We're trying to get out of the 60s, really we are! But when a SAMOAn from back then sends two classic photos like these how can they be left off the blog?!If Eric Meislahn ever owned a Mini it wasn't for long but that didn't stop him from being in the club. Eric probably identified with us Mini misfits since he was a bit of a misfit too, autocrossing a Corvair at the time.
The Mini is thought to be Jerry Everett's (later sold to Mike Howze) and it looks like Jeorge Patience at the wheel. Eric guesses that the photo was taken at a Northgate autocross in 1967 (shopping malls weren't open on Sunday back then). The other photo is of Eric sitting on the hood (trunk) of the famous "Super Skunk" that he autocrossed prior to starting a long road-racing adventure (including two trips to The Runoffs at Road Atlanta) with a Yenko Stinger.
Eric sends his regrets that he won't be able to attend the reunion in August (he'll be riding his bike to Vancouver, BC that weekend) but wanted to share these memories and let all his friends in SAMOA know he's thinking of them.
1 comment:
Ed, it doesn't look like the Penna car to me, I don't think it ever had fender mount mirrors (having personally sanded those fenders down to the metal) and the wipers park on the wrong side.
Unless of course he owned an earlier Mini prior to the one I have now.
Steve
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