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Killeen K16 - where are you?
Another long-lost Mini based sports car which triggers the senses is the Killeen K16. I wrote about the car before here, aided by Robert J. Allen who was - and is - keen to find the car long before I...
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Swedish road test of Broadspeed GT shows FOH 500D again
About half a year ago I wrote about a Broadspeed GT registered FOH 500D, which was road tested by Motor in 1966 (see the article here). Thanks to some observant readers I learned that the same car was...
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AF Spider seen Down Under
With just seven AF Spiders being built by Alexander 'Sandy' Fraser in rural Lincolnshire, UK, it is a real surprise to learn that one of these wacky three-wheelers ended up in New South Wales,...
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Japanese drawings show Mini variants
Although I am not able to read a word, I am a fan of Japanese motoring magazines, so often richly illustrated with atmospheric photography, historical material and not to forget drawings. Endo Izuru is...
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That Deep Sanderson 301 again!
Remember the Deep Sanderson 301 that was crashed at the Nurburgring in 1964 and then rebuilt before being turned into a Triumph Spitfire based Specials by reader Chris Tamblyn's stepfather? Well, you...
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Book: La Mini de mon Père
French fellow-writer and Mini-man Enguerrand Lecesne pumps out his books at a considerable higher rate than I do! And I was both surprised as I was thrilled to find his latest work in the post this...
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Turner Ranger to be resurected
If the global lockdown is good for one thing, it is for Mini variants coming out of the woodwork and restorations on them being started. Andy Downes dropped me a line about a rare Turner Ranger that's...
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Is world's saddest Fletcher GT now really death?
As a babysitter for all things Mini based I receive pictures of cars lost and found every week - keep them coming! One car that has intrigued me from the first time I saw it is a particularly sad...
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Meet the Endrust International and Slideaway Monaco Mini
Endrust sounds like a rust converter, as Slideaway sounds like a sunroof company, don't they? Well, that's what they are. But the British companies wanted to be a bit more than just that and decided to...
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Another Carimoke to be restored on Barbados
Not long after the overseas adventures of Scamp-boss Andrew MacLean made it to print in January (more here), I received a message from Barbados of Charles Fuller Cowles, who's restoring one of the cars...
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Deep Sanderson 301 found in Mexico-City (1)
There is no doubt that the number of long-lost Mini based cars that are being found has increased considerably over the last couple of years. But the find of a previously unknown Deep Sanderson 301 in...
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Deep Sanderson 301 found in Mexico-City (2)
Following up on yesterday's discovery (this one), the story of the Deep Sanderson 301 in Mexico began to shape with every next message I received from Henry Davis, the man who found it. I have copied...
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Deep Sanderson found in Mexico-City (3)
You've read all about the discovery of a Deep Sanderson in Mexico-City (here) and the considerations of the man who found it (here) - now over to the man who bought it, with bits and pieces from the...
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Record RTV ends at blind spot
One of the most surreal record drives must have been the one that former rally driver Peter Wood set when he drove an RTV from John O’Groats to Land’s End in seventeen days time from in August 23 to...
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Mystery Mini derivative (72)
I'd totally forgotten about this sporty little two-seater, parked in the folder 'Unknown' all the way back in 2009. It's a real mystery of which I still know nothing after all those years. The...
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More old pictures of ART Mini Marcos
Historical photographs of the Mk1 Mini Marcos of the Dutch Algemeen Racing Team (ART) keep on turning up and these are two particularly good ones posted recently by Rudolf Bouten, who took them at the...
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Another Pellandini restoration started
The number of Pellandinis that have turned up and changed hands in Australia in the last two years or so is remarkable. And latest in the list is Tony Glynn, who has just become the owner of Pellandini...
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Pellandini No.1 also to be restored
While I wrote about the planned restorations of two Pellandinis in June last year (here) and yesterday (here), I really shouldn't forget about another Pellandini that has been unearthed recently and is...
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Jack Fisher's Specials make it to print
Several of you tipped me off about a new book by Peter Speakman and Kenny Baird, which came out last month, describing the doings and dealings of Scotsman Jack Fisher. Fisher famously ran a garage and...
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One owner since 1969: Banshee is now for sale
What do you do as a South-African youngster who's hankering for a Unipower GT? Well, back in 1969 Tertius van Zyl started building his own take on the Unipower, eventually christening his creation...
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