Driving a Paddy Hopkirk Mini Cooper S Rally Car - Mini Perfection !
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- Опубликовано: 4 окт 2024
- As a Mini fan it doesn't get much better than being invited to drive this Classic Mini Cooper S Paddy Hopkirk Tribute Rally Car. This car just oozes heritage and provenance. Only 4 of these replicas were made and this is the only lefthand drive version. Paddy Hopkirk himself owns one of the others.
A huge thank you to my mate Ellis for such a special invite. It is great to be able to share such a special car with you.
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I agree 👍
Agree totally. 55yrs I've loved them, have driven them since '87. Drive a Classic Cooper (John Cooper) Le & wouldn't swop it for anything else 💚
@@PetrolPed I am a 52 year old and I feel 16 when I see these old true Minis. lots of memories because I used to own minis and build 1275GT engines on them. so fun! it seems that the road is coming to you and not the opposite! so simple suspension yet so glued to the road. petrol smell from behined the speedometer due to webber carbs !!! so funnn. pitty I dont own one at the moment. thanks
@@charlesdebattista7432 I’ve never posted before , but, I’m 68 and I have the fortunate privilege to have smelt one of the ex Works Monte Carlo Minis . It was one of the recce cars that was used to make Ice notes and belonged to a guy in Poynton Cheshire . They have an aroma of petrol brake dust and coolant . Quite unique. I used to go road Rallying and was involved in stage Rallying .No other car has ever smelt the same . The S that I navigated in had that smell too, it too had 1340 s engine 45 DCOE with a box let into the bulkhead , the mandatory twin tanks and DS11 pads no carpets and an LSD which led to the driver having to fight the thing in a straight line . Magic cars and so quick down narrow Welsh lanes . 😊
When you see any original mini on the road you can't help but smile,they are brilliant 😊👍
I'm nearly 60 now, but back in the day my first 4 cars were all minis. 2 were standard and 2 had quite a few ££££'s spent on them as fast road cars. I was smiling all through this video, your excitement perfectly explains the feeling that goes with owning one 😁.
Followed a proper mini one morning on my way to work, it had a small sticker along the bottom at the rear window, when I cot close enough in traffic I could read it said " Sir Alec Issigonis we are not worthy" Magic.
Unsung Mini film was the first Bourne Movie, great car chase scenes, Mini was awesome.
Oh yes...forgot that one 👏👏👏
I passed my driving test in a mini and I have to say that the mini is a superb car what ever spec it's in and unless you've driven one you'll never understand why they are so loved.thank you Mr issigonis .
so did I my friend. you drive them and fall in love instantly.
This was Awesome!!! I just bought my wife the 2021 Paddy Hopkirk Mini cooper S Rally !!! can't wait to pick it up and drive it!!
Cool. You’ll like this then 😜
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Mini's are an absolute true legend!
Will we ever see the light of it again,I think not!
Brilliant video very very jealous.
Glad you enjoyed it 👍
Never had a Cooper but two classic Minis a 1968 1000 and 1970 1100 Clubman. So much fun in my younger days. Both were ten years old when I owned them with usual things to fix!
When a grown man utterly looses himself to a car. It's great to see someone getting so much joy and experiencing his dreams.
I did have a moment 😂
Coincidentally I watched this video with headphones on and kept turning up the volume. The sound of this mini's engine and gearbox are music to my ears. Great video.
Cheers Gerard 👍
Same here, I agree. I closed my eyes 👀 & put myself back in the drivers seat of the late 80’s memory!
you should hear a mini engine sing at 10000+RPM, youv'e never lived!
Robert Lawes I imagine the scream would shatter windows!!
Thank you .. I had at the age of 19 for three years a 1968 Morris Mini Cooper 998 (short reach) and that was in 1974, same colour as the one in the video, added Dunlop alloys wheels and a black light bar with Cibies.... Just BRILLIANT. This video brought back so many memories and sounds. Finally sold it and bought a 1972 Opel Mantra 1900A, Had great fun in that too BUT NOTHING LIKE THE COOPER. Just wish I had kept it. Now drive a VW Beach Buggy with an Impreza engine (all year round as live on a small island in the Indian Ocean) ,that brings back in part the same experiences as the Cooper , BUT still would like my old Cooper for the shear experiences of cornering .
