Sunday 26 June 2011

The Wolesley Hornet & Mini Riley—The Rolls Royces of Minis

The Wolesley Hornet, a more luxurious version of the Mini Cooper Classic, rolled off the production line in 1961.  From the years 1961 to 1969, 28,455 Wolesleys were built. Photo by Mark Fosh.
The Riley Elf, a more luxurious version of the Mini Cooper Classic, rolled off the production line in 1961.  From the years 1961 to 1969, 30,912 Rileys were built.  Photo by NAParish


2 comments:

NAParish said...

The vehicle in my picture above is a Riley Elf, not a Mini Riley. Nice cropping of my original pic, by the way!

TriniMini said...

Thanks, change made.