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re: Italian Job Minis

To: RGOLEN@umassd.edu, british-cars@autox.team.net
Subject: re: Italian Job Minis
From: DJP@ALPHA.SUNQUEST.COM (Dan Parslow)
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 15:37:33 -0700 (MST)
(RGOLEN@umassd.edu writes:

> There is a group in the UK which does an "Italian Job" run down
> to Italy every year in their Minis and they are planning a 
> 25th anniversary (of the Italian Job) run down to Turin
> next year.

Do they duplicate the handling with a coupla hundredweight of 
gold bricks in the boot?

> Also according to the article, the E-type convertible that
> gets smooshed in the movie (848 CRY) is alive and well -
> it was rebuilt after the movie.

Funny, that...every time I've seen the film since the first 
viewing when I was about 16, I watch the damage carefully  
and think "...well the Aston's a write off...so's the E-jag 
coupe...hey, the convertible landed on its feet, maybe it 
can be saved!"  I never dreamed there were fans out there
who would know its fate.

What about the Land Rover 109 with the streamers and "Go England" 
painted on the side?  As I recall it was the only car in the film
that survived...


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