It was a rave that took the world by storm

                                                                                       Attribution: DeFacto
Image: The Mini 1967 (here)

A cutie a beauty when it made its debut

A phenomena not expected

It was a rave that took the world by storm

Hank was extremely thrilled to acquire one 

in the late 60’s and it was even just a used model 

Financed through the limited stipend of a first job

It was a luxury of untold satisfaction then

Billed as a classic British engineering feat

Direct result to counter the then fuel guzzlers

Prompted by  the fuel shortage caused 

by the "1956 Suez Crisis"

A compact small car came into being

Made possible by having the engine block

“Transversed with a front-wheel-drive configuration

This space-saving layout allowed 80% of the

floor space for passengers and luggage”

This ingenuity made the Mini to be voted

in 1999 as the “second most influential car

 of the 20th century, behind the Ford Model T”

The Mini brought back lots of nostalgia of Hank’s

courting days with Shadah now Hank's loving wife

Note: One is 'to summon up memories 

of that first mode of transport, the one
that gave you the freedom to get from
A to B with no one else butting in'

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