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Filing the Wildgoose
Wildgoose Mini campervans appear here only occasionally. Every now and then one comes by when it is offered for sale, but the last time more of them were seen here was quite a while ago. Perhaps the...
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One-owner Camber GT still hides in barn
The Camber GT and Maya GT have been covered extensively here with articles on every car known to me. 'NPM 14F' was a bit of a mystery for some time. Back in 2011 there was very little known about it...
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Nimrod in brochures
Just some groovy promotional material for the Nimrod from the Maximum Mini files for you to enjoy. Although the car was manufactured originally in 1972-1974 only by Nimrod Engineering, several revamped...
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Endless summer of 2022
August 2022 appears to have seen more classic car shows and meetings than the two years preceding it. A collection of sunny pictures made it to here a couple of weeks ago (click) - here are yet more of...
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Unipower GT turns up - looking for a new owner
It's always nice when a car comes out of its hiding after a long time and it's the case now with a Unipower GT that had been stored away for quite a while. Matt Phillips placed a pictured of it online...
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Mini Marcos Estates - in sketches
I found myself rummaging in old magazines once again when I bumped into two different design sketches for a Mini Marcos Estate version, both were done by illustrator Steve Kirk but they are different...
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Zagato Mini Gatto in Jidéhem's Starter
Look what was sent to me! Another page from the old Belgian comic / motoring magazine Starter, which used to be so richly illustrated by the artist Jidéhem. I wrote about it before as some Mini based...
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The Queen's Mini derivative
Queen Elizabeth has died and the nation is in grief. You shall be missed by many Majesty.Not quite the kind of posting for Maximum Mini you'd think, but amazingly the late-Queen did have a link to a...
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The Prisoner Moke - unraveling its past
There was still a big gap in the history of the surviving Prisoner Mini Moke but a little bit of that gap is now cleared. You may remember that the car was found in 2011 in The Netherlands by fellow...
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Bill Needham dies
Another legendary name that will be linked to Mini derivatives forever has left us: Bill Needham. Needham set up Coldwell Engineering Ltd. in 1961 and debuted in racing that same year. He entered his...
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Works transporter Scottish style
This picture, shared on Facebook recently, was just too good not to show here also. That's the Stimson Mini Bug racer of Vince Gonelli on the back of a Ford Thames van that was converted in a pick-up....
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A McCoy (and Mini Jem) in France
I was surprised to learn of a McCoy in The Netherlands last month (click here), but it's not the only example of the species outside of the UK. Raynald Claudine has one in Brittany, France and recently...
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Bill Needham dies
Another legendary name that will be linked to Mini derivatives forever has left us: Bill Needham. Needham set up Coldwell Engineering Ltd. in 1961 and debuted in racing that same year. He entered his...
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What could have been: 1965 BMC Mini Sprint GT
A wild MiniSprint replica is being built in a workshop named Hanbury Speed Shop, somewhere in the UK but with a window to the world on Instagram. That's pretty cool on it's own, but how about the...
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More Mini Marcoses and Mini Jems bound for France
Quite a few Mini Marcoses and Mini Jems have found their way over to France in the last couple of years. Well, another truckload made it over to there! Roger Garland, the fantastic club secretary and...
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Summer's over but the pictures remain
That seemingly endless summer of 2022 has now really come to an end. These will probably be the last pictures of a lovely season, found on the web by myself or sent over to me by others. Enjoy.Richard...
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Morris Bishop dies at 92
It's with great regret that I just heard of the passing of Morris Bishop on last Thursday, the 22nd of September, at the age of 92. Morris was the man behind MoBi-One - the Mini based car that proved...
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Mathijs finds an Irish Kingfisher Sprint
Mini Marcos owner and fellow-Dutchman Mathijs van Mullem lives in Ireland these days and he took his Marcos with him. He does send over a message every now and then. Last week a brief one came in:...
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Commemorating the Maya GT's creator on World Animal Day
Today is World Animal Day, which I believe is a particular good day to commemorate George Holmes. Holmes was the man behind the Camber GT and it's later incarnation the Maya GT. That was in fact named...
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ASP 1300 'S': "An advanced Cox GTM and Terrapin"
There is some good news about the Mini based ASP 1300 'S' that resurfaced in Kansas, USA three years ago (click here). The car was sold to Jim Allen recently, who's started to recommission and who told...
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