10 Wild Facts About The Heist's '67 Mini Coopers - The Italian Job

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In the 1969 movie The Italian Job, the 1967 Mini Coopers played a key role, becoming one of the most iconic cars in film history. These Minis were chosen for their compact size and incredible agility, perfect for navigating through the tight streets of Turin, Italy, and performing daring stunts like driving across rooftops and through sewer tunnels. The production team modified the cars to handle intense jumps and rough terrain, adding reinforced features for safety, but the heart of the cars' charm and performance remained intact. Despite the heavy use and eventual destruction of most of the original Minis during filming, their legacy has continued to influence car culture, with fan replicas and tributes being built to honor their unforgettable role in the film. The Italian Job forever cemented the Mini Cooper’s place in pop culture as a symbol of fun, adventure, and high-speed precision driving!
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@DuckReach432 4 дня назад

The most fun chase movie after The Blues Brothers. I still want an original Mini Cooper because of this movie. Thanks for making this video - now I want to see the film again.

@CarStarz42 4 дня назад

😉👍

@mikeks8181 4 дня назад

Funny?! I want a Mini Cooper because; in the TV show CHIPS, Jon( Larry Wilcox) owned one! I knew that if he could fit in it then, I could! Unusual Cool Car?

@CarStarz42 4 дня назад

@@mikeks8181 Lol, never thought about that, but good point 😉

@CarlDraper 4 дня назад

i would put it above the Blues brothers but each to their own :D

@michaeledwards427 3 дня назад

@@mikeks8181I don't know how tall Larry Wilcox is but I knew a truck driver at work used to have an original mini who was 6 foot 7ins!!!! He said the look of amazement on people's faces when he got out of the car was brilliant!!

@grahambell4298 4 дня назад

The 'drainage pipe' stunts were actually filmed near Coventry in England where they conveniently just happened to be installing new mains sewage pipes.

@graemew7001 4 дня назад

Haha!! That's 2 Graham/Graeme's who were going to comment about that fact but you got there first!

@grahambell4298 4 дня назад

@@graemew7001 Although when fully reading the comments I noticed that somebody got there before either of us.

@graemew7001 4 дня назад

@@grahambell4298 Yeah I noticed that too, what none of us mentioned (until now) is that one ended up on it's roof as they'd either gone too slow or lost traction, driver was ok though. Mind, this may be an internet rumour and not true but, I did hear that somewhere.

@CarStarz42 4 дня назад

Indeed, I didn't word that right in the video; but was meaning that it was "portrayed" to be part of Turin 😉

@graemew7001 4 дня назад

@@CarStarz42 No worries sir, that's the joy of being a petrol/gear head, we can all throw in some knowledge and we all get something from it so it's fun. The guy who has the three replicas built using the original chassis plates and registrations ( to make them legal) lives about an hour from me.

@TryptychUK День назад

A couple of points, the engine shown at 1:18 is a modified 850cc engine with a Speedwell modification kit, which was an alloy cylinder head plus a twin carburettor layout and a twin-pipe silencer. It was basically designed to "soup-up" a standard Mini to Cooper S performance. Not sure why they didn't include front disc brakes as well. The other thing you missed was the running order of the cars in the film is ALWAYS red, white and blue, the exception being the replica enthusiasts who didn't bother.

@CarStarz42 22 часа назад

Observant 😉

@larryakre5942 4 дня назад

"..we are the 'Self Preservation Society'.." 😂 Thanks very much for doing an episode on this great movie & these iconic cars. Proud to say I have both versions on DVD & enjoy them regularly. Skål!

@CarStarz42 4 дня назад

You're very welcome and cool 😉👍

@dinoraoulquerci7274 3 дня назад

I really enjoy your video series and I couldn't wait for you to talk about "The Italian Job". This is the movie that made me fall in love with classic Minis when I was a kid, buy a Rover Sportpack as my first car and still use it today!

@CarStarz42 3 дня назад

Cool and glad you enjoyed it 😉👍

@machupikachu1085 4 дня назад

Man - those are some crazy stunts. I need to watch this film. Thanks for turning me on to it. Cheers!

