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This is the old Camber / Maya GT factory

It's been a while since I wrote about the Camber / Maya GT, while it is an absolute favourite. Perhaps all the surviving cars have been unearthed by this time? At least most of them have been described on these pages before (full files here).

However, I had never before found the exact spot of the old factory. This also because the address given on the cars' promotional material simply was 'Camber Road, Rye', which is quite a long road with several buildings surviving there which could well have been it. 

But then Rod Porteous came to the rescue. He wrote: "As a youngster I holidayed near Camber and remember cars being built at this workshop on the outskirts of Camber. The workshop has been empty for years and thought I would record it before it’s demolished."

That has to be it. Great!

One of several Maya GT brochures from 'Camber Road, Rye, Sussex'

Picture Jeroen Booij archive

And another. W. West (Engineers) Ltd. was run by George Holmes

Picture Jeroen Booij archive

This is the place where these cars were built, or so remembers Rod Porteous

Picture Google Maps

Just 6 Camber GTs as well as 6 Maya GTs came to life here in these premises

Picture Google Maps

Commemorating the Maya GT's creator on World Animal Day

Today is World Animal Day, which just has to be 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 after his wife’s riding horse and the car was given a new logo with a running horse, not totally unlike that of Ford’s Mustang. That's one. But what may make it even more suitable is that Holmes was tragically killed in a road accident in 1968 while driving his own Maya GT. He saw an injured bird on the road, stopped and went out to rescue it. But another driver had not noticed him and ran him over, killing him on the spot. What a sad end for a great animal lover!

Maya GT, named after George Holmes' wife's horse. He was killed rescuing a bird

Picture Jeroen Booij archive

I found that a great number of Mini based cars were actually named after animals. This is my list of them:

AF Spider

Andersen Cub 

Ashley Gnat 

Austin Ant 

BAL Salamander

BSE Badger 

Badsey Eagle 

Bandicoot Mini 

Banham Bat

Banshee 

Brookland Swallow 

CJC Bison 

Capricorn 

Cavallo Estivo 

Charlatte La Puce 

Dandy Dragonfly 

Deerstalker Mini 

Domino Pup 

Dougal Bug 

Everson Cherub 

Fargo Tiger Special 

Fireball Midget 

Firefly 

Flying Falcon 

Galloping Maggot 

Gecko 

Gnat 

Grantura Yak 

Hare 3-wheeler 

Hollier Mosquito 

IGM Minbug 

Ibis 

Kingfisher Sprint 

Ladybird Special 

Leonhardt Tiger 

Luna Bug 

Lynx 

MG Wasp 

MMP Gnat Sports 

Mamba BLMC 

Mini Beaver 

Mini Mongrel 

Mini Mouse (UK) 

Mini Mouse (US) 

Mini Mutt 

Mini Puma 

Mini Robin 

Mini Shark 

Mosquito 

Octapus 

Onyx Bobcat 

RD Wasp 

Ranger Cub 

Redbird Mini 

Sarcon Scarab 

Scorpion Mini 

Seagull 

Silver Flea 

Siva Mule 

Stimson Midi Bug 

Stimson Mini Bug 

Stimson Snow Bug 

Terrapin 

Wildgoose

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 with only two sketchy pictures in the files (here). But not long after that I learned the car survives and was sent a few more pictures (here).

I spoke to the car's owner before who told me he'd bought the kit directly from Camber boss George Holmes and used it as a daily driver for several years. He made a trip to Germany in the car in 1968 or 1969, remembering it felt pretty small on the autobahns in between all the big BMWs and Mercs! Originally it used the 850 engine of the Mini that was used as a donor, but after a few years this was replaced by a 1000. Another couple of years on and it was time to fit a 1300 with race cam and big valved Cooper 'S' head! 

I also learned the Camber had had various colours in its life. Originally it was red, but at one time it became gold with a yellow stripe when people started naming it 'the Banana Split'. The car still needs a comprehensive restoration.