So many cool things in this comment. Mini - Cool ... Opal Mantra - Loved those ....Impreza engined VW Beach Buggy...take a bow sir 👏
Wonderful. I still have a 63 mini minor and 65 cooper. I use them all the time. Magic
Cool 👍
Really takes me back! Formidable to drive
Boy this takes me back. My second car was a B regards mini, de-seamed, with an Austin 1300 engine and running on 10" wheels and 7"wide Avon tyres. Quick it was brilliant. Makes me want to get another one, but would probably get in but not out of the thing. Every true Petrolhead should experience one of these. Thanks for bringing back the memories.
Cheers Philip 👍
Had one Cooper and two Cooper Ss. The last one had a Jack Knight 5 speed g.box which made it a different car all together. They are stunning little cars. Loved them that last one got sold to a guy from Hong Kong. So it's still there for all I know.. Thanks so much for uploading sweet sweet memories.
Cheers Brian. Brilliant little cars aren’t they 👍
A very good friend lent me an immaculate diamond white genuine B.L. Competitions Department 1450 cooper S for a week. It was faster than a 3.0l capri S and out handled anything, looked bog stock apart from some very special magnesium mini lights......what a machine. I think you can gauge it was the 70s but I can still remember it like yesterday when I watch this.....brilliant
Wow, great story 👍
Friend of my dad brought a 62 Mini Cooper S which was set up for rallies back to the states and he gave me a ride in it , it was great and rode really well I’ve loved Minis ever sense. When Honda came out with the first Civic in 1973 it reminded me so much of a mini and we bought one.
As you said at the beginning of the video one car you would want to own is a Mini Cooper S. Myself too, only ever been in one S I was about 19. Never driven one but is the top of my list of favourites. Great vid you lucky guy.
my first car was a 1969 mini ... my gran died in 1977, bless my parents, they kept it for a few years until I could drive. .. I drove it through my college years .. just one wee accident which was a miracle given how I drove that car. swapped the engine one time for another 998cc, straight through exhaust and smaller steering wheel. the handling was unreal .. Thank god I survived ... a coffin on wheels looking back.
Great memories 👍
I remember watching Paddy Hopkirk on BBC Grandstand TV, I remember the choke, my first car was an Escort Mk2, no power assisted steering, no disc brakes, no NCAP rating, no rear seat belts, 4 speed gearbox and did I have fun in that car, learnt to drive in a Mk1 Ford Cortina which had a bench front seat and a steering column change. We used to be able to modify the cars buying fog and spot lamps, electronic ignition to fix on to the spark generator, buying a cassette radio and putting extra speakers in, buying Cosmic wheels and spacers and wheel arch extensions. Those were the days. I have to say I got to drive an Infiniti QX70 which had 5.5L V8 and the noise from that was amazing as was hearing the Vettel edition which was tuned even further.
I hear you mate 👍😂
Had several old minis, in my youth but my 1320cc that I built was the car I became closest to death in on a regular basis...lol...92hp in 1989 was quick, it was enough to see off a 3 liter Capri to a ton and sat level with an XR3i in acceleration to 90mph...oh those were the days😎
Mega 👍
The Mini has always been my favourite car since I was a kid.In 1987, I built a ' 1275 Cooper S Rally ' car from an unused Mk3 shell converting it back to ' 65 spec. Hydrolastic suspension with rally s/absorbers.I even cut out of solid brass in the correct script my name ' Coleman 'instead of Cooper on the boot lid and chrome-plated it !.It was utter magic and turned heads everywhere but hard to believe then the specialist insurance company would not maintain its agreed value annually when it was valued at £2000 !.In a moment of madness I sold it and it was subsequently written off by a young new owner.I am determined to have another Mk1 Mini before I'm done - in my opinion the most classless & perfect piece of automotive design ever.Love classis Fords as well but I still think the Mini wins as you feel so proud to be driving one !.
