![A big victory for the small car: 50 years ago the classic Mini won the Monte Carlo Rally for the first time. Paddy Hopkirk made the one-off British small car a motor A big victory for the small car: 50 years ago the classic Mini won the Monte Carlo Rally for the first time. Paddy Hopkirk made the one-off British small car a motor](https://mediapool.bmwgroup.com/cache/P9/201401/P90141926/P90141926-paddy-hopkirk-henry-liddon-in-the-mini-cooper-at-the-rallye-monte-carlo-1964-01-2014-600px.jpg)
A big victory for the small car: 50 years ago the classic Mini won the Monte Carlo Rally for the first time. Paddy Hopkirk made the one-off British small car a motor
![1964 Rallye Monte Carlo Mini Cooper S Hopkirk Liddon winner Poster by Yuriy Shevchuk - Fine Art America 1964 Rallye Monte Carlo Mini Cooper S Hopkirk Liddon winner Poster by Yuriy Shevchuk - Fine Art America](https://render.fineartamerica.com/images/rendered/default/poster/10/10/break/images/artworkimages/medium/1/1964-rallye-monte-carlo-mini-cooper-s-hopkirk-liddon-winner-yuriy-shevchuk.jpg)
1964 Rallye Monte Carlo Mini Cooper S Hopkirk Liddon winner Poster by Yuriy Shevchuk - Fine Art America
![MINI on X: "60 years later and this Classic Mini Cooper S with famous plates 33 EJB is still celebrating the mark it left on the racing world at the 1964 Monte MINI on X: "60 years later and this Classic Mini Cooper S with famous plates 33 EJB is still celebrating the mark it left on the racing world at the 1964 Monte](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GEmcoiLXUAAtk__.jpg:large)