Regular contributor Karsten Stelk came across another great photograph of the London Racing Car show of January 1967, this month 54 years ago, and he was kind enough to share it. In the center of the picture we see the Marcos Components stand with three Mini Marcoses on display. I believed the show on which Marcos built a car at the spot took place in 1968, but I seem to be wrong after all as these photographs by Tommy Jaggerwal who was there, certainly seem to be taken at the same venue. Thank you Karsten!
Friday, 22 January 2021
54 Years ago - Racing Car Show 1967
Wednesday, 20 January 2021
New Zealand MiniSprint: Crashed, rebuilt and... disappeared
Tuesday, 19 January 2021
The adventures of a happy Scamper
Friday, 15 January 2021
GRV Project X is not a Hustler. But does it survive?
Wednesday, 13 January 2021
Mini Marcos Mk1 competition car started (well... almost)
Monday, 11 January 2021
Ben and the Dutch Peel Viking GT
One of the first to phone me up in the new year was Ben Konst - the man who'd imported the Peel Viking GT to The Netherlands in the 1960s, and who bought back his old demonstrator some two years ago now (several articles here).
Ben, 79 years at the moment but ever so spritely, had a few questions. He will be going to the Dutch authorities later this week to get the car's registration back on track. As I was around a week later I thought I'd pop in to say hello. And I was pleasantly surprised. The last two years or so Ben had several other cars to work on, but by this time he has started work on the Viking and has managed to buy several parts that had gone missing after we found the car in a German shed. Among them a correct engine with 'magic wand' gearbox, since it had been fitted with a later Innocenti engine with remote type gearbox.
He is still looking for some parts, among them a set of Mk1 Cosmic wheels, as his car now comes with just one, so if you happen to have a few lying around and want to part with them, let me know. For now: best of luck at the registration office!
UPDATE 14 January 2021: Approved!

Thursday, 7 January 2021
ABC Tricars - how many left?
When I was looking for a proper ABC Tricar to photograph for Maximum Mini 2 ages ago, I made a little list with cars known (see it here). But as this is some 10 years now (!) I thought it would be time for an update, as there is much more known now and with recent Tricar activity stirring it up, too.
TFD 47G - The prototype. This car has been found and is under restoration now. (more here)
XFD 90H - This was the company's demonstrator. I understand it survives but haven't seen it
AFD 95J - Bronze yellow - no further information
BFD 41J - Bronze yellow - no further information
BFD 88J - Red - Clubman nose, owned by ABC's Trevor Powell's son when new (more here)
CFD 39J - Light Blue - body almost unrecognizably modified
CFD 40J - Red - No further information
RFD 654K - Green - Clubman style nose. Advertised in 2011, current whereabouts unknown
HFD 601K - Red - fully restored by Roy Kirkham, featured in Maximum Mini 2 (here)
LFD 504L - Bronze yellow - now in the USA in a brighter yellow colour
LFD 984L - Green - Rear end after crash in the late-1970s
Unknown black car - Said to be a Tricar but I'm not sure
Monday, 4 January 2021
Fisher GT is Find of 2020
First of all: happy 2021 to you all!
Let's hope the new year will be a good one for all and perhaps slightly less challenging...
Unfortunately I received very few votes for the 'Maximum Mini Find of the Year' election, and wonder if you guys want me to stop the tradition. In past years I received well over 100 votes, but this time there were just 20 or so, making it in my opinion not a very exiting poll. I'd almost forgot to mention that the Lotus-Fisher GT won. Congratulations to Dan Stokes, who found the car in Southampton in October!
Oh - I also had a Find of the Decade poll when Maximum Mini had its 10th anniversary as a blog. Again, a disappointing number of votes but still 44. The Le Mans Mini Marcos (found 2016) won with 18 votes.