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30/03/2020 1:10 pm
Autominologist residing in the Robin Hood County
Nottinghamshire England UK
30/03/2020 1:56 pm
In your fine images Chris, this "Mini-Wicker" appears to be showing off where it is "sheltering in place" at it's small home during the quarantine ! Those sales numbers of 282,000 are very impressive.
Topic starter
30/03/2020 2:21 pm
Thanks Mike and whilst I am in ‘lockdown’ I am finding time to ...
play once again with my toy cars and have fun using my camera gear.
Hope all is well with you and your family during this crisis.
Chris
Autominologist residing in the Robin Hood County
Nottinghamshire England UK
30/03/2020 2:39 pm
Corgi stickers
Love that GB sticker on the back of your Mini, Chris!
I had some of those sticker sheets from Corgi back when I was a youth, buying my precious Corgi Toys as funds permitted.
Many of my old Corgis still have the GB stickers and number plate stickers and registration stickers and whitewall stickers I applied decades ago.
Fun times!
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31/03/2020 2:33 am
Mini wicker trivia - I saw a picture of the 1:1 once.
It was owned by Peter O'Toole or Michael Caine, forget which.
BTW, mine has the same sticker bleed-through as yours Chris. Wish Corgi had used decals.
31/03/2020 4:59 am
Peter Sellers
With Britt Ekland as a lovely accessory!
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31/03/2020 6:35 am
Yes, that's who it was!
Topic starter
31/03/2020 11:35 am
Autominologist residing in the Robin Hood County
Nottinghamshire England UK
Topic starter
31/03/2020 11:39 am
John, fun times indeed. Corgi knew how to keep us busy by enhancing ...
our toy cars. Corgi issued five Accessory Packs and Pack A contained 66 assorted items including those GB plates and number plates.
Chris
Autominologist residing in the Robin Hood County
Nottinghamshire England UK
31/03/2020 12:41 pm
Graham Arnold
Graham was quite the character. He needed to be on his toes always, to keep a step ahead of the even crazier Colin Chapman!
Graham was very creative in marketing Lotus cars back in the 60s, keeping Chapman in Sterling and Dollars so Colin could throw the money into racing, in the days before overt sponsorship began to pay those bills.
Graham's writings on Lotus are enlightening, and entertaining.
I was lucky enough to spend some time with Graham when I briefly worked for Lotus Midwest decades ago. He kept us in stitches!
He had the marketing chops even before his Lotus days, as your story on the Radford Minis shows. Thanks for posting it, Chris.
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Topic starter
31/03/2020 1:23 pm
Autominologist residing in the Robin Hood County
Nottinghamshire England UK
Topic starter
31/03/2020 2:19 pm
But Harv, stickers were far easier to apply and one didn’t need water.
Autominologist residing in the Robin Hood County
Nottinghamshire England UK
31/03/2020 2:28 pm
Some humorous anecdotes from Graham, on his days at Lotus. He truly was a mad marketing genius!
https://lotuselan.net/wiki/The_Finest_Wine_in_a_Plastic_Bottle
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31/03/2020 5:18 pm
Excellent! Thanks for posting Chris & John.
Topic starter
01/04/2020 6:27 am
You are welcome Harv.
Autominologist residing in the Robin Hood County
Nottinghamshire England UK