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New Mini based cars keep on popping up
I'm regularly asked wether I still hear of Mini based cars new to me. The answer, without a doubt, is yes. After Maximum Mini 3 was finished in 2016 I've kept a folder with new discoveries and it...
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Unipower GT ready for the season
The freshly restored and ex-Peter Filby Unipower GT of Howard Darby and Bob Neville just had its shakedown and Howard was so kind to share some (moving) images of the car. He added: "Bob had to do some...
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Happy Easter 2022
Easter is all about eggs and buns, ham and lamb and spending some time with the family. If you enjoy reading old murky magazines, like I do, it may be a good moment to do so, too. I found the three...
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Wicker sided Minis: not just from the coachbuilders
A number of old snippets and advertisements may throw a new light on cars believed to be 1960s coachbuilt Minis by Hooper and Radford in the UK or Taka-Hira in France. This as there were a number of...
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Season in swing
It's been some time since us like minded were allowed to meet up, so now that we are the Mini derivatives are coming out of their hiding again. Below some great pictures shared by others and brought...
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Out on the weekend with the Ogle
Since I managed to purchase my Ogle in September last year (click here) I didn't do a thing to it. Well, I bought some rear bumpers and a Cooper badge, which it had fitted originally, plus a pair of...
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Market round up (Spring 2022)
Another market round up to see what is for sale for those wanting to buy a Mini based car right now. Once again there is lots to choose from, from the weird to the wonderful and from the cheap to the...
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Adam's MDV 4 is now looking for a new owner
After I wrote about the little-known MDV some years ago (click here) I got in touch with Adam Adamson, who owned one of these cars. He then wrote: "Hi Jeroen. I am the owner of the MDV Van you...
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Unipower GT returns to Prescott Hill
The Unipower GT restored by Howard Darby and Bob Neville made it to the Prescott Hill climb last weekend. And interestingly, the very same car had a go there back in 1991. The official records mention...
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Yes, the sound of it is rattling and clanking, but at least after decades of standstill the Ogle SX1000's engine runs once again. Next step: new water pump, distribution and wiring.Video Sipke BlomÂ
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Dutch Mini Marcos history unravelled (1)
When Mini Marcos-aficionado Joost van Diën suffered from Corona a month ago and had to go in quarantine for some time, he decided to see if he could find out a little more on the background of his...
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Could this wreck be Laurence Harvey's Mini Margrave? UPDATE: Not Harvey!
I may be on to something here. A Wood & Pickett Mini Margrave that has been offered for sale on Ebay recently could hide an intriguing past as I think its original owner may have been the actor...
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Stimson Safari Six turns up at show
 You may have come across one or two Stimson Mini Bugs, but chances of it being a Mk1 are very low. The early Mk1 cars were only built for a very short period of time in 1970/1971. Of the approximately...
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Stimson Safari Six turns up at show
Earlier this week there was this lovely Mk1 Stimson Mini Bug that had resurfaced, today it's time for another great Stimson creation. This was one I'd heard about but which I'd never come across before...
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Neville Trickett passes away
I'm very sad to report about the death of Neville Trickett who passed away last Friday on the 27th of May at the age of 87. Trickett was in the first place the brainchild of the original MiniSprint in...
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Mystery Mini derivative (81) - Mini Spiaggina
A Mk1 Mini that was converted into some kind of Beach car and called 'Mini Spiaggina' ('Mini Beach') was seen for sale in Rome recently. It makes me wonder what exactly it could be. Said to be a...
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Brooks Mini Special was to become the new Lightburn Zeta
I got in contact with Dennis Brooks of Adelaide, Australia, who's father Samuel built a most interesting and Mini based car in the late 1960s. Dennis wrote: "My father was a fiberglass product engineer...
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Status Minipower spotted - in 1984
This great picture of a Status Minipower at show in the UK in 1984 was posted recently by Richard Dean. The car is the one registered 'YVF 904L' and despite having been in touch with some of its...
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The Badsey Eagle: what happened to it?
I found that the Badsey Eagle was never featured on these pages, so why not do a little write-up about it now? Perhaps anyone can also tell wether the car survives, too? William 'Bill' Badsey had been...
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Ogle SX1000 number 8 - where are you now?
There have been a few brochures for the Ogle SX1000 and one of them clearly shows the car registered '201 ANW', which was chassis number 8 or so I have been told. I don't know much about what happened...
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