Thursday 20 January 2022

Mick Jagger's Mini Margrave - shrouded in myth

Let's have a look at yet another celebrity owned coachbuilt Mini that appears to have gone up in thin air: Mick Jagger's 1967 Austin Cooper 'S'. It's a car, which received the Wood & Pickett treatment in 1967. Oddly there aren't any photographs of Jagger with the car showing the registration but the Mini is widely believed to have been 'OGO 668E'. It was painted black (ha!) or a very dark colour and apart from the usual W&P bells and whistles came with full Webasto roof, shadowlite glass and chrome trim on its sides not seen very often.

There's a well-known picture of the car being parked outside Wood & Pickett's premises and I happen to have another shot of the same car at the same place. The only few pictures of Jagger with the car were taken on 18 April 1967 when he arrived at London Heathrow from Athens, but these don't show very much of the vehicle. Then there's a number of photos taken on 1 August '67 taken outside the law courts in London where Jagger was heard for drug possession, but these only show his girlfriend Marianne Faithfull with the car. It is believed to be Jagger's but that's not confirmed and again there's no plate visible. Have a look at the pictures below and let me know if I missed out on anything here. 

Below also some links to other articles about celebrity owned coachbuilt Minis that appear to have vanished from the earth...

John Lennon's Radford Mini here
Lady Di's Daly Runabout Mini here
The Beach Boys' Mini Surfers here
The Bee Gees Broadspeed GT here
Roy Boulting's Radford Mini here
Cliff Richard's W&P Mini here
Françoise Sagan's Mini cabriolet here


Wood & Pickett Ltd, early 1967. The car nearest to the camera is believed to be Jagger's
Picture Jeroen Booij archive

 OGO 668E again, now in a frontal shot at W&P's. It's an Austin Cooper 'S' 
Picture Jeroen Booij archive

18 April 1967: Mick Jagger at London Heathrow with his Mini. Webasto roof is just visible
Picture Daily Mirror / Jeroen Booij archive

1 August 1967. Marrianne Faithfull with supposedly Jagger's Mini
Picture Alamy

Please pose! Webasto roof clearly visible again as well as Cosmic wheels and chrome trim
Picture Mirrorpix

And now smile, love! Shadowlite glass gives no clue about the Mini's inside...
Picture Mirrorpix

...Or does it? Is that a black interior? Note Faithfull's cigarette also
Picture Mirrorpix

Oh, how many pictures do you guys want to take?!
Picture Mirrorpix

Another Wood & Pickett (Morris) Mini but with some striking similarities including the brightwork
Picture Jeroen Booij archive

And yet another with the same chrome side strips. Plus shadowlite glass, wing mirrors, Webasto...
This one comes with more modifications though, including deseaming and rectangular headlights. Jagger's car in a later stage, made to look like a Mk2 and re-registered..? Who can tell..?
Picture Jeroen Booij archive

1 comment:

  1. Jagger’s Mini was bought from Brydor, it’s in the ledger. No registration mark is recorded however,

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