The Italian Job Rozzer is working. This is an inside joke since the Mini has front-wheel drive and does not have a rear differential. In the early 1960s, front-wheel-drive cars were new and asking a car mechanic to repair a Mini's rear differential was a popular snipe hunt. Gold cost $38.69 per troy ounce in 1968, so four million dollars in gold bars would have weighed about 3200 kg (7000 lb), requiring each of the three Minis to carry about 1070 kg (2300 lb) in addition to the driver and passenger. Since a 1968 Mini only weighs 630 kg (1400 lb), each of
The Italian Job (charity event) Other vehicles that were featured in the original film, or their modern derivatives, are also eligible to participate. The event was started in 1990 as a result of Freddie St George discussing the Beaujolais nouveau Run, while sharing ""a dish of pasta and a bottle of new Beaujolais with friends in an Italian restaurant [Topolino] in Brighton."" Freddie ""had a better idea."" That idea was to drive to Trento, Italy to bring back the Novello, the first Italian wine of the season, within 48 hours. ""It was Freddie’s mother, Giulia St George, who suggested they should turn it into a