@CarStarz42 4 дня назад

Indeed and glad to have brought it to your attention 😉👍

@TryptychUK День назад

Not seen it? *Jaw drop* You're in for a treat!

@KhaoticKalm 4 дня назад

I’m honestly pretty shocked to hear they didn’t have any engine mods.

@CarStarz42 4 дня назад

Me too, they seemed quite peppy! 😉👍

@TryptychUK День назад

As they said, they modified the sumps, because they hang quite low, and if you hit a big bump, you will smash the engine. I know, I did just that!

@KhaoticKalm День назад

@@TryptychUK I did that on my dodge charger too.

@desertliving3668 4 дня назад

I absolutely love this movie… and I don’t normally like british cara, but this movie is so fun!

@CarStarz42 4 дня назад

Same here, which is probably why I procrastinated on this one for so long before getting around to making it, but indeed the movie is full of talent, both automotive and human alike 😉👍

@pauljeffries 4 дня назад

One or 2 mistakes in this video, the main one is that the sewer/underground chase scenes were not filmed in italy, they were filmed in coventry UK.....the only surviving vehicle from the film is the E type jaguar (848 CRY) all of the mini's were returned to the UK and were destroyed after filming.

@R.Sole88109 4 дня назад

Sod the Minis,😜 what happened to the green Land Rover S2A 109?.

@CarStarz42 4 дня назад

ok, well I didn't mention the Jag as it's not a Mini of course 😉

@mccrackenphillip 4 дня назад

Note 5:25

@chrisevans1731 4 дня назад

Not quite right. The Aston Martin (Reg ELT 123), survived also and was a show car at Pedigreed Cars, Forres, Scotland for many years. The owner of the garage had a huge collection of classic cars but not sure what happened to everythibg after he died. If you watch the movie the cars that are bulldozed off the road are rolling shells only....no engines or transmissions etc

@CarlDraper 4 дня назад

one more mistake, the Minis only had 50hp 1275 engines, not 1300

@raychambers3646 4 дня назад

The "doors" scene was filmed at Crystal Palace Sports Centre grounds ,I worked there in the 80s .I saw the film when it came out at one of first t.he multi small screen cinemas in Soho .

@CarStarz42 4 дня назад

Cool 😉👍

@brianwood9913 День назад

It was actually Crystal Palace race track which was still in use at the time. It closed finally in 1974(ish). They left a bit of a mess on the top straight, I remember going there for a practice day (in a mini!) and the track staff were still trying to clean up.

@paulmcnamara2908 3 дня назад

British company Corgi has made lots of 60s Mini Coopers over the years! And I seem to remember having an Italian Job set from long gone Dinky Toys in the 70s! Awesome video by the way! One of my fave car movies!

@CarStarz42 3 дня назад

Cool and glad you enjoyed it 😉👍

@KJs581 День назад

A 66 Cooper S was my winter "get to work" car 1983 to 1992. Summer I rode a 1975 900SS Ducati. Handled like a go kart. Great.

@CarStarz42 22 часа назад

Cool 😉👍

@Ecosse57 3 дня назад

this film remains a favorite of mine and appreciate this video especially. thanks for all the work you put into these!

@CarStarz42 3 дня назад

You're welcome and glad you enjoyed it!

@TrailBlazerSS502 4 дня назад

The 2003 version was quite nice, but yeah, it paled in comparison to the original version that stood out even further.

@CarStarz42 4 дня назад

😉👍

@CamaroAmx 4 дня назад

The 2003 version lacked the charm of the original.

@TrailBlazerSS502 3 дня назад

@@CamaroAmx No one drove these cars better than Michael Caine.

@CamaroAmx 3 дня назад

@@TrailBlazerSS502 if you notice in the film, you never see Caine drive. It’s because at the time, he didn’t know how. The closest you get is Caine pulling up in the Aston.

@TrailBlazerSS502 3 дня назад

@@CamaroAmx WOW!

@baconsarny-geddon8298 4 дня назад

Classic car chase movie. I'd love to something on some less-known old car chase movies, like 1978's 'The Driver' with Ryan O'Neal, or the insane (illegaly filmed) chase in 'The Seven-Ups' (1973) with Roy Schneider.

