The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Friday, April 28, 1995                 TAG: 9504280122
SECTION: AUTO WEEKLY              PAGE: H1   EDITION: FINAL 
SOURCE: BY MARY SCULLY
                                             LENGTH: Short :   34 lines

CARS CELEBRATE AZALEA FESTIVAL BRITISH VEHICLES WILL PARTICIPATE IN FESTIVAL PARADE, SHOW THIS WEEKEND.

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PETER D. SUNDBERG/Staff

John May and his 1969 Austin Mini Cooper S will be one of the cars

on display Saturday at NATOfest at Norfolk Botanical Garden. ``It's

been an immensely popular car,'' says May. ``More than 5 million

have been produced, and all are basically the same car that was

first made 36 years ago.''

JIM WALKER/Staff

Ivan Joslin, president of the Tidewater Region, Antique Automobile

Club of America, will show his 1961 Triumph TR-3A.

ERIC THINGSTAD

Jim Bathurst will bring his 1982 DeLorean. Bathurst often hears

children say, ``Look, it's the `Back to the Future' car!''

by CNB