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Peel Viking moulds return to Isle of Man
Reader Richard Hawcroft came across an interesting picture on a forum recently. He wrote: "Look at this photo of the Isle of Man motor museum. It looks like the original moulds for the Peel Viking!...
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Peel moulds believed not to be the originals after all
I make updates on my articles regularly, but thought this one deserved a posting on it's own. It is about the Peel Viking moulds of yesterday's story (click!). And they don't seem to be what they...
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Ogle SX1000 at Spa
A particularly good looking and quick Ogle SX1000 could be seen last weekend during the races at the Spa-Francorchamps circuit in Belgium. The car has recently been fully restored and has been built up...
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Market round up (Autumn 2018)
Time for the traditional market round-up, and although the end of Summer is not there yet (just a couple of days left), I call this one the Autumn 2018 edition. You have made me aware of another great...
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Le Mans Mini Marcos project: upside down
Yesterday I went over to the workshop once again to discuss some details on the Le Mans Mini Marcos project. And I was surprised to see the car being turned upside-down! This in order to work on the...
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Buckle Monaco wins at Aussie show
A Buckle Monaco is a rare car. So the one that had been in Meaghan Lucas' family for so many years certainly was a coveted car. However, it needed work. Lots of work. And so Meaghan and Co. started a...
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Mike Wilsdon's Minipowers do survive!
It doesn't happen all too often that a message on here produces replies many years after being published, but it certainly goes for the little piece I wrote about Mike Wilsdon and his eclectic...
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Lovely advertised Hustler Hellcat
A Hustler Hellcat is rather rare. The blue one below is for sale in Moreton-in-the-Marsh, which happens to be the village where William Towns created his whole Hustler range, so it won't get closer to...
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Trinidad's Party Yak in action
A message from Trinidad & Tobago, where Richard Sookdeo still enjoys his Grantura Yak and where tuning is taken to whole new levels. I was sent these little movies of the car known as the Party Yak...
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Yak owner needs your help
Wednesday's Party Yak prompted Kevin Hook to write to me about his own Grantura Yak. He wrote: "Hi. I have a Grantura Yak but the registration plates are missing, except for one piece with the first...
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Le Mans Mini Marcos project: researches continue
While work on the Le Mans Mini Marcos commences, I continue my researches to the car. Hints and tips keep on coming and while these often lead to nothing, sometimes they uncover fantastic new finds....
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New photos of Biota's hill climber
Some more pictures of Biota's hill climb racer were unearthed by Rob Mellaart recently. This car used a lightweight space frame chassis with go-kart sourced disc brakes all round and a 100bhp A-series...
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Status Minipower hidden for decades
I got in touch with Nick Gale recently, who happens to be the owner of a rare Status Minipower, or at least of a rolling chassis of one such car. I wondered if it was a car I'd seen before. Nick wrote:...
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Back to back: Mini Marcos or Mini Jem?
The Lancashire based collection of derelict Mini derivatives (click here) continues to surprise. Several of the cars that could be found in the open until recently have made it to the market now, being...
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Mystery Mini derivative (52)
Another mystery Mini based creature that asks for some clarification. What is this three-wheeler seen below? Oh, hang on, I actually know what it is supposedly named: the RRS Wasp, since the pictures...
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Beach Car spotted in Quebec
We are currently enjoying a real Indian Summer in this part of the world. And in Canada summer seems not to be over either. This Beach Car was spotted in Westmount, Quebec recently and the pictures...
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Mike Jupp's Nimrod - still going strong
A great piece about Mike Jupp and his Nimrod appeared last week on the website of insurer Adrian Flux. Jupp, who designed the car, tells how the car came about in 1969, although it took until 1972 to...
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Inside Magic Alex' Mini
After Paul McCartney's Mini made top money at an auction last month (see here), more Wood & Pickett Minis have made it to the market. And one of them linked to The Beatles, too. It was 'Magic' Alex...
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Quasar Unipower is Triplex Spectrafloat Special
A Quasar Unipower was spotted last week by David Ward. He wrote: "I'm off to the French Alps on a four-day classic rally in my 1990 coupe Quattro. I saw this popemobile on a trailer heading to a new...
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March Austin Turbo uses 240bhp Mini engine
Another great message from Peter Camping. He made me aware of a car I'd never heard of before, writing: "Hi Jeroen. This is, in my opinion, a great Special. It's a 1972 March 722 Formula 2 that's been...
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