@CarStarz42 4 дня назад

Indeed and those are already on my to do list for sure. Thanks 😉👍

@MrWill73 4 дня назад

Great video! Never knew much about the original Italian Job Minis👍

@CarStarz42 4 дня назад

Thanks and glad you got something from it 😉👍

@janofb 3 дня назад

For the 2003 remake, the modern mini's were all modified in a hanger at Whiteman Airport in Pacoima CA. When I was flying out of there, I would walk over to see how the work was progressing for a few months before the movie was made.

@CarStarz42 3 дня назад

Cool, yeah being larger and heavier, they probably need a lot of modding so they didn't fall apart.

@StevenWard-uk3ti 4 дня назад

I love the minis but I have to mention the Harrington legionnaire coach only 58 where made so very rare the one from the film was unfortunately scraped in 1990 in Scotland

@CarStarz42 3 дня назад

Interesting

@TryptychUK День назад

They used one to create a full sized Thunderbirds FAB1.

@jamesthompson8008 4 дня назад

Excellent subject matter here, man! Very glad to see this, as any info on these HAD to be extremely hard to come up with. Another ICONIC movie, that made a seriously memorable impact in childhood. Thank you!

@CarStarz42 4 дня назад

Thanks and glad you enjoyed it 😉👍

@barrycuda3769 4 дня назад

Iv'e watched The Italian Job many times, but only the first few minutes for the Miura .Maybe I should check out the rest of it for the Italian scenery.

@itsmephil2255 4 дня назад

The film itself it's pretty bad.....but the chase at the end is the best part

@barrycuda3769 4 дня назад

@@itsmephil2255 The presence of Michael Caine is never a bad thing.

@itsmephil2255 4 дня назад

@@barrycuda3769 very true to be fair

@CarStarz42 4 дня назад

Indeed 😉👍

@barrycuda3769 4 дня назад

@@CarStarz42Perhaps you could do a video on another European movie ( French) "A man and a woman " 1966 .The car stars are , GT40, '66 Mustang GT coupe , ''66 Mustang convertible ( maybe they were '65,s ?) the driving in the racing scenes was done by well known French racing driver Henri Chemin , who was a Ford of France driver in Mustangs, and later on for Chrysler/Simca in a '70 Hemi Barracuda, which Iv'e heard was the car of either Swede Savage , or Dan Gurney in the 1970 Trans Am series ( with the 304 ci engine replaced with a Hemi) .

@1928ModelA1931 4 дня назад

Of note: the sewer scenes were filmed in Coventry England and the Minis during these scenes have extra aux. lights up front. What the scene closely and you can see the extras.

@CarStarz42 4 дня назад

Yeah, I noticed that too, but only for that one scene though oddly.

@markgadsby5568 2 дня назад

Can’t believe they scrapped all the Mini Coopers!

@CarStarz42 23 часа назад

Indeed and a typical fate for many a movie cars.

@jeffruebens8355 4 дня назад

It would be fun to own a 1967 Mini for a few days of driving on country roads at 70 degrees outside. However as a daily driver a modern Mazda Miata MX-5 has air conditioning and is much safer in a crash, and is a convertible. Easier to find parts for too.

@CarStarz42 4 дня назад

Indeed 😉

@captlazer5509 4 дня назад

A family member of mine was restoring a Mini in the late 70's. The floor boards were almost completely rusted out, and at the time, there were after-market fiberglass floor panels for the Mini that could be glassed in. It worked thou I wouldn't trust that. Another great episode! Thanks.

@CarStarz42 4 дня назад

Cool and thanks much, glad you enjoyed it 😉👍

@Fabulousprofound168 2 дня назад

I read elsewhere that during rehearsals for the sewer scene, on of the stunt drivers managed to do a 360 degree loop off camera. Unfortunately when they tried to replicate it again, the stunt driver ended up crashing badly and it was not attempted again for the movie 😔

@CarStarz42 2 дня назад

Not quite, Remy confirmed that they got very close, but considering the low speed and traction issues with the water and imperfect design of the pipe, it simply physically wasn't possible unfortunately.

