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Magenta goes rallying
Remember the works-Lightspeed Magenta that was entered in the London to Sydney Marathon back in 1977? Its builder and driver Philip Young passed away, but the car survives and was reunited with Magenta...
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The Nevill's Landar R6 - now in pictures
It's almost two years ago that I posted about the Landar R6 of Graham Nevill's dad Gordon Nevill. Back then, Graham sent me some great film footage of the car in action back in 1973 (see it here)....
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Market round up (winter 2018)
Another look at what's on the Mini derivatives market right now. Most of the cars seen in the selection below are for sale at the moment, although some may have been sold by this time. Any good winter...
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Classic Mini Coupes
There have been several coupe variants on the classic Min saloon now. I thought it would be nice to see all of them together. So... left to right:Top row: New ERA Mini Coupe, Buckle Monaco, Ecurie de...
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Gecko's never die
Found in rural Oxfordshire and photographed by Tim Green: an Autobarn Gecko that's slowly becoming one with the nature surrounding it. Will it be too far gone or was the Gecko really the toughest of...
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Cox at Croft
Sabre Sprint owner Ron Palgrave dropped me a line about his car and mentioned, in between the lines, that he had two old photographs, too, taken at Croft in the late 1960s. The first of them is shown...
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Deep Sanderson for sale at Rétromobile
Due to snow it was not easy to reach Paris yesterday, but when I finally made it to the Rétromobile show, I was happy to be reunited with an old flame: the Deep Sanderson 301 that was restored by David...
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How a Lola engineer built himself a MiniSprint...
Another great message from John Fischer, who contacted me about an interesting email he received from Peter Comben, about Minis he built in the sixties. This is what Peter wrote:"I had worked on and...
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Mystery Mini derivative (49)
Unfortunately, there is no information about this car, other than that it was found in an Australian barn some three years ago. It's also believed to be Mini based, but that's all. The size would fit...
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Peel Viking: the Dutch demonstrator (1)
I like the Peel Viking Sport GT, and being a Dutchman, I am intrigued by the fact that five bodies were imported from the Isle of Man to here by fellow-Dutchman Ben Konst. From his residence in...
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Peel Viking: the Dutch demonstrator (2)
I am happy to announce that the Dutch demonstrator Peel Viking Sports GT, built by fellow-Dutchman Ben Konst in 1966/'67, has now been found back. And the best thing is that it's gone back to Ben as...
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Biota's Midget comes to auction
Hey, look at that! The original Biota Midget racer has made it to the market and will be offered for sale in an auction on this Sunday March the 4th at the Five Lakes Hotel and Country Club in Ladon,...
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Biota enthusiasts and brother Jos and Peter Niessen (this is their website) found out about another Biota car surviving recently Well, only just, as this car - a Biota Mk1 road car registered 'SFR...
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Le Mans Mini Marcos: back to square one
Last week I had to make a tough decision and decided to pick up the Mini Marcos shell from the UK. Why? Well... As you know I'd teamed up with Seventies Car Restoration as they were supposed to fully...
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Beach Boys Mini Surfer survivor
Jeff Lehmann came in with some great news about a car he recently bought. It's one of very few surviving 'Mini Surfers', which were Mini Mokes modified by coachbuilder George Barris in corporation with...
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Found footage: Radford Mini stars in 1966 horror movie
Several years ago I got hold of some original Radford photographs. Among them two shots of what appears to be an early Radford Mini Bel Air or De Ville on Irish (Dublin?) plates. On these pictures the...
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Analyzing the Le Mans Mini Marcos: the radiator
I received a multitude of messages after last week's no so good news about the Le Mans Mini Marcos project (read it here). Also: several of you suggested restoration companies or body builders who...
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Australian Ogle being restored and researched
A cool message from Down Under, where Neil Griffin is restoring the Ogle SX1000 previously seen here. Neil wrote: "Greetings Jeroen, a few updates on the Ogle restoration. The car is now stripped of...
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The many faces of the Fisher
I came across my file on the fascinating Fisher Spyder recently and was surprised with the many great photographs of this car, perfectly showing the different guises it went through throughout the...
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Pellandini at speed. In period
This lovely picture was dug up by Rob Spurling and posted by Australian car fanatic Duane de Gruchy. It shows a Pellandini at the Adelaide International Raceway back in 1976 that was raced there by...
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