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Rotten Wood & Picketts resurface
Not one but two 1970s Wood & Pickett Minis have resurfaced recently, with both of them are in a pretty sorry state. First is a 1275 GT based Mini Margrave of 1974 in two-tone blue with lovely...
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Australia's Broadspeed GTS is getting ready for action
It had been months since I heard of Jono Morris, the intrepid Broadspeed owner of Australia who is working hard to get his car - the only Broadspeed GTS that made it to Australia - ready. But he's...
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Video: CCC Cox GTM bangs and breaks
Oh dear. Maximum Mini friend Nick Wilkins - who is definitely not afraid to use his gorgeous ex-Car & Car Conversions Cox GTM in anger - crashed the car last weekend at a rally stage held during...
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James Garner's Radford Mini was scrapped
Like James Garner himself (who passed away only months ago), his Radford Mini DeVille is no longer with us either, or so an anonymous reader from the USA knows. After I wrote about the car a while ago,...
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Back on track
That was a rather long silence on here, but all for a good cause. I have been traveling to see some splendid cars and meet their enthusiastic owners. The scene below is one of several I stumbled upon....
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Autotesting a Stimson Trek
One of the good things about a blog is that you can share lots more information than you can in a book. It's the main reason why I started these web pages years ago, and I shouldn't forget to dig out...
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2 Former Broadspeed owners call in
What a coincidence to get in touch with not one but two former owners of the same Broadspeed GT this week!First of them was Barrie Smith, who was a keen racing amateur at the time and bought the...
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Is this a prototype Scamp?
I am not sure, but the hulk of rust you see below may represent a very interesting piece of Mini-derivatives history. Ian Whitehead got in touch about it recently because he bought the thing, not...
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Arthur owned that Status Minipower
It's really nice to get in touch with people who have found these pages through searching for more information about a car they used to own. One of them is Arthur Bills, who came here looking for all...
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Mystery Mini derivative (38)
I still have quite a few mystery motors left in the files, several of which come in the shape of a 3-wheeler so let's post another one up here. This car was bought in the UK in 2007 by Dutcham Peter...
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Swiss Radford hatchback is still out there
Interesting pictures of a stunning Radford Mini de Ville with hatchback have been sent over to me from Switzerland by avid reader Christian Amhof. And it's the same car reader Graeme Farr spotted back...
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Mystery Mini derivative (39)
Believe it or not: this is my 500th post since I started this blog four years ago. And the very first was a Mystery Mini derivative (still unsolved!), so why not make the 500th again a mysterious Mini...
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Broadspeeds on paper
Look at this, some nice Broadspeed related paperwork. First there's the advertisement of a GT of Cheshire's garage, that former owner Barrie Smith promised to send over. The asking price of 1600 GBP...
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BMW museum shows derivatives in 'The MINI Story'
You'll have to admit that BMW, as Mini's current custodian, is doing rather well in keeping the flame alive. As a matter of fact they open an exhibition tomorrow in Munich's BMW Museum called 'The MINI...
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More Unipower GTs in need of TLC
They are not exactly barn finds, but two more Unipower GTs have been unearthed recently, and both of them are desperate for some tender loving care. The first of them - orange in colour - was stumbled...
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Another Mini Coupe - but what is it exactly?
Regular Stefan Sellin, who has shared some obscurities with me before, stumbled upon another unusual Mini: one that's been converted into a coupe. Just like the New ERA Mini, the Ecurie de Dez, the...
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From Germany with love
I had fanmail from Germany this week!Vera Domnick wrote to me: "I am a real fan of those thrilling Mini derivatives, especially since we own one ourselves! And exactly this kind of car is featured in...
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What is the Best Find of 2014?
It's about mid-December and over here that means we're making up which was the best find of the past year. Quite a few Mini derivatives were found in sheds, gardens and garages once more and I made a...
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Cox and Peel emerge from Yorkshire barn
2014 Is not over yet, but as you know my list with the 5 candidates for the title 'Find of the Year' has already been made (voting on right hand side of this blog please). I may have been too soon...
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Bitten by the Bison (9)
Oh lord, has it been long since we've heard of the CJC Bison project (click here for previous updates) and its intrepid and anonymous restorer! He's had a bit of difficulty with his (many) other...
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