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The 'Mini' Book

Postby manifold » Wed Sep 04, 2013 7:56 pm

Dear Midas Cars Forum members..........

As there's a great deal in the press at the moment celebrating 100 years of car production in Oxford at the Mini plant, Shire Publishing have updated their book to produce a new version of their 'Mini' book by Gillian Bardsley. As you will appreciate, all the Midas and Mini Marcos Cars have their roots in these wonderful little cars....

...anyway I've managed to negotiate a good discount of 40% for forum members if you are interested. Just quote my name and Julie Gribben and the Midas Cars forum and contact them via http://www.shirebooks.co.uk/articles/contact/

Here's an excerpt from the book:

'The Mini, now an emblem of the Swinging Sixties, was in fact the product of an age of austerity and shortage, a simple design intended to make motoring more accessible and affordable for the average family. Ironically, it would become something very different: a modern, classless style icon that appealed across the boundaries of social status, age and gender and lent its name to everything from fashion to furniture. Using illustrations from the archives of the British Motor Industry Heritage Trust, Gillian Bardsley here tells the Mini’s story, from the inspired conception of designer Alec Issigonis, through the car’s shaky infancy and up to its glorious heyday when it was beloved of film stars, royalty and the public, as well as having a prominent presence in motorsport.'

All the best,

David Manifold
Midas Cars Forum & Facebook Page Founder

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