Thanks Roger 👍
Beautiful little car.
I have a similar one in my garage.
Drives like a go-kart and straight cut gears just sound awesome.
Buy one now before electricity takes over the roads. You don't get Webers on a Tesla.
You lucky thing 👍
Right?!? 👏🙌🏼 Good ol’ Holly Weber carbs ❤️
What an excitable lad you are Pete, the Mini, as my mother would have said, goes between you and your wits, but in a good way Pete, I and everyone who sees this video will see how happy this drive has made you, and we all applaud you for giving us the opportunity to see a PROPER Mini, and not the BMW "Mini" lovely whiney gear noises reminds me when I learnt to drive in a Vauxhall Viva 3rd gear always made that sound, Happy Days!!!
Cheers John 👍
Some of the best fun I've ever had in a car was in an 1100 Special with a stage 1 head, 1-inch spacers all 'round and a cherry-bomb exhaust. It was like a go-cart on bad acid, and had the ability to set off every single car alarm on Bishops Avenue at 4000rpm.
Cool 😎
Your enthusiasm for this little gem is truly infectious. I am off to begin welding the body on mine.
Just seen this video fantastic can't beat driving a classic Mini Coopers S. It has made me start to think I need to get my Innocenti Mini Cooper 1300 Export back on the road been standing for 17 years. This is going to make me get it going now. Great video
Do it 👍😜
Deserves to be your biggest video.My family has had approx 20 minis (since Dad had 10 ish from 1959 through to 1972)Me and brother then caught the bug 1985 on ward. My brother still has a much later mini with a S/C gearbox and drops and a longer final drive ratio -Best sound ever. 2nd car only since families etc.-52 year old-Cheers.We played "Get a bloomin' move on!(self preservation society) at Dad's funeral.
Love this 👏
I saw the Halda on the dash which instantly transported me back to my Dad's 63 Mini Cooper which he rallied in the '60s. He used to put a bit of clear plastic tube on the switches, extending them and making it easier to zero the dials. Haven't thought about that for ages! And the noise in the video is faithful. Fabulous.
WOW! I had a pair of Hopkirk bonnet straps on my Mini Moke and i cherished those. So the whole car!!!! Amazing. Really amazing.Its great that you obviously appreciated what you had there also. Good for you.
I sure did 😜
Going to share this with my wife and father in law who are huge Mini fans! Thank you...
That’s great 👏
That Lancia! :) ohh & a proper mini
The Lancia is VERY special 😍
I’m absolutely in my element having had 2 Classic minis in my younger years prior to picking up my f56 Cooper S on Monday just gone. I had a massive smile watching this video and now I’m wanting a classic 1 again.
They are great aren't they 👍
Wow! Watching this I was transported more than 30 years into the past. My first car was a 78 mini clubman, and hearing the gearbox made it seem like yesterday. I've had two original, and two new minis. Everyone should drive a mini at least once - then you will understand why they receive the love that they do. Super jealous that you got to drive it. Thanks for sharing. Till next time....
Great to hear. Thanks 👍
That video takes me back. I had a mini cooper back in the 60's, still miss it. That was great, thanks for sharing.
My pleasure 👍
Welcome to the world of classic mini!
Brings back memory's of mine, tweaked 1100cc engine 648 cam and side draught Webber and straight cut gears, great cars
Nice 👌
Best car I ever owned - '63 Mini 850cc gearbox with Austin 1155 bolted on to it - twin choke Weber and oil cooler. A little rocket.
Nice 👌
You’ve done it topped that splendid RS escort. With one of longbridge’s built finest cars the Mini 🇬🇧 👍👍
I built a replicate 25 years ago (still have it). Swiftune 1460cc A-series engined, JKD 5 SC/CR with a 3.1 FD plus disc brakes all around. Also short steering rack as well. It is a kick to drive and (according to my son, who is not allowed to drive it anymore) it will go past 100 mph.
