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And yet another GTM in Belgium
Once a ball starts rolling... I had heard rumours about a Cox GTM in Belgium for years but it was only months ago that I actually found it (this one). Then I heard there was supposedly another and...
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Ted Laban Special auctioned after more than 50 years
Professional car designers coming up with Mini based vehicles? There are a few that I know of. Rolls-Royce and Bentley chief designer Graham Hull made this one in his spare time, Duesenberg, Ford,...
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Mystery Mini derivative (76)
A lovely message from Gary Axon raises some questions: "Hallo Jeroen, Far too long, no see or speak. Just a quick note to share an unusual Mini estate I came across earlier, modified with the rear lamp...
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Ogle prototype resurfaces - not for the faint-hearted
An Ogle SX1000 that was a bit of a mystery to me for many years has now resurfaced. I was made aware of the car when I was sent a picture of it back in 2013. The car was then spotted when its elderly...
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Barclay Mini Bug resurfaces after 45 years
A Dutch Barclay Mini Bug (that's a Stimson built under a license in The Netherlands) appears to have been hidden from the public eye since 45 years. The car was bought second-hand in 1972 by Giel...
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ESC's Edgar Salwegter speaks (1)
If you have Maximum Mini 3 you may have read about a car named ESC. I have always been intrigued by it, not only because it was built by a fellow-Dutchman who'd moved to New Zealand back in the 1980s,...
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ESC's Edgar Salwegter speaks (2)
Following yesterday's discussion with Edgar Salwegter (here) of ESC, I was eager to find out which of the Status Minipowers had been the one that made it over to New Zealand. Edgar recalled it was red...
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Nimbus Coupe prototype freed from the brambles
Report from the bramble bushes in Somerset. Remember this find of a Nimbus Coupe formerly a prototype car and later raced by Gary Shillabeer? Well, it has finally been freed from the brambles by Simon...
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More GTMs in Belgium..?
One thing often leads to another, or even a series of things. After I found this Cox GTM in Belgium, more things GTM from the same country were soon to follow. There was a Heerey GTM (here) and a GTM...
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Solved: Mystery Mini Estate
Another mystery solved. This pretty Estate turns out to be the work of Les Clarke, who was a 29-year-old work study engineer with the commercial division of BL at Longbridge back in 1973. That's when...
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Dutch Biotas meet
A lovely message from Biota owner Peter Niessen: "Hi Jeroen, Our Biota is (almost) ready for the season. We carried out a couple of upgrades: new tyres (street legal slicks, also very suitable for...
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Camarotta now for sale
Looking for a little Mini-based roadster to enjoy this summer? Look no further. The one-off Camarotta is now for sale. The car was designed and built by Dave Ratner in the 1990s, who followed a KAD...
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Another ABC Tricar found
More and more people manage to find Maximum Mini with Mini based car they find in barns, sheds, hedges or overgrown gardens, undisclosing information about cars that have sometimes been long...
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Ranger Cub 4, new and unbuilt...
A rare Ranger Cub 4 has just made it to the market. While the three-wheeled Ranger Cub proved to be a hit for a short time in the mid-1970s, the four-wheeler version wasn't. Just four of them were sold...
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Biota returns to Harewood - and meets an old friend
Biota owner and Maximum Mini fan of the first hour Tim Harber was in for a surprise last weekend at Harewood. He wrote:"I wanted to go to Harewood two weeks after Prescott, which was my ultimate goal...
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Return to the scene
It seems that slowly but surely the action is returning to the classic car scene with several events returning to the calendar and actually taking place! Below is a selection of pictures sent to me and...
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Andy's Ogle - floor back in
A month ago I wrote about the rediscovery and daring restoration of Andy Varnam's Ogle, which seems to be a prototype car (click here). Meanwhile, Andy certainly hasn't been sitting on his hands. I can...
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Mystery Mini derivative (77)
This agricultural oddity has turned up for sale in North-Wales. It looks to be a cross between a Scamp and an RTV but I guess it has no links with these. Remarkably, it does use both the Mini...
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Marcos Le Mans works mechanic speaks
Eight years ago I found out who was the mystery Marcos mechanic who'd made the infamous overnight roof conversion on the 1967 works Mini Marcos for Le Mans that year. His name was Mike Treutlein and he...
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Brian Raubenheimer passes away at 80
I heard about the death of South-African racing driver and Mini Marcos manufacturer Brian Raubenheimer yesterday, who passed away at the age of 80. Brian started racing at 22 in an Opel Kadett but also...
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