Visitors of the Maximum Mini display at the IMM 2016 in Belgium may remember a bright orange Barclay Mini Bug. This is a rare version of the Stimson Mini Bug built under a license in Holland (more here) and I thought it could well be the only survivor. Well, it isn't. The owner of the orange car, Andre de Wit, has now found another! It's not much more then a bare shell, but Andre is planning a full build/restoration never the less. He tells me: "The guy I bought it from, at one stage, had two of them together with his father. One of these had become so detoriated as it stood outside for most of its life that they decided to scrap it. This one does have a registration number and comes with all the necessary parts." Isn't that just great? Good luck with the rebuild Andre!
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The Barclay Mini Bug, a Stimson Mini Bug built under a license in Holland
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Andre's Barclay at the Maximum Mini display in 2016, together with Schmitt and Twinny Scamp
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That's Andre with his ultra rare Barclay that he restored over a period of time. His first!
Picture Jeroen Booij
And that's the second example he now has! It's just a bare shell, but all the parts to turn it into a car are there. What's more: it comes with a Dutch registration number, too
Picture Andre de Wit
Moulded-in Barclay Mini Bug name in his first car leaves no doubt about its Dutch origins
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...and the same name in the second car. Previous owner even had another but scrapped that
Picture Andre de Wit