Building a baby Austin7 MK1 Mini - PART 2/2, BMC, Longbridge
Uploaded by: Leafster1973
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PART 2 - A very early BMC film of the original Mini being built from Start to finish at the Austin Factory, Longbridge - happy times. Sadly, most of the factory has recently been demolished. The Mini production assembly remained virtually unchanged for 40 years
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| Comments for this video on YouTube |
| Very interesting. ... ( 4 months ago by RonSouthan) |
| Very interesting. It makes me think my first one missed out on the anti rust coating though. |
| Haha soooo true. ... ( 4 months ago by Transane) |
| Haha soooo true. these things had rust before they left the factory! |
| I think every Mini ... ( 3 months ago by cadengunslinger) |
| I think every Mini missed that step... LOL |
| excellent videos, ... ( 2 months ago by antistar133) |
| excellent videos, just what i needed for my dt a level exam, cheers!! |
| Its amazing how ... ( 2 months ago by vidpop) |
| Its amazing how many skilled people were involved in the manufacture of a car then, real jobs too. |
| Undersealing ( ... ( 2 months ago by vidpop) |
| Undersealing (rustproofing) consisted of brushing black bitumen on the underside. This was usually an extra which had to be paid for.There was no wax injection or galvanised steel used then so most cars rusted quickly in the sixties. If you got five years out of a car then without serious rust and holes you had done well. |
| in addition to that ... ( 6 days ago by mickeymoose76) |
| in addition to that, cars nowadays are computer designed and have all potential rust traps and cavities designed out of them... |
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