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Ogle's earlier life in a picture
The Ogle SX1000 seen here last week (click here) prompted some of you to write to me. Thank you David Markham, Neil Griffin and Paul Fleetwood. All three messages were pretty similar, with David's the...
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Cool Ogle SX1000 is now for sale
Another interesting Ogle related message came in from Geoff Hunter earlier this week. Geoff is a long-term SX1000 owner and it was one of his cars I photographed for the original Maximum Mini book all...
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Status survivor
Good news coming from New Zealand regarding a Status Minipower covered in some mystery until recently (this one - click). Paul Wilkinson is the man to know more about it. He wrote: "Hi Jeroen. Just...
View ArticleMini 25 at Donington Park - the variants
I was tipped off about this cool video by Pete Flanagan. It shows the 25th anniversary party of the Mini held at Donington Park in August 1984 as it was filmed by members of the Mini Club Oldenburg in...
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Mystery Mini derivative (59)
I know nothing about this Mini based buggy, seen for sale some time ago. I don't think it is a known chassis, although it does look to have been made well. Do you know more?Round tube steel chassis and...
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Beach Car to star at Villa d'Este
Four more days and the annual European concours of concourses is to take place at Villa d'Este on the shores of Lake Como in Italy. In the words of the organizers themselves 'The most distinguished of...
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Ian Sims passes away
If you have a copy of Maximum Mini 3 you may have read about a most unusual Australian Mini based car named Delilah (page 35). Despite its long nose, this car used the Mini engine behind its seats to...
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Belgian Mini Marcos is now for sale
What if you are looking for an exciting Mini based car and want to drive it this summer? To one of the many events that are held throughout the world to celebrate the Mini's 60th anniversary, for...
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Villa d'Este 2019: No prizes but amazing experience
This year's Concorso d'eleganza Villa d'Este is finished, and both Mini derivatives have now started their way home to Greece (John Reymondos' Austin Mini Beach Car) and the US (Jeff Lane's Gyro-X)....
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Remembering the Reptune GT (1)
Some interesting news has found its way to me regarding the Reptune GT, the Mini based sports car made in the Canada of the mid-1960s by the late Dennis Prophet (more here). First, a message came in...
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The Kingfisher as a 4-wheel drive homologation special
‎The story below was posted online by Tom Wilkinson‎ last week and I wanted to share it with you guys here as I rather enjoyed reading it. It's a nice little tale about the Kingfisher Sprint, or...
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Mystery Mini derivative (60). Airplane Investigation edition
These photographs were made some time ago by Sarah Cecil, who wondered what this unusual Mini conversion was meant for. From what I understand this Mini Pick Up was made for use on British airports,...
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A Mini Coupe down the road
Crikey, I don't know what it is about Mini derivatives local to where I live, but I keep on bumping into them. There was an ABS buggy (this one) some years ago and even a Mk1 Mini Marcos (this one...
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Remembering the Reptune GT (2)
After last week's article describing the amazing similarities between the Reptune GT and the Ogle SX1000 (click here), I have now found out more about a surviving GT plus the moulds of the car. And...
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Germany rediscovers Mini derivatives
Germany may not be the first country you think of when you are into Mini based cars. A few variants did originate from the country though. The Martini Mini in the first place (also here), but also...
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MG Mini Sedanca to return to Blighty
A unique and privately built coachbuilt Mini that was thought lost turns out to survive in the US and is about to make a return to the UK for the International Mini Meeting in August.The car was built...
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Maltese Marcoses unite
Kenneth Spiteri of Malta has been working hard on the restoration of his Mk1 Mini Marcos, and he's done really well. By the time you read this this the car is fully roadworthy including a purple paint...
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Project X finally found in Australia
Ever since I started researching Mini based sports cars I have been wondering whatever could have happened to Project X: the Australian built and Mini based sports car, which was described in a 1966...
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Mystery Mini derivative (61)
This Mini based sports car has come to the light in Ferndown, Dorset, from where it is offered for sale. This is what the seller writes:"This car was designed 10 years ago. A buck was made and some...
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