{"id":491909,"date":"2011-07-01T13:00:40","date_gmt":"2011-07-01T20:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=33946"},"modified":"2024-12-27T01:26:10","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T01:26:10","slug":"mini-cooper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/mini-cooper\/","title":{"rendered":"Mini Cooper"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Among this year\u2019s anniversaries is that of the Mini Cooper. John Cooper and Alec Issigonis became pals while competing in British hillclimbs in the immediate postwar era. Issigonis had resurrected his Austin-powered Lightweight Special, a single-seater with a monocoque and rubber suspension, while Cooper was developing his 500-cc cars.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Issigonis could be a difficult man, he was a closet gay and that then was difficult, but he wholeheartedly approved of Cooper\u2019s pragmatic approach. 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