@Dancing_Alone_wRentals 4 дня назад

Fantastic video! It is like a good song.....I can play it through over and over. tHanks for the video

@CarStarz42 4 дня назад

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it 😉👍

@diydave3034 3 дня назад

For the scene where the Minis come down the stairs, the director secured permission to bring ‘macchina’ ,(generic Italian word for machines), through the building and down the stairs. The building owners were not happy when they realised it was 3 cars!

@CarStarz42 3 дня назад

Indeed, I heard that in the 40th anniversary documentary when I watched through it on my Blu-ray 😉

@Cowboy1138 4 дня назад

The movies chase footage was later reused in the second episode of MacGyver: "The Theif of Budapest"

@CarStarz42 4 дня назад

Indeed 😉

@Brookspirit 2 дня назад

You can buy slot car versions made by Scalextric. Corgi also made a boxed set that includes the coach.

@CarStarz42 2 дня назад

Nice 😉👍

@fatbelly27 День назад

The 1967 Cooper S engines were 1275cc and produced 76bhp from stock

@CarStarz42 22 часа назад

Converting to liter, we round it up, here in the US anyways 😉

@georgejohnson7591 13 часов назад

@@CarStarz42 Most engines you would round up. But the 1275 was always referred to as the 1275, never a 1300

@charlesdalton985 4 дня назад

Excellent details as always, thank you. ~ Chuck

@CarStarz42 4 дня назад

Thanks and glad you enjoyed it 😉👍

@andrebartels1690 3 дня назад

My first car was a 1977 British Leyland Mini 1000 with 34hp. It was so fun to drive. Should have kept it.

@CarStarz42 3 дня назад

😉👍

@kerrypierre9494 4 дня назад

Another great episode bro, I would love to have one of these classic minis. Please keep the cool vids coming. 👌👍🔥

@CarStarz42 4 дня назад

Thanks and glad you enjoyed it 😉👍

@jeffskillman6161 4 дня назад

Scalextric also produced a limited run of 4,000 box sets containing 3 accurately modelled Minis from the film.

@CarStarz42 3 дня назад

Nice 😉👍

@johncoates1376 4 дня назад

Great video , a company called CORGI/VANGAURD made a couple of set's in one set you got the three mini's ,a jag e type plus the famous truck from " blow the bloody door's off scene.

@CarStarz42 3 дня назад

Thanks and indeed 😉👍

@WristwatchAddiction 4 дня назад

Fantastic upload! Always loved the mini in its original form (and now in its BMW owned form too). The remake made me fall in love with the cars (as Charlize Theron drives an original as her personal car in the film) & made me search out the original film which is fantastic!

@CarStarz42 4 дня назад

Thanks much and indeed 😉👍

@rbostrom День назад

I had a 1981 mini city in the lare eighties early 90's. Loved it had a 99 copper S in the early 00`s too fast

@CarStarz42 23 часа назад

😉

@Markycarandbikestuff 4 дня назад

Always wonder why Mk1 Mini's were used and not Mk2's, the Mk2 came out in 67 the film was made in 69, the cars were on a UK 1969 "G" reg but these are well known to be fake registrations.

@CarStarz42 4 дня назад

True, not sure either on that.

@GuyChapman День назад

My original Mini was welded up by the set welder on the film. He bought the Land Rover, if memory serves.

@GuyChapman День назад

The stair driving was a modified model with a Landcrab engine and limited steering, with a steel plate under the engine.

@CarStarz42 23 часа назад

Cool 😉

@shankarbalan3813 День назад

The cars are lovely. I loved both the films though the older one was definitely better. I have two sets of the Greenlight Models. And a real R56 Mini Cooper S which I love to drive. Im a bit of a MINIAC in that sense….

@CarStarz42 22 часа назад

Cool 😉👍

@annareismith6843 4 дня назад

My father had a Mini Copper when we were over there stationed in Dunoon Scotland as my father was in the US Navy. And I nearly died many times in one of those as father love to drive fast like in the movie on the small dirt roads of Scotland. One time, I yelled go faster daddy faster over and over, and he shifted and put foot down on the gas. The gear box exploded, and the car came to a stop fast causing me as a 2-year-old child to fall forward and a bolt nearly went thought my head missing me and there was a hole in the roof of the car where it went right through like a bullet. If I had not moved because of the car stopping, it would have killed me.

