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Christmas puzzle 2016
Since 2010 you can find the traditional Christmas puzzle here, so this is the 7th. With the Le Mans Mini Marcos still in my mind, this year's theme is... racing Mini Marcoses! Below you can see a...
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Happy 2017! Winners announced
Maximum Mini Find of the Year 2016: the 1966 Le Mans Mini MarcosPicture Jeroen BooijI have to admit that it's no big surprise that the Mini Marcos Le Mans car won the title of Best Find of 2016 with...
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Another Cox GTM to be resurrected
In one of the last days of 2016, Mk1 Mini Marcos owner Peter Skitt dropped me a line. Surprisingly it was not just about his Marcos this time, but about his latest project: a Cox GTM! It certainly...
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Le Mans filler cap: what is it?
Of the many reactions I received after having secured the Le Mans Mini Marcos, Tom Wiggers was the only who said he could help me with the car's huge fuel filler cap. Tom told me it was sourced from a...
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Metron designer speaks
It's always the best to get information from first-hand sources. And it's a bit of a break-through to find such a person that single-handedly designed and built a Mini based car, or more of them. But I...
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A look at Taka-Hira Minis
Another Taka Hira Mini countryman turned up recently in France, which made me take a dive in the archives to see what else was there. Have a look at some of the Minis that were converted by the...
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Your Cox and Heerey GTM projects
Reader Peter Skitt is not on his own, working on his Cox GTM. After I wrote about his project earlier this month (click here), a number of people followed, showing their Cox or Heerey GTM project...
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Kelley Special turns out to be Delta S2 Special
Faultless books do not exist, and I'm aware that my own books contain errors as well (not many, but still…). Fortunately, I have a loyal following of readers who correct me when I'm wrong. And Ray...
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Biota 'Mk1.5' for sale
Another Dutch Biota (more of them here) has made it to the market and this one is a bit of a hybrid. This car was sold new to Dutchman Robert Mellaart, who had his work experience as a young boy at...
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Action Day 4 is on its way
It seems quite far away from now, but the boys from Mk1 Performance Conversions have been busy organizing the 4th Action Day at Blyton Park yet. This time on Sunday April 30th. Oh - and there will be...
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Reptune Gullwings find new home after 50 years
The pair of Reptune Gullwings that Reptune instigator Dennis Prophet had kept since he built them in 1967, have now been sold. New owner is Gary Booker of Canada, who recently contacted me. The cars he...
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Just the ticket for the GTM's 50th: Racing Coupe
Simon Dewar contacted me for two reasons: if I knew something about the alleged racing past of his GTM Coupe. Secondly: if I knew somebody for it, as he's looking for a buyer. The Coupe in question is...
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More Taka-Hira Minis
My recent Taka-Hira posting, prompted readers to send in more photographs of known Taka-Hira Minis. Thanks all for doing so, and the result can be seen below. Enjoy the pictures and keep them coming!...
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Le Mans Mini Marcos - update
Just a little update on the Le Mans Mini Marcos project.First of all: thanks to everyone who contacted me in the last month or so regarding the car. I have now bought the first (rare) parts and have...
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1967 Le Mans car, spotted in South-Africa
A nice new photograph of the 1967 Le Mans Mini Marcos (not mine - more about this one here) was unearthed in South-Africa recently. It was taken during the Pietermaritzburgh 3-hour race of december...
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Old Sarcons never die - where is Al's Scarab?
Alastair Cox and his father owned a string of interesting cars, not just Mini based ones, and every time Al drops me a line it makes me smile. His latest email was about the ultra-rare Sarcon Scarab...
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Unipower at the Northern Racing Car Show
By now, we know all about the London Racing Car Show and the many Mini based cars that could be seen in Olympia. Click here for a series of articles about the shows. But how about the first Northern...
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Crash testing Mini derivatives
The news that Europe's car crash club Euro NCAP is 20 years old, made me wonder how many Mini based cars ever made it to an official block of concrete. The facilities at MIRA in the UK are much older...
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Historic Terrapin for sale
A unique Mini based racing car made it to the market: the Terrapin 5/SR that was also featured in Allan Staniforth's original 'High Speed Low Cost' book. Commissioned in 1970 by German architect Chris...
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Siva Buggy moulds turn up in… New Zealand
A remarkable sale was settled in New Zealand last month. For the princely sum of 167.51 NZ dollar, somebody bought a Siva Buggy project car with a spare chassis plus... a full set of moulds. The ad on...
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