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Gitane GT photo needs amendment
I was slapped on my wrist for naming the wrong person in a picture that I posted some years ago. And it was not just any picture, but one of my all-time favourite photographs. This is the message I...
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Avis Andersen Cubs - where are they?
I had a request from Macau last week regarding Coldwell and Unipower cars and took a dive in the files. What I also found were the pictures below that I'd totally forgotten about. They are Andersen...
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ASD Minim prototype is genuine motoring history
A genuine piece of motoring history is up for grabs as the ASD Minim prototype/press demonstrator/brochure car has come up for sale in Bexleyheath, London. Just six of these cars were made by...
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Obscurity around Biota number 1
Following this message, I received an e-mail from Biota-fan Peter Niessen. He wrote: "Hi Jeroen, I just read your interesting blog about the first Biota with registration YWT 65G that appeared on the...
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Biota barn find
Another Biota has come out of the woodwork in Yorkshire (here's another recent Biota discovery). I have no information whatsoever about it other then that I am told the owner owns a second example,...
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What is the earliest Mini derivative?
Research never stops, and so I carry on researching Mini derivatives. Sometimes people ask me which was the very first Mini based car that ever came about. It's a question that I have asked myself...
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More British motoring history up for grabs
After this piece of genuine British motoring history was sold last week for ridiculously little money, you'll have another chance tomorrow. The very last project to be designed and built by Frank...
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Mystery Mini derivative (50)
Time for the fiftieth (50!) Mystery Mini derivative, which is as a matter of fact a nose section bolted onto a Mini just like the ones by Scorpion and Ridgway (click here) as well as Biota. But those...
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Peel Vikings now joined
You will remember the Peel Viking GT that was found in a barn recently (click here), wont you? Well, it's found a new home now, and it's a good one too. The car is now owned by John and Elaine Fisher,...
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Le Mans Mini Marcos: body work commences
It was time again to catch up with my much-respected body builder, who is slowly but surely putting the shell of the Le Mans Mini Marcos back together.Originally, the plan was to have the body shell...
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The original Radford hatchback survives
Before I report about the Beaulieu meeting of the Mini Cooper Register (they were focussing on coachbuilt cars and Mini derivatives this year - more here), I'd like to put the spotlight on one...
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Mystery Landar R6 hides in Japan
Spotted in Japan last month by reader Danny van Giel (who sent in some shots of a Unipower GT he got uncovered there also): a Landar R6. I have no information whatsoever about this particular example...
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Le Mans Mini Marcos: the gauges
Finding the right gauges for the Le Mans Mini Marcos wasn't all too easy. I had just one photograph of the car's dashboard which dates back to 1975. This meant that things may have been changed up...
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Beach Boys Mini Surfer - only 5 made?
Reader Jeff Lehmann, who found a rare survivor of the Beach Boys Mini Surfer last Spring (click here), has been doing some work on the car, as well as some further researches. He wrote: "Got the Surfer...
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Much modded Mini Marcoses
Let's share some pictures of Mini Marcoses that were sent over to me in the last couple of weeks. They have one thing in common: these cars come with much modified body work!Spotted by Chris...
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Unipower reunited with former owner
Ever enthusiastic Unipower GT owner Tim Carpenter dropped me a line: "Last Wednesday I met up with Bob Spooner, the owner of my car for one year 1970-71. I’ve attached some pictures of our encounter...
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Le Mans Classic 2018: Mk1 Mini Marcos sold
Despite all the plans, I didn't make it to Le Mans Classic. You may remember that my project car is far from finished and there was no use taking the bare shell to France now that it is right in the...
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When a Midas Gold becomes a Baumann Coupe
Remarkably, the car seen here - on display at the Reims Champagne Motor Museum in France - is not a Midas Gold. This, ladies and gentlemen, is the Baumann Coupe. Well, that's what the badge on its nose...
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When a Baumann Coupe is not a Baumann Coupe
Well, I was almost sure Peter Camping would react to my Midas / Baumann article of last week. And i wasn;'t disappointed. Peter knew it very well, and this is what he wrote about it:"Hi Jeroen. It was...
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Mystery Mini derivative (51)
We're on our way to the Mini's 59th birthday in August 2018. But let's have a look back at an earlier anniversary first. The 20th birthday party in particular, which took place in the UK on August...
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