@CarStarz42 4 дня назад

Yikes!

@FlyingDarkLord День назад

"...known for their reliability..." 🤣😂😆

@CarStarz42 22 часа назад

😉

@stevethegreasemonkey 4 дня назад

Interesting video about the minis. What i was wondering how did they waterproof the ignition system for the river driving scene as minis didn't like water

@CarStarz42 4 дня назад

Not sure, but my guess is the added chassis protection might of redirected the water away a bit perhaps?

@stevethegreasemonkey 4 дня назад

@CarStarz42 maybe I know if you drove through standing water on the road, they could miss and cut out. A nother bit of useless information the shirt fitter from near the beginning of the film. Simon dee was my wife's uncle

@grahambell4298 4 дня назад

@@CarStarz42 You could be right. Problem with the Mini was that the transverse engine put the distributor at the front right behind the grille, so heavy spray would soak the HT system and cause it to short out. One solution was to fit a deflector plate behind the grille to keep the spray off the distributor. Other solutions involved lots of WD40 or sticking a rubber kitchen glove over the distributor with the leads coming through the ends of the fingers...

@CarStarz42 4 дня назад

@@grahambell4298 Fun, fun, lol.

@cmartin_ok 4 дня назад

@grahambell4298 The washing up glove was a popular solution in the UK

@craigwalker4211 2 дня назад

The reg numbers refer to things In the film HMP is Charlie's prison id Her Majesties Prison,LGW the return flight number London GatWick,, & I can't remember what OGF IS, there's been several RC groups of minis & the coach. There's also an amazing recreation of all the major vehicles in hand made 1/32 slot cars on RU-vid.

@CarStarz42 2 дня назад

Nice 😉👍

@SaltimusMaximus 10 часов назад

The reg numbers weren’t real UK registrations at the time of filming, the company that recreated the cars negotiated with the Licensing Agency to get those plates issued as legal to use on the road

@badhombre9820 3 дня назад

67 Plymouth Belvedere GTX competition 🍊from the movie Joe Dirt.

@CarStarz42 3 дня назад

I do have that one on my large to do list as well and already covered the fake Daytona Charger in it 😉

@ChrisTheAspergerGuy 4 дня назад

I should see this movie at some point. I've only seen the remake. Speaking of, could you do a video about those Minis too?

@CarStarz42 4 дня назад

Yeah, I'll get to the remake at some point too. Thanks 😉👍

@ChrisTheAspergerGuy 3 дня назад

@@CarStarz42 You're welcome. Sounds good.

@denmerc3505 3 дня назад

Pretty shore cooper s engines were 1275 cc ,I owned 2 in 1968 Australian model Morris Cooper S

@CarStarz42 3 дня назад

Yep, I rounded up which is typically what is done when stating in liters 😉

@TryptychUK День назад

@@CarStarz42 It's not that, it's because in UK you pay more road tax depending on engine capacity. So say, £100 up to 1299cc, £150 for 1300cc and so on. So manufacturers would slightly underbore to ensure the cars would stay in the lower tax bracket. Plus, after a bit of wear they would be almost 1300 anyway.

@CarStarz42 23 часа назад

@@TryptychUK Interesting, one of many reasons I would never live there, the more I hear about the UK, the more it's starting to not sound like a free country, at least automotive wise 😬

@TryptychUK 14 часов назад

@@CarStarz42 Brits are not as reliant on vehicles as Americans are. We have good public transport for one thing. Road tax has been around here since before cars were invented, to pay for the upkeep of roads. Bigger vehicles cause more damage, hence the scaled price.

@CarStarz42 14 часов назад

@@TryptychUK Yeah, part of our general taxes go towards roads and such as well; I just meant vehicle or vehicle engine size are not a factor, just seems odd to me to be penalized, so to speak, just for choosing a certain engine option on a car.

