What Mini did they use in Italian Job?

Mini Coopers
The red MINI Cooper driven by Stella at the beginning of the film is a nod to the red Mini Coopers used in the original The Italian Job (1969).

How many minis did they use in the original Italian Job?

14 Minis
A TOTAL of 14 Minis were used in Peter Collinson’s 1969 film starring Michael Caine and Noel Coward (his last film). It was noted for its classic driving scenes up and down steps, from rooftop to rooftop and through the sewers of Turin (actually filmed in new sewers being laid in Coventry).

Where are the original Minis from The Italian Job?

But this is not the end of them. After bidding a cool £6,000 for bits and pieces of the cars in 2005 that fit into a mere box, 42-year-old Newcastle resident David Morton restored three cars to their exact film look and displayed them at the MiniFest in Staffordshire in 2011.

Did the minis modify the Italian Job?

Surprisingly not many modifications were made to the cars for their jaw dropping stunts. It’s normal for ‘movie’ cars to be heavily modified to cope with the strains of stunt driving, but because the Coopers were race bred, they were incredibly tough in all the right areas, as well as being extremely lightweight.

Why were minis used in The Italian Job?

The blue Mini is “LGW 809G”, and refers to the flight number that the gang would have taken had they been successful. “LGW” refers to London Gatwick and the flight number. Director Peter Collinson’s wife, Lisa Shane, appeared in all of his movies “for luck”.

Did they really destroy those cars in the Italian Job?

It’s a beautiful car, beautifully shot, in a beautiful location. The scene does come to an abrupt end, however, as the car winds up destroyed due to a nefariously placed piece of heavy machinery. Thankfully, the car wasn’t really destroyed. The filmmakers weren’t daft enough to destroy an actual Miura.

Did MINI sales increase after the Italian job?

So far, summer’s best product placement the too-cute Mini Coopers in The Italian Job didn’t cost the car company a penny. …

Where did the original Italian Job Minis come from?

According to the article, David Morton, a mini fanatic from Newcastle, had paid £6,000 for three cardboard boxes of odds n’ sods salvaged from the original film cars. ‘Only these three boxes came back to England’ David supposedly told the hack from the Mail, “there wasn’t much in them except for the lamp bars, bonnet straps and lots of small bits.

How old is Michael Caine in the Italian Job?

The Italian Job is 50, the Mini is 60, so let’s have a little knees-up to celebrate. So that’s exactly what Mini did. Ahead of a charity screening at the Mini factory in Oxford last night, two things happened. First, Sir Michael Caine revealed that he learned to drive on the film set.

Where are the locations in the Italian Job?

And as it so happens to be Mini’s 60th anniversary as well, we’re on our way to visit the iconic locations in the film in red, white and blue MINIs . Stop one is the Alpine road where the coach dangles over the edge, and navigating our way through Ceresole Reale is the first task.

Are there any replicas of the Italian Job?

No, the real story of how David’s trio of Italian Job replicas came to be sporting those ‘hero car’ number plates, had been lost in a melee of melodrama, sloppy fact checking and the Mail’s fumble for a clickbaity headline.