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[Matra et Alpine]

i suppose that gearing modifications wouldve been out of the question, but in an overdrive so the car can be brought up to speed then

No chance of fitting an overdrive in a Mini 'box/diff. Just no space.

THinking this through, I wonder what 'box they ran. The standard Mini's then were 4 gear. 5 gears only came later for the competition guys. Has me intrigued, will need to go do some digging Anyone have pics or know the vin or reg of the Mini's raced at Bathurst ????

[fpv_gtho]

The only year they won outright was 1966 and that was with the Cooper S.

http://www.v8supercars.com.au/resour...lwin.asp?ind=M

[motorsportnerd]

A Min won one of our Bathurst races once against big V8 sedans. That they had all retired for some reason or other possibly helped.

1966, as FPV said. Quick history lesson. 1966 was a strange year at Bathurst. The Cortina GTs that had dominated the three previous years were missing. It was one year before the first Falcon GT arrived on the scene. The only V8s were two Valiant V8s and a Studebaker Lark. Just one Holden - an EH X2 6 cylinder. One Triumph 2000. A Fiat 1500, Toyota Corona, and a bunch of other small cars. And 17 Mini Coopers... It was kind of inevitable that a Mini would win that year. In fact, Minis took the first 9 places.... That's a record never beaten. Holden took the top 7 places in 1976 and 1980, the top 8 in 1979 and no other manufacturer has come close.