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More on Peter Raphael's Mini Marcos
Two excellent photographs of the Mini Marcos raced by Peter Raphael at MontlhƩry (more here) have turned up thanks to avid reader Christian Schmidt of Austria. The pictures come from a Hommel...
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Kingfisher Sprint shell wants to be turned into a car
A virtually new Kingfisher Sprint body shell that remains unbuilt and thus never turned a wheel since it was made in Northumberland in the 1980s has turned up for sale in Vienna, Austria. Christian...
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Rare McIvoy found
Some time ago, back in 2012, I wrote about the elusive McIvoy - the rare estate version of the McCoy (click here). A member of the McCoy Owners Club had told me he'd seen one and I asked "Could that be...
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More on New Zealand's 'Jones & Baker Bros Special'
A great number of Mini derivatives has been shrouded in mystery since they were conceived, although information on a great number was disclosed in the Maximum Mini books. Still, of some cars not very...
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Dutch Mystery Mini remains an enigma
This car has been seen here before (click here), but I'd want to make another plea for more information, also on behalf of the current owner Jaap van den Corput. Jaap wrote: "It came with registration...
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Cox, Unipower, Timeire and more on Brands Hatch
This is just a lovely picture from the files taken during the BRSCC races at Brands Hatch on June 2nd, 1968. The first car that may catch the eye is the Cox GTM number 101 of Howard Heerey, but there's...
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Who knows more about 'coachbuilt' Shorty?
I have come across pictures of this golden shortened Mini several times now and remember having read somewhere it was a professionally coachbuilt car. However, I cannot find back anything on it now. It...
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Lolita Mk1 from the man who helped to build it
Sometimes I read something that is simply too good not to share here, and the following piece is just that, as written by an Australian blogger named Gnome on his weblog Back Country Roads. This is...
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Ogle SX1000 found in America (1)
This message about Ogles in the US was posted here some 9 years ago and in the meantime I've learned a bit more about Ogle SX1000s that made it to America. As a matter of fact a lot of information...
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Everything is bigger in Texas - not this
Historic Bugattis and classic Ferraris are known to travel the world when a new owner presents itself. The same seems to go for Mini Marcoses these days, or so it seems. Well... almost! This 1974 Mk4...
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Ogle SX1000 found in America (2)
Alrighty. More information on Ogles in the US is finally coming this way. Last week saw this Ogle SX1000 being unearthed in America, this week it's time for another. Thanks to Brendan Norton, who told...
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More on Ogles in America
As promised here some more information on Ogles in the USA. Brian Hunt contacted me with the following information: "I am an avid follower of Mini news and wanted to provide some items. I used to race...
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Back from the UK - what a trip!
Having returned from the UK, I can look back on a week with some fantastic meetings but also with some real downsides, too. Things started pretty gloomy when the fuel pump of my beloved Saab decided...
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Nimbus Coupe prototype found on a farm
Fortunately I am not the only person discovering long-lost classics on remote places in the UK (last week's news). Chris Pollitt and Jonny Smith of Car & Classic recently unearthed what they...
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Micron GT finally found
Finally, the Micron GT has been unearthed from its hiding place after many years. A bit more on its history here. At some stage, the car's body has been mildly modified with different windows in its...
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Best man's brother's Unipower GT
Stuart Blundell, who owned a Unipower GT in the late 1960s (more here), came across a picture of another one recently. He wrote: "I think it was the red one that was in a derelict showroom in Japan" It...
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Johannesburg Jeep found
South-African based reader Leon Daniels has an great nose for finding Mini based oddities (earlier find here) and the latest one he came up with is a Jeep-like creature, which was built around Mini...
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Le Mans Mini Marcos: painted!
It had been more than a year since I'd brought over the Le Mans Mini Marcos to the very south-western corner of The Netherlands, when I spent a week together with my friend Joost van Diƫn to have the...
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American Ogles - more info unearthed
Two recent discoveries of Ogle SX1000s in the USA were seen here last month and I have some news about both of them now. Let's start with the gold one found in the woods of Connecticut back in 2005 by...
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Pete owned the Paola GT
Pete Rigby contacted me about the Paola GT that was unearthed back in 2018 (click here). He wrote: "Lovely to see the car again after all these years as I have a lot of happy memories in that car.When...
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