NPM 14F - a rare Camber GT that has been barn stored for decades now

Picture courtesy Gary Scott

Still owned by its original owner, it received several engines swaps and repaints over the years 

Picture courtesy Gary Scott

But this is it's last guise and the state it was put away in a barn all those years ago

Picture courtesy Gary Scott

The Camber in the Castle

It's been some time since I wrote about Camber GTs and Maya GTs here with the last update dating back to some 18 months. Between 1966 and 1968 a grand (?) total of twelve of these cars (six of each model) is believed to have been built and, so far, I have been able to track down several of these. Find out more about them in the series by clicking on their registration numbers in this listing:

NPM 14F (Camber GT) 

RLL 8L (Camber GT) 

FNU 400H (Camber GT) 

HPN 14D (Camber GT) 

DEN 70D (Camber GT) 

KOO 589 (Maya GT) 

HPN 13D (Maya GT) 

RKM 473G (Maya GT) 

PAP 14F (Maya GT) 

??? 208H (Maya GT)

Some are still missing and, mysteriously, I have been told of a possible survivor in the unlikely premises of... a castle. Yes, really and it is supposedly located in Kent. The man who told me this unfortunately passed away some time ago but I have all the reason to believe him. 

So... before I embark on a trip to Kent to visit the dungeons of every possible castle I can find, it may be an idea to see if somebody else out here may know more about this intriguing story. I'd love to hear from you.

All the Camber and Maya articles can be found here

Peekaboo! Is there really a Camber GT or Maya GT hidden in a castle in Kent?

(UPDATE - for those of you who didn't see - this picture is not real and shows 'PAP 14F' in its current condition photoshopped into the image of a castle gate)

Imaging Jeroen Booij

'Motor Sport tries Motorail' - the full film

It's been over eight years ago that I wrote about a promotional film named 'Motor Sport tries Motorail' about the 1968 Motorail Trophy (click here). I bought a dvd with the film at the time, showing a number of cars which were transported by train from London to Torbay to do a hill climb and an autotest event. It was filmed in early May 1968 and two cars of particular interest in the movie are Morris Bishop's clever four-wheel steered MoBi-One and a fine Camber GT / Maya GT (this one). Well... the full movie can now be found on the internet in a good quality and I thought I'd include it here also. Enjoy and have a good weekend.

Movie British Transport Films

Maya GT is star of Japan Mini Day 2018

Unlike other years, it seems that not so many Mini derivatives made it to the 26th Japan Mini Day, held in Hamanako last weekend. But fortunately there was Masato Kida's fully restored Maya GT, the car previously owned by Peter Filby and known as the Maya Maynot (more about it here and here). The pictures are kindly provided by Akira Shinozaki‎. Thank you!

'RKM 473G' plates are still on the Maya GT, known as the Maya Maynot

Picture Akira Shinozaki‎

The car was thought lost for a long time but all of a sudden re-appeared last year in Japan

Picture Akira Shinozaki‎

It is now fully restored and owned by Masato Kida. Only 12 Maya GTs were made

Picture Akira Shinozaki‎

This one now comes with a full space frame chassis, but retains its Mini power

Picture Akira Shinozaki‎

The car is in the good company of an Austin A30 at its new home in Japan now

Picture Akira Shinozaki‎

The Maya Maynot survives!

Some great news reached me today: the Maya GT that was once registered 'RKM 473G' and also known as 'The Maya Maynot' (full story here) is alive and well! The last trace of it dated back to 1983, but no further news was heard until now. The car survives in Japan, where it seems to have been lovingly restored. These photos were placed online by Makoto Sugiyama.

Incidentally, I came across the very same car when browsing the famous Filby Files earlier this month (more here), and so I can include some further historical photographs taken at the time when it was owned by Peter Filby and driven by his then-girlfriend Caroline (signature Filby-photo here). The original 'frogeye' headlights had by then been replaced by Hillman Avenger lights, placed low in the modified bonnet. A front air dam and a massive rear spoiler were added, too.

Fast forward a couple of decades and the Mini's original headlights appear to have been fitted once again, now just like the Camber GT had them at their low position in the car's nose. The rear spoiler and air dam have gone, too, while a subtle air scoop was added to the bonnet. I have no further information, but love to learn more. New owner: please do get in touch. For more on the 10 known Camber and Maya GTs, click here.