LOL...an important test he did for you there 😂
I love Mini’s, wonderful cars, held onto mine so dearly. So much character and class. Brilliant
Keep your Ferrari, Lamborghini... Porsche....if I win the lottery,I'm hunting one of these down...I had a R.S.P. cooper when I was younger and I still miss it now ... Great video 👍
I have Ferraris, Porsches, Alfas...but I just Start restoring my 1st Mini Cooper S, can't wait....
love the sound of that gearbox, real mechanical sound
You OBVIOUSLY had a boatload of fun in that Mini, and I'm so jealous u got to drive my dream car! Awesome video, Ped!!!
I sure did 🙏
I had a 1071, wish I'd got it now. That sound brought back memories.
I’d love one 😬
Hi Peter, the smile on your face is priceless. All the the mechanical sounds you can hear it’s a car that will never be forgotten and I hope keep rolling off the the production line and if that should stop it will be a extremely sad day for the many and for the car industry as a whole. What a great video Peter. Best wishes Alan B 👍
Cheers Alan 👍
Love Minis.... keep em coming Mr. Ped.
Will do 👍
Great video, no mistaking that sound. Technology may advance in cars but nothing can come close to the character of the Mini or Escort so many smiles per hour than today's cars.
My mom, my brother and I all ownee or still drive a Mini Cooper, from an old Cooper S, the last River Mini Cooper to even a new Cooper S as the primary car besides them. They are fun to drive... The old ones are like a gokart for the road, fast and nimble and the noise is just an enjoyment.
I think .......but I maybe wrong You have the plastic window slider locks the early Minis had silver chrome slider locks My first mini was a 1962 850 export model it had Cooper trim ie Cooper seats chrome round the front windows and the window screen dash top had a black PVC covering basically it was all Cooper trim but the grill was the standard 850s After spending the first 2 years of its life in South Africa it was imported back to the UK in 1964 and in those days it way given a 1964 reg no ALV334B This model did have the metal window locks I loved this car after the fitting of a straight through exhaust it sounded a treat and with the rear windows open on the latch it was incredible. I spent a load of money on this car with Taurus tuning head and cam Wheels etc It looked like a Cooper but it wasn't and the onset of Ford Anglia,s with 1600 cc engines fitted it struggled to keep up .....So I then purchased a 1966 Austin 1257 s I kept it for a year but sadly it was an hydroelastic model and just didn't have the same handling ........I want my youth back ....those were the days
I love this sound of this tiny little car
Not very many channels have videos on mini's. Thanks for the content, keep up the good work!
I like to be a bit different 👍
In 1970 whilst working at a BMC Garage I was asked to be Co Driver in a Ex Works BMC Mini Cooper S, the garage owned, it didn’t have Twin Fuel Tanks as all Works Minis weren’t fitted with Twin Tanks and was an Optional Extra on road cars.
my first car was a 998 cooper reg wlx 455g in about 1985 , i have owned lot of fast cars since,but i will always love my cooper
Agreed about the straight cut gears which do sound business like. Presumably is the 1293 cc motor. Would be great to know the performance figures. Super video thank you
Just over 100bhp 👍
Cracking car & upload. That’s proper old school. Passed my test in a mini in the 80’s & owned one or two. Youth of today don’t know what there missing. No driver aids and very easy to work on. No complex electronic systems to go wrong. Brought back some good memories. More of the same please 👍🏻
That is my plan 👍
Very easy to work on.. are you mental 🤣
Andrew Fresen - Faster Health Well I guess that depends on the individual’s mechanical knowledge & capability
What a great little toy.
Oh yes 🙌
I know first hand what it’s like and you never get tired of it
My brother and I rallied the first mini to ever run the La Carrera Panamericana in ‘02, ‘03, 08. We had a proper engine built by Bryan Slark
WOW 👏
The genuine joy on your face when driving is a delight. What an awesome car....!
