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The Minis of Taiwan: Red Rover in Hsinchu Science Park
Apart from my pets one of the biggest things I miss from home is my car, a 1960 UK 850 Morris Mini. Unfortunately importing my mini to Taiwan is off the cards due to Taiwan’s regulations on not...
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Black Rover Mini in Longtan, Taoyuan County
It was about eleven at night and I’d just gotten off the phone to my girlfriend. I can’t remember what we were arguing about but it was something silly. What had me more annoyed than the argument...
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Red Roundnose Mini, Tucheng City in Taipei Taiwan
Most of the minis you see in Taiwan tend to be of the Rover variety that Japan made up until 1993. Not that there’s anything particular wrong with the Rover designs I just prefer the old English Mini...
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Beige Roundnose Mini – Taipei City Hall MRT station
I’d just come from getting a new passport organised at the Australian embassy near the Taipei City Hall MRT station, when I saw this little mini stopped at the lights; Dunno what year it was but it...
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Tweety the Mini Pickup in Longtan Township, Taiwan
One of my favourite minis so far in Taiwan sits outside a car repair place just outside the township of Longtan in northern Taiwan. As you leave through the south of Longtan on Provincial Highway 3,...
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Blue Rover Mini in Longtan Township, Taiwan
It’s definitely not a common sight to see a mini on the roads of Taiwan. Populated by scooters, buses, crazy buses and taxis, seeing a mini is somewhat of a rarity. Let alone two of them together! The...
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Red Mini (Mayfair?) in Dasi Township, Taiwan
I was riding the Long Haul Trucker through Dasi Township (大溪鎮, also written ‘Daxi’) in Taoyuan County late last year when I came upon this old but still respectable looking red mini. Sitting parked...
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Classic Mini in Zhongxiao Dunhua, Taipei
Of the minis that I’ve seen in Taiwan there’s been a distinct lack of what I’d say are classically preserved cars. Probably due to a combination of lack of parts, Taiwanese liking new and shiny,...
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Lovely Classic Blue Mini in Xinyi District, Taipei
There’s all sorts of Minis out on the roads of Taiwan, but not all of them catch your eye. Every now and then however, you see a Mini that stops your heart. I was walking through the streets of Taipei...
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The tissue Mini
Minis tend to pop up in all sorts of unusual places in Taiwan. Try to catch them as I may, it’s still not all that unusual for them to disappear as fast as they appeared before I’ve managed to snap...
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Green Roundnose Mini in Jhunan Township, Miaoli
I’m not too sure what’s going on with the cardboard there (protection from the moon? Or maybe it had been parked there all day), but I spotted this nice and tidy mini on a bike ride through Jhunan...
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The Nazis of Toufen Township in Miaoli County
I was riding my bicycle one evening through the sleepy township of Toufen in central Taiwan’s Miaoli County. Looking for somewhere to eat and taking the town my eyes were on the prowl and out of the...
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The birthday Mini
One of the things I missed the most about life back in Australia was my 1968 Morris Mini. Only a material possession I know but I think part of the problem was that when I got it, I quickly convinced...
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1967 Monte Carlo Rally Tribute Mini, Banciao
Unbeknownst to many the Mini has a rich history in motor racing. Of this, probably the most famous of all would have to be the Mini’s dominance of the Monte Carlo rally in the 1960′s. Dominating the...
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Dinner @ PS BuBu in TianMu, Taipei
Yeah so I have a thing for minis. Does that make me a ridiculously easy person to please? Probably, but who cares! On a recent birthday trip the girlfriend and I found ourselves enjoying a dinner at...
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Maroon Mayfair Mini in Paris, France
Had a family member send this one in whilst on holiday. Looks to be a nice tidy Mayfair Mini: Love the deep rich maroon color, as it goes especially well with chrome wheels (can’t really tell what...
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