@sidvee 5 часов назад

Thanks great video. It was a great movie but as a mini enthusiast, the New Zealand film "Goodbye pork pie" was better much much better

@CarStarz42 3 часа назад

Thanks, glad you liked it and I'll have to look into that 😉👍

@krzhands День назад

Do the Chevy Lagune/chevelle from “Driver”

@CarStarz42 23 часа назад

It is indeed already on my very long to do list, thanks 😉👍

@jjmac3561 4 дня назад

There are 1/18 scale red white and blue Austin Mini Cooper S cars from Kyosho that are very close replicas but wrong wheels and GB stickers on the bonnets. Probably to get around royalties. You showed a clip of a mini with a Speed well rocker cover which would have been a modified car but not a movie car. The 3 Replica cars are well done but just use the previously unused number plates which were not actually issued at the time of filming. Each plate represents a part of the story in the movie.

@CarStarz42 4 дня назад

Cool and indeed 😉

@Leee367 4 дня назад

Hi again I've always a mini cooper Also I'm pretty sure the claim of there being at least 30 of them is people getting them confused with the ones used in the remake from 2003

@CarStarz42 4 дня назад

Hi and most likely.

@99dsm1 4 дня назад

Ray's whaletail riviera from due south? Not a big fan base but a beautiful car

@CarStarz42 4 дня назад

I'll add it to my big list of ones to look into, thanks 😉👍

@claytonthomas1980 4 дня назад

Great video, but I must admit that it's quite disappointing that the original mini Coopers that were used couldn't have been saved and be put in automotive museums so that they could be admired by everyone,even the hero cars themselves for sure, just disappointing in my opinion but cool video as always and great job making it.

@CarStarz42 4 дня назад

Thanks much and indeed, like so many others; they just rarely see the significance of screen used vehicles in the heat of the moment and regret not preserving them later on.

@claytonthomas1980 4 дня назад

@@CarStarz42 no doubt about that point but still disappointing as well, but I will admit that those mini Coopers would have been great looking at a museum though, such an unfortunate consequence for sure.

@JLCmike4014 4 дня назад

Suggestion for an upcoming video; do the deathmobile from the movie animal house.

@CarStarz42 4 дня назад

I do indeed already have that one on my very large to do list. Thanks

@johnfeliciano585 4 дня назад

Can you do Mike's Ferrari 550 and 575 Monarallo?

@CarStarz42 4 дня назад

I'll add it to my mega list of ones to look into, thanks 😉👍

@costum04studio84 4 дня назад

finally

@CarStarz42 4 дня назад

😉👍

@badhombre9820 4 дня назад

Bad Ass as usual.

@CarStarz42 4 дня назад

Glad you enjoyed it 😉👍

@badhombre9820 3 дня назад

@@CarStarz42 Mustang from POINT BREAK.

@CarStarz42 3 дня назад

@@badhombre9820 I do indeed have that one on my large to do list as well, thanks 😉👍

@itsmephil2255 4 дня назад

Stereophonics did an homage to The Italian Job in 'pick a part that's new' music video

@CarStarz42 4 дня назад

Interesting 😉👍

@itsmephil2255 4 дня назад

@@CarStarz42 they used Red, White and green cars though.....colour of the Welsh flag

@lesklower7281 3 дня назад

Those three Mini Cooper travelling in convoy carry the original number plates of the three original Mini Coopers in the original Italian Job and l thought the remake was crap compared to the original after the original Italian Job was made by the Brits and the second poor attempt by the Americans

@CarStarz42 3 дня назад

I suppose, I guess most folks who like Mini Coopers in general, like the remake, I'm not a compact car fan myself, but I do certainly respect the wild stunt work of the original film in particular though 😉👍

@lesklower7281 2 дня назад

@@CarStarz42 ln Australia there are a lot of reasonably small 4 cylinder cars hatchbacks from Toyota Honda Mazda and Suzuki infact we own a Suzuki Baleno with a 1400cc 4 cylinder engine which us slightly bigger than the Suzuki Swift and in Australia there are plenty of four cylinder cars around

@milfordh.mercado2787 4 дня назад

'You are supposed to blow the doors off armor car not the hole armor car 😅' i know that's not part of the plan but at least they got the gold 😅😅😅 anyway with this video is nice ( but very late upload my friend) on the Italian job mimi's really helps put to sleep those important facts on all the cars and stunt teams work as i didn't watch the original movie but remake instead so thank you for all the effort, time and commitment on this channel so see you later bye now. P.S. Hey CarStarz you that time is spooky season coming buddy so are you ready or not.

