Don’t be fooled by this classic Mini. It might look cute and adorable and tiny, but this is a real tough guy’s car. Clint Eastwood owned a Mini, Paul Newman owned a Mini—even Steve McQueen had one. Then again so did Princess Diana, so the common denominator there may just be good taste. Make that courage, too. I know this after driving one.

Regardless, the original Mini was appreciated and revered by true car enthusiasts. I’ve always been fascinated by them, and seeing a beautiful example of a 1967 Mini Wagon brought me to the deeply insightful realization: the original Mini is really small.

I had to drive it.



I bet you could park TWO Minis in those truck beds! :D

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Looks like the trucks are about to do do something to that poor little scared car.

 

Mini looks downright HUGE in the opening photo and then you see the trucks!

 

I think this car was at a recent Katie's Coffee meetup. Ok, the car is in Austin - maybe not.

I was parked next to it's sibling then!

 

Its is like Shaq driving a regular car.

 

I had one of those. it was fun while it lasted. The engine basically blew a hole/ This was back in '75 or so.