I enjoyed this one 😜
Loved seeing you driving the Mini, I have a Mini Marcos Full race with not only gears and drop gear but diff gears are straight cut the sound is unbelievable on the road, people stop and stare I know they think omg that’s knackered that poor car, then the twin Webber’s take over. 😂 I can’t wait for better weather to take her out on the road again. Thanks again for the video, Ps hope you are happy with the new car, my GP3 won’t be here till June now they say. 😉
Thanks Stephen. The new car is great and I am sure you will love the GP when it arrives 👍
A proper proper mini. My God, that took me back to 1973 when I bought a 1966 1275 Morris cooper s. Loved it
Hi, We must be twins! I bought my 1966 1275 Morris Cooper S in 1973, NAN 248D. It was the classic red with tinted windows, upgraded leather seats and went like stink from Northolt to Crawley every working day, thrilling. Still got a photo with my 1 yr old son, who's carry cot fitted perfectly in the back seat, he's now 48!! Finally had to get something larger, so got a Corsair V4 GT, loved that too.
I miss my old mini clubman ,made me smile so much this one
A salesman took us two highschool lads for a drive in a Cooper S. Christchurch New Zealand. WOW what a dragster !!!! :)
Now that's very special! Love it!
It sure was 👍
Great memories, got to love a Mini. like a lot of people my first car was a Mini. A Mini 1000. Back in 1978 cost more to insurer than the car was worth.
So in Love with that Mini!
Absolutely brilliant, took me back to my first & second Minis. Number one was a 1959 (676 AYU) in Farina Grey, bought it in 1968, spent evenings and weekends repairing the damaged front end. Number two was a 1963 Cooper (971 DF) in Almond Green/Old English White. There were several more to follow but those two will stay in my memory forever.
Have to admit I was grinning all the way through the video. Huge 👍🏻 to Ellis for sharing his awesome Mini.
Amazing 👍
Massive thx 🙏 to Ellis what a lad u are 👍🏻😎. My god Pete I just love watching your expression of pure joy when you get to drive history !!! The noise is epic, straight cut gears are like 2 stroke motor cross bikes just so on point and seem so old today !!🙏🇨🇦mate!!!
Glad you enjoyed it 👍
Excellent little car. Really enjoyed this vid.
Cheers John 👍
My first car was an early 70's 1098 cc Mini K (built in Australia) that I warmed up with extractors, twin SUs and a high compression head. Absolutely loved that car. I've never driven anything as responsive and visceral since.
Very cool!
You missed a trick, you should of had on the T shirt on that says “Right lads I’ve got a great idea” 😂👍
I actually had it on under my jumper. It was quite chilly that day 😳
What a fantastic car. Got to love the original Minis.
Such a privilege for you to be able to drive this one.
I am very jealous. The sound of the exhaust, gears and engine were fantastic.
Thank you for bringing us this one. 🙏👍
My pleasure 👍
Absolutely beautiful 😎 great video thanks for sharing. Driven a Mini similar 1975 on the Nürburgring.
One of my greatest experience. I wish had a cellphone 1970-1985 so many memories 😊
Once again thank You for this pleasure moment ☝️
Wowww.... nostalgia hits me because I grew up in a home where the classic Mini resides which me become a car guy or petrolhead... thank you for posting and I just subscribed!!!
Thanks for the Sub and welcome to the channel 👍
Wonderful
Man You are doing so well lived a dream not many people will ever ever have forfilled❤😢😅
👍
Greetings driver. A lil pearler of a car. Stunning condition. So much character, which the modern Mini encapsulates a bit, but ya can’t knock the original. A true Mini go cart. Love it.
Fantastic had a mark 1 Austin cooper S in the early 90s wish I still had it!
