Saturday, 14 April 2012

The Flying Finn's Mini

The first of a pair of original Minis from Scalextric is this 1966 Morris Mini Cooper S which won the Monte Carlo Rally in 1967 driven by Rauno Aaltonen, the "Flying Finn".  A tiny yet highly detailed model:


The real car is now at the Heritage Motor Centre at Gaydon and here's a photo I took of it a few years ago:


And here's the real thing in action:


Aaltonen's son now runs an ice driving school and has a replica of the Mini Cooper - see it in action here or embedded below.

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