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Time flies. I find it really hard to believe that it's now three decades since Rover finally got wise to the fact that the world once more needed a Mini to reflect the car's sporting pedigree, and released the RSP, quickly followed by the 'mainstream' Mini Cooper. I'm old enough to remember the excitement about launch of these cars, the return of the Cooper name and the fact that here, at last, was a Mini that wasn't just a cheap runabout but had enough power to be fun and long enough legs to take on proper runs - home and abroad. True, there was nothing new about 1275cc Minis. When the factory had stopped, we enthusiasts had carried on building on our own. And thanks to the Metro, there was never a…