What a car love this
I rarely reveal this but, my Grandfather took me to the launch of the Morris Mini Minor and Austin Mini 7even in Truro. Not long after, I was with my father at Davidstow, where he was testing his Frazer Nash BMW and a friend of his was testing his Downton tuned Mini. It was the first really fast Mini I had come across and I was smitten. I was promised by the owner that, if your dad agrees, you can ride back with me. Dad agreed. Was I happy. That car could shift, and I still smile about that day, whenever I think of it. So the car I promised myself I would one day get, was not an Aston Martin or an E Type Jaguar, but a An Austin Cooper S. Oddly, I never did get an Austin badged variant, but I did get those sporting a Morris badge. As I commented in another PetrolPed Mini video, fast Minis have given me more fun than any other fast car I have ridden in.
That my friend is a work of automotive art. You can take it home.......for a not insignificant sum I imagine, lol. Straight cut gears were stronger, but boy were they noisy! Great video Pete, thanks for sharing it with us, cheers to your pal Ellis too.
Amazing replica , it is astonishing how close this Mini is to the original rally car in every detail & so much fun to drive with that visceral feeling , sense of occasion & direct connection that is not present in modern cars !.
Yep, sure is 👍
Sounds is beautiful 👌🚘
Such a special car, the mini is one of the most iconic designs ever, thank you for sharing this great video and your excitement is great to see!!
A very special car 👍
That was awesome !!
Oh wow. Sometimes you get an awesome video on RUclips. This is one of them which makes RUclips a good place to be. Thank you for sharing o7.
Wow...thank you ! 🙏
Amazing Mini Peter don’t think you can beat that 🚗
That was great, thanks to the owner also! One of the first cars I drove was a 1275gt back in the early 90's, wow, this brought back some memories! :-)
Always wanted one of those 👌
You Jammy Begger, what a Gorgeous Mini Cooper definitely one of the Best 👍❤️
That big kid is here again. Minitastic!
Oh yes 👍
Epic. I’m in love. Thank you 🙏
Me too 👍
Brilliant. What a car!!! That noise, like the RS2000, is what it’s all about. Thanks again for doing content like this. It really varies the Chanel which is great. 👍
Cheers Steve 👍
Best mini vid I've seen in years and years. I've had 8 classic mini's over the years and boy oh boy that one is on another level . Superb vid 👌 👏 👍 🙌 😀
Thanks 🙏🏻
Saw Paddy yesterday at the Gaydon BMC event and had a chat. He's still on the ball at 87.
OK, I admit I pushed the "thumbs up" button after 10 seconds. I knew this was going to be a great video. Now I have watched it, and I want to give it more thumbs up. Thanks for sharing. I got goose bumps from the sound. The gearbox is just marvellous. I drive an R53 which I love, but I dream about a Classic MINI 500 sport, in British Racing Green. The Classic MINI is such an icon in the car world.
Thanks 🙏🏻
The guy who built that car was British Saloon Car Champion in an 8 port 970 Cooper S
Mini rallied against Ford Falcon V8, Lotus Cotina, Porsche 911....
My dad had a Morris Mini Minor, the starter was a button on the floor and so was the dip switch for the headlights and there was a cord for the inside door handle 😊
Brilliant 👏
I'm glad these cars still have a great following, but I'm now in my early 70's and my first car was a Mini Van which was great for being at Uni, then I bought a Cooper and graduated to a Cooper S , but after a while you get fed up of driving around in a box and couldn't wait to get rid of it, so I bought an Austin 1300 GT which was as great to drive but so much more comfortable than the S, mind you I had the engine bored out to the same spec as the rally Minis 1293cc fitted a 731 cam, had twin HS4 carbs, the head was modified by Downton, so had all the fun of a Cooper S but with more space and comfort! Sold that after a couple years and bought a Dolly Sprint - I was growing up then!!
I bought my 1962 Mini 850 about 1967, fitted an 1100cc engine with 12G295 head etc. still have the thing. About the early 80's I bought my Dad a Vanden Plas 1300 (1100 body). Rebuilt the 1275 engine and gearbox, know what you mean about the comfort of the 1300GT, much quieter too, especially the VDP version. Silly me for selling the VDP 1300.