Now restored and with the looks of the Camber GT again: 'RKM 473G' lives!

Picture courtesy Makoto Sugiyama

This car had all sorts of headlights. From the Maya GT's 'frogeyes', to Hillman Avenger units and back to Camber GT style Mini classic headlights

Picture courtesy Makoto Sugiyama

Dark blue with red body details and gold Minilites form a remarkable colour choice but fits in okay

Picture courtesy Makoto Sugiyama

I have no idea what sort of engine lurks in there now, but I'm quite sure it's not the car's original 848

Picture courtesy Makoto Sugiyama

Window display proves the current Japanese owner is aware of Maximum Mini, too. 

Do get in touch if you like

Picture courtesy Makoto Sugiyama

This is the car when owned by Peter Filby. The 848 engine had already been replaced at the time

Picture the Filby Files / Jeroen Booij archive

The colour seen here was referred to as 'tinned salmon', but Ford Blue followed later

Picture the Filby Files / Jeroen Booij archive

The car's restoration was described in a number of issues of Alternative Car magazine in the early 80s

Picture the Filby Files / Jeroen Booij archive

Maya GT is still surprisingly original

When I was in The UK lately I had a spare hour or two, and happened to be nearby Ashford, Kent. All of a sudden I remembered the Ashford Maya GT that had been a mystery for years, until Josh Willis found the car and rescued it from the muddy field where it had been parked for so many years (click here for that story). I phoned up Josh and found him happy to catch up. Together with his father he runs a lovely workshop, hidden in the most rural part of Kent, which was excellent to see. They have a good nose for local Minis and snap up classic cars at a regular basis, but it was the Maya I was most interested in. Josh took me to a storage a few miles down the road where he'd parked it. The doors went open, the lights went on, and there it was. Still unchanged from when he repatriated it over three years ago now.

Josh has now found out more about its background, though. The car was first registered as PAP 19F on 24 May 1968, properly as a Maya too, with an 848 engine and red in colour. The first owner was a man named Peter Nicholas Timothy Mason of St. Leonards-on-sea, who kept it for two and a half years until selling it off again. St Leonards-on-sea is under 20 miles from Camber Sands where the car was built, and the next three owners are known and all in Kent, too. So this truly can be considered as a local car.

Josh is still planning a restoration but has so many projects on his hands, that he wisely doesn't mention a deadline for this one. I do love it, though, and hope to see it being restored one day. Apart from the much-butchered-about yellow Camber-Maya-hybrid that comes along every now and then, I think this is the only other known car with its original Maya nose still fitted. It would be really nice to hear from others who know more about its history.  Let me hear from you if you do.

Still the same as found in 2012 in Ashford field: the Maya GT that was lost for a long time

Picture Jeroen Booij

 Windows cracked, brightwork rusty and paint peeled - but highly original and body seems sound

Picture Jeroen Booij

 It was fitted with an 848 engine when new in 1968, which appears to be still in place

Picture Jeroen Booij

 PAP 19F was sold new to a Mr. Mason in St. Leonards-on-Sea. Some 17 miles from Camber Sands

Picture Jeroen Booij

Much of the car's interior is gone, but it's also surprisingly original and truly period

Picture Jeroen Booij

 Red paint - the car's original colour - is clearly seen through the peeling blue paint job

Picture Jeroen Booij

The first Camber GT now becomes a 4x4

Some years ago I found out that the very first Camber GT made (click here) survives. But not as we know it. The car, of which beautiful film footage survives, had a Maya GT nose section fitted in its early life, and was later given a targa roof. And it did not stop there. Daniel Boucher wrote back in 2011: "I was given it by a nice chap in Wimbledon. It was painted blue and had been converted into a convertible. It had a Cooper 1275 engine and Cooper S brakes but when I received it it was a rite heap and I spent about a year restoring it. However, I have had problems with retaining the original number plate as I cannot find the chassis number. The DVLA have not been helpful one bit and wanted to make it a Q registration. But it is on the road using a Mini registration at the moment because I refuse to make it a Q car." Pictures here.

