a pilot-build MK3?? I think this sequence is Longbridge - there's an Austin 1800 Mk2 one shots (although by end of 60s there was lots of production switching between Longbridge and Cowley across Austin and Morris batches). Lots more assorted Minis - mainly Mk2, including vans and LHDs
Q-Ball ◊ 2016-09-26 17:24	I've been trying to ascertain what these were actually referred to as. A Canadian friend of mine refers to this model (The CDN-specific one) as the "Mini One-thousand." However, the 1978 British Leyland promo film "The Best Mini Yet" seen here: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqACkmcHjrM) refers to this model as "The Mini Thousand." Is there a preferred nomenclature?
dsl ◊ 2016-09-26 17:34	Mini 1000 (or 850) was recognised name in UK and most other places. See boot badge on this 1970 example

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dsl

◊ 2016-09-25 04:20

Very strange picture - orange is a Mini Mk3 (probably 1000) but red is a Mk2 with exposed hinges and sliding windows. So I guess this is August/September 69 footage during changeover - maybe a pilot-build MK3?? I think this sequence is Longbridge - there's an Austin 1800 Mk2 one shots (although by end of 60s there was lots of production switching between Longbridge and Cowley across Austin and Morris batches). Lots more assorted Minis - mainly Mk2, including vans and LHDs

Q-Ball

◊ 2016-09-26 17:24

I've been trying to ascertain what these were actually referred to as.
A Canadian friend of mine refers to this model (The CDN-specific one) as the "Mini One-thousand."
However, the 1978 British Leyland promo film "The Best Mini Yet" seen here: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqACkmcHjrM)
refers to this model as "The Mini Thousand." Is there a preferred nomenclature?

dsl

◊ 2016-09-26 17:34

Mini 1000 (or 850) was recognised name in UK and most other places. See boot badge on this 1970 example

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