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Kees Plugboer 1973 Mini 1000

was born in 1959, the same year that the Mini was launched. When I was 19 years old I bought my first Mini and I still drive one. Over the years I have owned a 1975 Mini Jubilee, 1980 and 1982 Mini Vans, 1972 Mini 1275 GT, 1975 Innocenti Mini Cooper

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