I have been recently watching series 5 of Top Gear on iplayer, dating back to 2004, whereby 5 cars were put up for restoration, one of which was the Mini Cooper that Hopkirk drove winning the Monte Carlo Rally. In a competition that included Keith Moon's 1936 Chrysler, Princess Di's two door Range Rover, James Dean's Lotus and some space age creation from the Chocolate Orange the mini won. It seems that to win the Monte Carlo Rally in 1964 with the MIni was really groundbreaking. RIP | |