History
I had just turned18. Short on stature, short on money but desperate for a car, I bought a mini. It was a Deluxe, not a Cooper or Cooper S but with bonnet straps, driving lights, add-on flared guards bullbar and a sports exhaust it looked, even if it didn't act the part. Down at my girlfriend's parents' dairy farm one morning it wouldn't start, so with a push start the engine kicked over. My girlfriend usually drove it because I had failed my first licence test. But that morning I was in the driver's seat when we got it going. I decided to take it down the country gravel road just to give it a charge. Hitting corrugations, I bounced into the piled up gravel on the side of the road and then all was lost. A nearby barbed fence kindly stopped any further progress. I ran back to the farm and my girlfriend and her sister drove down to assess my driving skills. Some minor damage to the left side, a bent rim and major damage to my ego and pride. My girlfriend decided to take a picture from inside the nearby paddock and was stepping backward when she realised a blacksnake was curled up asleep behind her. A memorable day all round.
Modifications
Bonnet straps, driving lights, add-on flared guards bullbar
