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    Sep 17, 2021 2 minutes
    John Dean

    TA 6906

    Model: 1961 Morris 850

    History: The oldest continuously-registered

    Mini in Tasmania

    When TA 6906 first took up residence with our family, it came with a variety of issues that I really should have sorted immediately. A year later, I’m ashamed to say that the windscreen wipers still struggle in the lightest of showers, the erratic speedometer continues to suffer from epilepsy and the but, for now, my most embarrassing admission is having driven our Mini about for so long without actually carrying a spare wheel in the boot.

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