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Some Interesting Minis & A Bit Of History

 

On this page you will find a few cars of interest, most of them have been owned, rerstored or sold by me at some time or other, others have nothing to do with me but I feel are worthy of note. I hope you enjoy some of the stories.

Original Speedwell Demonstrator

In the autumn of 2010 I was lucky enough to be able to purchase a very rare original Speedwell demonstrator.

The car is a 1965 Austin Cooper S that was used for many press apearances & other media events by Speedwell the 1960's tuning house. It was fitted with a vast array of original tuning parts & is currently undergoing a sympathetic restoration back to its original spec.

Hopefully the car will be ready for Summer 2011 & the 50th anniversary of the Mini Cooper.

Neville Trickett Mini-Sprint

I have always wanted to own a Mini-Sprint.

The chopped down version of the Mini, in 2008 when I heard that Neville Trickett the inventor of this variant was making them again for the first time in 40 years I had to have one.

For More info on Mini-Sprints go to NEVILLE's SITE

Or read an article on my car & the history of the Sprint, by clicking on the image to the left.

My Sprint was also recently used in a TV Programme, click the logo to see an extract of the programme.

MK1's Historic Racer Project.

Follow the progress of my latest project here.

A 1071cc historic racer based on a remarkably good 1960 light weight shell.

TKU 133 Downton modified 1071cc Mini Cooper S. First registered in 1963

XFV 445 Fully Speedwell modified 1152cc Mini Super Deluxe

BRT 721 B Morris Mini Traveler fully restored and fitted with Shorrock C75B Supercharger

 

YRY 965 J MK3 Special Tuning Mini Cooper S Restored from boxes of bits.

 

 

 

Series 1 English Built Moke Fitted with Alexander Crossflow Cylinderhead

Original Downton Cooper S that competed on the 1967 Targa Florio