After yesterday's flood of Mini Marcoses and Midases, now over to the rest of the Mini derivatives that made it to the International Mini Meeting in Lommel, Belgium. Quite an eclectic mix of Mini variants! Oh - and missed the show, but want the book? Then simply go here.
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Happy to have served you from my humble tent! On display some unique cars: a Barclay Minibug (left), the Twini Scamp (right) and a lovely little Schmitt behind
Picture Jeroen Booij
Mean Sonora BMC owner Louis Lempereur was one of many to buy the brand new
Maximum Mini 3 book at the spot.
Picture courtesy Louis Lempereur
Proud owner Dylan Doek with the unique Twini Scamp he is now almost finished restoring. There'a a 998 engine in the front and an 848 in the back, just like it was built by McLaren engineer John Hornby in the mid-seventies
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When the bonnets are closed the double rev counters and temperature gauges may give you a clue to its unusual mechanicals…
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And another proud owner… Andre de Wit with his Barclay Minibug. Andre knows his Dutch Mini derivatives. He is currently restoring a Dutch-built Siva Moonbug, too
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His Minibug could well be the only one surviving. A handful is believed to have been made, but I have never come across another with the Barclay name moulded in its bonnet. Nor has Andre
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The Schmitt is owned by Bart Vanreusel of Belgium, but I forgot to photograph him with the car. But here is a shot of it that I took some years ago in Antwerp. Thanks for attending Bart!
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Everyone who restores an early Jimini deserves my full attention. This one was just superb
Picture Roald Rakers
It came from Austria and was on display just two stalls from the Maximum Mini stand
Picture Roald Rakers
Mengers four-door Mini is one of three built by Dierk Mengers of Oldenburg, Germany. He was there, too, and collected his book from the Maximum Mini stand
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This nice convertible Mini is not a Crayford Mini Sprint, but a one-off built in 1968 in Bexhill, East Sussex. The owner's son and daughter both have several Mini variants, too
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If you look closely you may spot this car wears the same registration as the Jiffy pick-up featured in Maximum Mini 2. But then it's the same car
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It was converted into a Jiffy Romahome by its new owner Ivo Krul. And, yes, he spent the nights in it, too. Ideal for an International Mini Meeting!
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Dutch Domino Pimlico. It's only recently that I found out that these cars were actually built in The Netherlands, too. I think this is a British built one, though
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A Mini Meeting would not be complete without Chris Westgate and his Mk1 Scamp. No doubt he liked to see the Twini Scamp being restored!
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More Scamps made it over from the UK. Here a pair of Mk2s in panel van guise
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But this was an even greater surprise! A rare Scamp six-wheeler with unusual body modifications
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And talking about six-wheelers - Robert Asselbergh brought over his Stimson Safari Six project
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He's owned the car for some years now, but hasn't found the time yet to start its restoration. One day…
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A Phoenix Estate won't rust of course, but this one appeared to have done just that!
Picture Rolf Roozeboom
I missed it, but my old GTM Coupe came over to the IMM, too. Who owns it now?
Picture Rolf Roozeboom
And this Heerey GTM was spotted by everyone but me, too. Nice car!
Picture Thierry Quertain
Powder blue paint and Cortina rear light suit the car well, I'd say. Who knows more about it?
Picture Thierry Quertain
All the way from Austria in a GTM Rossa convertible. Well done sir!
Picture Thierry Quertain