@CarStarz42 4 дня назад

Lol, and indeed that season is coming up fast, just doesn't feel much like it is yet since the temps don't seem to be going down yet. Thanks 😉👍

@milfordh.mercado2787 4 дня назад

@CarStarz42 you too dude 🫡.

@kavinskysmith4094 4 дня назад

This ironically is where I dont know anything, as I thought they were just normal mini cooper S's, now I see what Michael Caine ment when he kind of dismissed the new ones as being too posh, as he didnt get his driving licence until after the ipcress files would you believe, and austin was kind of a base brand, so this little thing was cheap, funny and sporty while the new ones are made by BMW, and kind of have a mixed rep, their reliability in particular seems to be questionable as I always liked this little thing, just an honest fun little car also the Miura and the Aston are well worth doing videos on, same with the Jag the Miura in particular is an odd one as because of the film, either through a filter they put on, on purpose to change its color to hide its identity given what they were doing with it, or just by accident its not red and gold, its actually lobster orange red, and either through the filter or the trim it had on it at the time it looked gold, when it was silver as literally what you saw was the car on its way being delivered to its new owner, while being used for the film unbeknownst to the owner, and they used a stand in chassis with some junk panels on it for its crash in the tunnel and I still cant believe that is the same car, as it just doesnt look right also the aston got saved by a bad pyro technic, thus getting them to use a lancia flaminia gt for its crash scene and I half wonder if maybe Sir Sean Connery was a fan of the film, given his only real DB5 was rigged up almost to match his in the film, granted as a coupe with no mirrors and he was friends with Michael Caine from the Zulu Days

@CarStarz42 4 дня назад

Lol, indeed on all points there 😉

@matthewwhite7663 4 дня назад

The inline 4 cylinder engine must have been converted to rear wheel drive.

@CarStarz42 4 дня назад

Yeah, it's a bit of a funky setup, but then again it's a fairly funky and unique car all around, lol 😉

@SteveDull 4 дня назад

Nope - all standard front wheel drive.

@CarStarz42 3 дня назад

@@SteveDull I always assumed they were RWD myself, considering the era they were made, but yes, they are FWD indeed. I never had much interest in small foreign cars like these honestly, so I never looked too deep into them.

@davidjones332 2 дня назад

@@CarStarz42 The Mini was the first really successful FWD car, which accounted for its rallying success. It had a very ingenious and compact transverse engine design whereby the gearbox was in the sump and ran on the engine oil, a system later used in other BMC cars. The gearbox case was cast aluminium, hence the need for a skid plate under the engine.

@CarStarz42 2 дня назад

@@davidjones332 Thanks for filling us in and that's cool, making this video and learning a bit more about what these cars have achieved has certainly given me a greater respect for them 😉👍

@liberals_destroy_everythin2497 4 дня назад

Another EXCELLENT video. I guess I knew about the original movie when I saw the remake, but my life was probably too chaotic about then for me to check it out. Thanks for putting this together!

@CarStarz42 4 дня назад

Thanks much and lad ou enjoyed it 😉👍

@jimhaines8370 4 дня назад

Back in the day 1300 BMC motor was better know as the 1275 and Cibie lights are pronounced CBA I used to sell them

@CarStarz42 4 дня назад

😉👍

@itsmephil2255 4 дня назад

They were 1275cc like the 1275GT clubman not 1285

@jimhaines8370 4 дня назад

@@itsmephil2255 you are right typo on my part

@itsmephil2255 4 дня назад

@@jimhaines8370 I'm a nerd 😂😂😂

@foolishwatcher 4 дня назад

For anyone interested in exceptional model builds, check out "A4 Garage". This Korean guy starts with standard 1:24 kits, but modifies and details them heavily, so that all doors, hood and trunk can be opened and makes a lot of parts from scratch. He also built a Mini based on the mentioned Tamiya kit. Absolutely insane work!

