These two pictures were posted on Facebook recently but unfortunately I don't know whose photos they are, so do let me know if it was you. Interestingly, they show the Hamblin Mini Special that was made by New Zealand Mini racer Frank Hamblin in the mid-1960s. The car was supposedly raced with success, although Frank may have been just a little too enthusiastic on the day these photos were taken. It looks to me the front conversion was carried out in aluminium? Also: apart from Hamblin's name on the front wing I can also read: 'Tuning: XXX Charles Ltd". Who knows what should be in place of those X's?, I can't find anything more on it. Any more information is much appreciated.
Frank Hamblin start with number 78 in his streamlined and mildly chopped Mini
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Not much later the car looks like this... What went wrong? And what else do we know about it?
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