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Broadspeeding to Blyton Park
Imagine this: a car, which was restored in the UK many moons ago, can now be found in a workshop at the other end of the world where they speak a different language, eat sushi and are carrying out...
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Peter's pristine Mini Jem
Peter Warren got in touch about the MiniJem he has been restoring. A 1972 Mk2 that looked rather terrible when he bought it a year and a half ago. Peter wrote: "Just thought you may like to see my Mini...
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Don't buggy about: Nimrod or Stimson?
Over to world's largest auction place where everything is for sale. Well, not everything but you'll find quite a lot there. How about two Mini based buggies? One is a Stimson Mini Bug in bright light...
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By Toutatis, is this cool? Reader Jonathan Webster just made me aware of this film footage, unknown to me before. It shows a 16-minute documentary about a 1988 charity drive from John O'Groats to...
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An Ibis in Japan
You and I know that quite a few Mini based sports cars made it to Japan, but I was surprised to learn an Ibis is cruising the country - despite the fact that it comes from New Zealand, which isn't too...
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What happened to this ex-works Unipower?
Pete Flanagan's restored Unipower racer will be one of several star attractions on the Maximum Mini display this May, but here is some more on an ex-works Unipower racer. It's the car used by Piers...
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Méan Sonora: when a restoration becomes a recreation
Méan Sonora restorer Louis Lempereur got in touch for an update on his Mini powered and one-off Sonora and he certainly doesn't take half measures. He wrote: "Dear Jeroen, some updates about the...
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Resurrected Ogle SX1000 now for sale
I was pleasantly surprised to stumble upon this advertisement for an Ogle SX1000, for sale with Miniya Ai Fragile in Japan. Some eight years ago I saw the same car tucked away in a Tokyo barn with flat...
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Maximum Mini poster available at Blyton Park
I'm going to Blyton Park and I will bring with me... a great new poster with all the cars as featured in Maximum Mini and Maximum Mini 2. These posters come in A1 format (594 x 841mms) and will be...
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Looking back at Blyton Park 2015 (1)
The Mk1 Performance Conversions / Maximum Mini Action Day 2015 took place last weekend at Blyton Park and was another smashing hit. Several people had postponed their entry in the days prior to the...
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Looking back at Blyton Park 2015 (2)
Over to more Mini based cars, seen at Blyton Park during the Maximum Mini / Mk1 Performance Action Day of last weekend (click here for part 1). I agree with Ogle-owner Guy Loveridge who said: "Really...
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Marcoses gather at Japan Mini Day 2015
While we had Blyton Park, Japan had its annual Mini Day - the 23rd in row and this time held at Tsukuba Raceway, some 75 kms from central Tokyo. This year saw a particularly nice gathering of Mini...
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Maximum Mini posters ready for shipment
Maximum Mini posters, A1 size - 594 x 841mms, are now ready for shipment to just about any address in a strong carton tube. Prices are £5.99 / €8.50 / $10.00 for the poster itself, but postage makes it...
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Swiss Stimson found - but who knows more about Swiss Mini Bug coffee bar?
A very nice Stimson Mini Bug has come up for sale in Switzerland, which makes me wonder again about the Swiss-built Stimsons, imported as kits by Carrosserie Brühwiler in Luzern. See here for some more...
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One Unipower GT that does survive in Spain
Not much information comes with these two pictures, but at least it's good to see that 'B-570090' survives. Or seems to do so. It's one of several Unipower GTs that came to Spain. Here's another...
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IMM 2015 Lithuania in pictures
To be honest I didn't plan to come over to Lithuania for the International Mini Meeting (IMM) that took place on a peninsula near Zarasai in the north-eastern part of the country. But when MINI invited...
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Radford Minis reappear in all sorts of conditions
Three Radford Mini DeVilles have reappeared recently with all of them totally different in appearance and condition. First of all there is a rare Mini traveller based DeVille about to be ready from a...
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Landar R7 found in German lock-up
A Landar R7 (one of 4 built), which turned up in a German television show last week could be a car that previously made it to these pages (see here and here) but I'm not sure. Reader Thomas von...
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Mystery Mini derivative (42)
It's been a while since a mystery motor made it to these pages, but here's another. This car was spotted at the London to Brighton Mini Run, last May and I am rather intrigued by its odd shapes and...
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