@CarStarz42 3 дня назад

Sounds very cool indeed 😉👍

@mccrackenphillip 4 дня назад

What some miss is @ 5:25

@CarStarz42 4 дня назад

😉

@dk-dr4yl 4 дня назад

11 fackts. a chase scene used in the 1980s TV series MacGyver in one of the episodes

@CarStarz42 4 дня назад

Yeah, that was a "backup" fact in my mind if I couldn't find enough, but it worked out 😉👍

@alanm6454 3 часа назад

I remember visiting my cousin in Surrey who had a scrap yard and he showed me a blue mini cooper that he got from the studio. He told me that he often got a call to go and clear out various types of scrap that were damaged or no longer required. One day, he said, the mini Cooper was included and that he was told it was from the movie and that after the movie it was used around the studio as a runabout. This would have been about 1973. I'm not saying that he was telling me the truth but the car was certainly a cooper and had all the markings as the cars in the film.

@CarStarz42 2 часа назад

Interesting and quite possibly, as mentioned in the video, they were still around for awhile before "eventually" being scrapped.

@SaltimusMaximus 10 часов назад

I saw an interview with someone on the production team, they said they had rented a garage which was packed with stuff including mini lite wheels, can’t remember if he said there were any cars in it, but he said when they finished they just left everything behind in the lock up. That other version of the film made a few years ago was absolutely terrible and not worthy of being called the Italian Job. My friends all loved this movie and we said when we got our driving licences we would get red white and blue mini’s, I got a blue 1968 mini, the others let me down 😔

@CarStarz42 3 часа назад

Interesting.

@karinnesantos8685 7 часов назад

Do mr Beans Mini Cooper and the unknown driver's Blue Reliant Regal supervan

@CarStarz42 3 часа назад

I do indeed already have those on my very long list of ones to look into, thanks 😉👍

@davidbramley6730 22 часа назад

filming was done at Stoke Aldermore in the Stow Valley duplication sewer system near where i lived in Coventry. The camera car was a Minimoke.

@CarStarz42 14 часов назад

People have mentioned a couple different locations at this point on here, but in the video anyway; I just meant within the context of the film it was portrayed as being part of Turin.

@Mariazellerbahn День назад

Regarding large models ... Marks and Spencer released 1;10 scale radio control versions of the red and blue Italian Job Mini's. They were available on a "buy two, get one free" promo so you could buy an extra to paint white. They were either 27mH or 40mH dependant on colour so if you bought six (pay for four) you could have two sets with each set of three being controlled as one.

@CarStarz42 22 часа назад

Cool 😉👍

@shanethrelfall416 15 часов назад

I can see why they cut the dancing Mini scene It is great an all but it doesn’t go with the pace of the movie at all

@CarStarz42 14 часов назад

Indeed

@dungbetel День назад

PS: A shout out for the Ford Thames van - a workhorse of the 60s and they went a bit too!

@CarStarz42 22 часа назад

😉👍

@GabeByrd-j7q 6 часов назад

I’m happy you are still going!!!

@CarStarz42 3 часа назад

Thanks and me too 😉

@ringo4419 6 часов назад

Why are you calling it the heist?

@CarStarz42 3 часа назад

If you haven't seen the film, the whole plot was a group of guys that robbed gold from a bank truck 😉

@andyblyth923 8 часов назад

Never knew this existed 🎉🎉

@CarStarz42 3 часа назад

Glad you're aware of it now as it's pretty cool 😉👍

@1953Stephan 22 часа назад

The Chase scenes from this movie were used in the season one episode 3 of the 1985 TV series MacGyver "The Thief of Budapest" the scenes were used right down to the Drainage pipe chase , Check it out

@CarStarz42 22 часа назад

Indeed and I think you're the third person to mention that now 😉

@1953Stephan 20 часов назад

@@CarStarz42 I didn't Realize that! I enjoyed your Count down just the same

@CarStarz42 14 часов назад

@@1953Stephan 😉👍