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1500th post!
Well-well, another milestone reached -Â this is my 1,500th article here in Maximum Mini. I hope you still enjoy it.If you can handle more Maximum Mini from my hand you can read this month's MiniWorld...
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More about the Mini powered Ginetta G4 of Canada
Three years ago this Mini powered Ginetta from Canada was a total mystery. Slowly the voids are being filled in since Denis Caron bought the car, with no idea what it actually was. Trevor Pyman, a...
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Bulanti Mini SS resurfaces
A rare Bulanti Mini SS that hasn't been heard of for a long time resurfaced in the hands of Peter Della Valle last weekend. Peter wrote: "We finally have one of the three cars and most of the moulds...
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Phoenix Minis meet
The chances of stumbling upon a Mini based Phoenix, as designed and marketed by Paul Haussauer in the 1980s, are a zillion times smaller than bumping into whatever supercar. So how about these...
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Stimson's stories (6)
Following Barry Stimson's death on the last day of 2022 (click) this is another part in a series of interviews with the designer. This time about marketing the Stimson Mini Bug in print, on the...
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The Targa Florio Mini Marcos (1)
Mini Marcoses have been entered in a number of great races, and the 1967 Targa Florio is certainly one of these. Although it didn't finish the tough Italian road race, it is about time to have a better...
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Deep Sanderson 301 - where is it?
How many Deep Sanderson 301s were made? No-one seems to know for sure and all the figures that I have come across and heard about, including from its late-creator Chris Lawrence himself, can be taken...
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Ogles in Japan (4)
In this little series we have a look at the Ogle SX1000s which reside in Japan, and this is the next in line. Car chassis number 21 was registered '992 VWL' and last seen in the UK in 1986 when it was...
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40 Years ago: the end of Davrian
It's been almost exactly 40 years since Davrian Developments went into receivership. By that time in 1983 the Davrian Mk8 was in production and approximately 50 of these cars had been built of which...
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The Targa Florio Mini Marcos (2)
I wrote about the Targa Florio Mini Marcos recently (see here) and added that I do believe the car survives also. I still do, but finding out which of the Mini Marcoses with an early history in Sweden...
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Monika and the Unipowers: more pictures
I have found some new pictures of the two Unipower GTs that were on display at the 1967 Racing Car Show, and several of these show our lovely model Monika Dietrich in the cars and notably on their...
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One-owner Biota Mk1 sold
While I'm still chasing the Biota Mk2 that was seen recently in a garden (this one), another long-lost car has resurfaced. Amazingly this one is a one-owner Mk1 car that was built in 1971, registered...
View ArticleJeremy & Burt drive the Ranger Cub
I don't know about you but I could do with a little sunshine! So let's get over to Happy Valley, Oregon once more, where Jeremy Thorpe runs Jet Motors and makes a nice video every now and then about...
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Another Dutch Peel Viking reappears - and disappears again
You may remember the Peel Viking GT that was built by Dutchman Ben Konst back in 1966/1967. I was very eager to find that car back and my search was finally rewarded in February 2018. What was even...
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Siva Buggy has been hiding since '82
I received a message from Graham Hill last week. Graham runs a company which makes crankshafts and has been a Mini enthusiast for much of his life. Recently he has been helping a friend to clear one of...
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Butterfield at Brands Hatch - new picture
Hey, I haven't been writing about the Butterfield Musketeer for some time now (5 years to be exact, way too long). And we wouldn't want to have this lovely if not mysterious model fade into obscurity...
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The Targa Florio Mini Marcos (3)
If you have managed to read though part 1 here and part 2 here of this intriguing story about the Mini Marcos that made it to the 1967 Targa Florio race, you may like this part 3 too. Take a deep...
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Stimson cars tribute at Restoration Show
Have there ever been five different Stimson designs together on one display? I don't think so. Paul Wylde and his team of Minikits enthusiasts have been working for ages to get just that together and...
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A Wood & Pickett mystery Mini
Trevor Ripley owns a lovely Mini Cooper 'S', which was coachbuilt by Wood & Pickett, but what misses is the history from its early days. He wrote to me hoping I could possibly fill in a bit: "Hi...
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Barclay Mini Bug shows its number
To continue the Stimson theme, some further info about a Barclay Mini Bug has found its way to here. This was the Dutch version of the Stimson Mini Bug made in Helmond, The Netherlands, by a company...
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