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Postman Pat's car exists - and is Mini based
Ha, this is a good one! A real-life Postman Pat car based on good old Mini mechanicals. It was supposedly built for a landlord as an advertising vehicle some 25 years ago but has only been used for a...
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Mini - histoires inédites
Fortunately I am not the only person making books. My French colleague Enguerrand Lecesne is doing the same, focussing on racing Minis in France mainly. His latest book 'Mini - histories inédites'...
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Minis at Le Mans (in 2014)
Hang on, Le Mans Classic was there, last weekend. And there were three Mini based cars competing in this year's endurance race. The white/blue Mini Marcos from France that was seen there in the last...
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Mini Beach Car makes it to auction
With only fourteen made the chances of bumping upon a Mini based Beach car are limited, but visitors of the Quail Lodge in California will see one on 15th of August this year, when one of them comes up...
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Utilities flood fun market
There's a hoard of Mini based utilities currently flooding the market with plenty of fun cars on offer. Let's have a look at some of the cars advertised here.A nice Scamp Mk1 with no reserve in Crook,...
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Reader's cars: Chris' Townscars little and large
Chris Thomas, who runs the magazine for the Register of Unusual Microcars appears to be a fan of Mini based cars, too. He wrote to me about the soft spot he has for William Towns' creations: "I had...
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Eddie Collins shares some anecdotes
A while ago, I got in touch with Eddie Collins. What John Cooper was for the Mini’s performance, Eddie Collins was for its sheer opulence and celebrity appeal since he became the managing director of...
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More period shots of vanished Landar R7
Roger Simpson has some more information and pictures on the Landar R7 that was owned by Frank Aston in the early 1970s - previously described here as 'The Landar that disappeared' - see here. And he is...
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Minimach GT launch pictures emerge
Last week, I received a wonderful message from Francesco Gasparini of Italy. Francesco is a Maximum Mini fan with a soft spot for that unusual Italian Unipower GT clone - the ESAP Minimach GT. In fact,...
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The tale of the Mini powered Méan Sonora (3)
Some two years ago I tried to find out the whereabouts of a Mini powered Méan Sonora, built in an old Belgian castle. Despite ending up for a closed door when visiting the actual place, I found out...
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Phoenix Estate is much rarer then you'd believe
Gee, have I been looking for a proper Phoenix Estate for a long time! Eventually I found one (63 built - full feature, including interview with its creator in new book) but it didn't prove easy....
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Mystery closed coupe may become reality
It's been nearly three years since I posted about Andy Downes' modified Status Minipower chassis, which came with some intriguing scale drawings from a mystery company named ABH Design Group - see the...
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Mini makes maximum money - new owner speaks
You may have noticed that a Mini Beach car made a lot of money last week during a Bonhams auction in Monterey, California. The car - estimated at $70- 90,000 - was hammered down at no less than...
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Hrubons are everywhere in France
So you like the Hrubon Phaeton a.k.a. Schmitt, which has been featured in Maximum Mini 2? Good news then, as a whole bunch of them has come up for sale in France recently. All in good condition and low...
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Marcoses meet at Euregio 2014
It had been a decade since Marcoses united for the Euregio Meeting on the continent, but yesterday the event was revived after all these years. A string of Mini Marcoses, a few big Marcoses (Mantara...
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Maximum Mini 2 in reviews
Slowly but surely the reviews for Maximum Mini 2 drop in and I wanted to share some of it here with you. The current issue of The Automobile is my favorite so far, describing some thoughts that I can...
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Mystery Mini derivative (37)
This has been a while - no mystery motors have appeared here for some time. But the Mystery Mini derivative is back with a funny four-wheel steered creature which made a brief appearance in two...
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Driving a Scamp with blindfold
Ever drove a car with a blindfold on? I haven't but I understand you can if you like to. Just book a Team Build day with Mithril Racing and you can take place behind the wheel and trash a specially...
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Codford Mini - where are you?
Did I ever mention the Codford Mini here? I don't think so, which makes it about time. The car, built in and named after the village of Codford Saint Mary, certainly looked good. No surprise perhaps,...
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Dinky Inc. stocks Maximum Mini
I am proud to announce that Dinky Inc. is distributing Maximum Mini 2 in Japan. Dinky is a truly fantastic Mini specialist in Hamamatsu, run by the ever enthusiastic Naoki Ishizuka. Naoki has been...
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