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Found and for sale: genuine Cox GTM
When I heard of a Cox GTM that had been in storage since 1993 in Belgium I had to know more. Two weeks and lots of e-mails later the car is now at my home, parked next to the Le Mans Mini Marcos....
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JS2 three-wheeler back to creator's son
There are a lot of Mini based three-wheelers coming out of the woodwork and I'll share them with you this week. The kick-off is provided by Scotsman and historic racer Ewen Sergison, who shared the...
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Mystery Mini Derivative (73)
Over to day 2 of Three-Wheeler Week here at Maximum Mini, with a real oddity having been unearthed by Stewart Adeline O'Neil. He wrote to me about what he found since he had no clue about it: "Sorry to...
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Mosquito found in a barn
Day 3 of Three-Wheeler Week at Maximum Mini and with another rare find. Once more it was found by Stewart Adeline O'Neil, who also came up with yesterday's mystery Mini based three-wheeler (here). This...
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Graham Hull Special - Rolls-Royce design gone wild
It's day 4 of the Three-Wheeler Week at Maximum Mini with one remarkable car that made it to the market very recently. It's the Graham Hull Special, conceived, designed and built by a former chief...
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Ranger Cub seen for sale
Day 5 of Three-Wheeler Week at Maximum Mini with a nice Ranger Cub being offered for sale in Gainsborough. That's the village where I used to spend the nights when the Mk1 Performance / Maximum Mini...
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John Lennon's Mini - green and a hatchback
The disappearance of John Lennon's Mini remains a great enigma. I wrote about it years ago, and judging by the number of clicks it keeps on receiving the article remains a Maximum Mini favourite (see...
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A Unipower for Easter
Unipower GT owner Tim Carpenter drops me a line occasionally, which is always a pleasure. This time he spent a good Easter Sunday with a few friends and cars. This is what he wrote:"Hi Jeroen, How are...
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Mystery Mini derivative (74)
Another week, another Mystery Mini Derivative. And this one really is a total mystery with no clues other then that it was supposedly raced in Australia. It looks to me that it was shot in the 1960s...
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AC Donington found in a barn
From Maximum Mini 3, page 8:"Although it wore the AC name, the Donington is believed to have had nothing to do with AC Cars of Thames Ditton which was producing the AC 3000ME when the Donington was...
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Maltese Mini Marcos Mk1 now restored
When you ever make it to the island of Malta, be aware of two proper Mk1 Mini Marcoses there hitting the isle's twisty roads. I wrote about the purple one owned and restored by Kenneth Spiteri not too...
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Gitane GT - a bit more information
Tom Kenny is as eager as I am to find out more about the Gitane GT, of which just occasionally a snippet or a pictures comes up (see here). Could it survive? We shared information to see if that would...
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Alto Duo remains a real rarity
The last time I wrote about the quirky Alto Duo was 10 years ago (a Guinness book record car! click here), so I think it's about time to put it in the spotlight here once again. Incredibly perhaps, the...
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Gordon Murray's car collection has been the subject of numerous articles in motoring magazine in recent times after the designer held an exhibition called 'One Formula' to celebrate being 50 years in...
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For sale: the Scamp Motor Company
This came as a surprise! 'Happy Scamper' Andrew MacLean (62) has decided to sell his beloved Scamp Motor Company. Back in 1987 he took the business over from founder Robert Mandry and started in the...
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Mystery Mini derivative (75)
A Mini derivative that keeps on turning up for sale remains a mystery to me. The car has made it to the market several times in the last three years or so, and I have asked the various sellers for more...
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Maxi Austin features French GTM
The UK is not the only country with specialist magazines such as MiniWorld and Mini Magazine, France, too, has a large following of Mini enthusiasts and its own share of Mini related journalism. Last...
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What exactly is this Mini based motor caravan?
Planning your summer holiday locally this year? Then this Austin Mini Clubman based campervan / motor caravan is perhaps just the ticket. 'You wont have seen it, unless you know us', writes the seller,...
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Tertius van Zyl passes away
I am sad to hear about the passing of Tertius van Zyl of South-Africa on May 1st. Tertius was the man behind the one-off Banshee that was sold just a week earlier, but he was also a former Mini Marcos...
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GTM Euro Coupe survives
The GTM was a very British car, oh yes. But there have been at least two attempts to sell the GTM in Europe. Once as the Heerey GTM in 1970 (click here) and one time as the GTM Coupe in 1984. But a...
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