I understand the car was later fitted with a Vauxhall or Honda engine (please!) although Daniel  said that he would prefer to bring the car back to its original condition with a roof. Until yesterday I didn't know whether that ever happened, but it seems he actually worked on it, now. I was sent over this picture of the car with its Mini registration - and… a roof. However, I also understand that the chap who bought it wants to build up the car as a space framed 4x4. Oh dear...

This Camber GT has seen it all. Now on its way to become four wheel driven…

Picture courtesy Jason Gwynnie89

Cool Maya GT shot - but who is that man?

Another great shot of the Maya GT 'HPN 13D' was found recently in a 1967 Dutch motoring magazine. I am not sure but suspect the man standing proudly next to it is the boss himself: George Holmes - anyone who can confirm this? The car was used for one of the brochures and was raced by a Mike Greenwood, but I still haven't been able to find out anything more on that. See here for more information about the car and click on the registration numbers below for all the other Camber GTs and Maya GTs that I have researched. 

NPM14F (Camber GT)
RLL8L (Camber GT)
FNU400H (Camber GT)
HPN14D (Camber GT)
DEN70D (Camber GT)
KOO589 (Maya GT)
HPN13D (Maya GT)
RKM473G (Maya GT)
PAP14F (Maya GT)
???208H (Maya GT)

The Maya GT demonstrator with - I think - George Holmes who designed it

Picture Jeroen Booij archive

'The Banana Split' in period - and colour

Josh Willis, who repatriated the Maya GT from a Sussex field last year (click here), hasn't started restoration on the car, but never the less intends to trailer it over to Blyton Park on May 4. A great chance to see one of those rare cars in the flesh. I've also asked another Camber GT owner but since he hasn't come back to me I'm unsure whether he will make it. Le me know if you do Bryan!

Meanwhile, I received a nice message about another surviving car, at one time known as 'The Banana Split' thanks to its colour scheme. It was described here earlier (click here) and a message from the original owner Derek followed soon (here). Now, a chap named Jim dropped me a line, writing: "Looking at this Blog about Mini derivatives (I'm interested in anything Mini, I have a 1960 Morris myself), reminded me about Derek's Camber. I used to work with him way back and remember this car and even found this picture of it." Thanks for sharing that Jim!

UPDATE August 2022: Pictures emerge from 'NPM 14F' in its long-term hiding place. Click here

Derek's car was known as the 'Banana Split'. It is still with us, although buried deep in a garage

Picture courtesy Jim

Maya GT owner calls in

Remember this car? Well, I was contacted by its original owner Mick Glazier recently who cleared up most of its earliest history, filling in some gaps. The mysterious chassis plate, for example, was made by him. Mick wrote a long letter, which I just reproduce here: "Dear Jeroen, thank you for your interest in the Mini Maya, and to share with me your information regarding he last purchaser Mr. Kazuo Maruyama. I was surprised to read that my beloved Mini Maya is residing in Tokyo! I am pleased to share my photos of how it looked when I had finished 'KOO 589' in 1971. As there was no chassis number I invented one, M/M stood for Mini Maya, 19746 was my date of birth (it should be 19476-JB). One of the photos is of the interior of the Maya being black with my little nephew, aged 2, who is now 33 years old."

"I had so much pleasure building and driving that little car, perhaps I need to put the records straight. I purchased the body shell with a spare front end (white ), and no windows or screen from Tony Archer Motors on the 18th December 1971. Then set about the passion of my build. Most of the running gear was from my old Mini (registered KOO 589). I fitted a new rear sub frame / Mini Van petrol tank, cutting and fitting the side and Rear windows from 1/4" Perspex. Wheels were 6" steel rims, also with two quarterlight winkers on the front sides. I had to source a new front screen from Pilkington's on the Isle of Sheppey in Kent, I fitted and reshaped the bonnet to a snug fit with internal catches before fitting the engine / wiring loom / lights. Had fun with the earthing but got there in the end."

"Not sure about the paint remarks, the body was rubbed down and any imperfections filled out, sprayed with the appropriate fibreglass primer and with the blue metal flake paint that was the latest customizing craze at that time. I also sprayed yellow and green coach lines about one inch above the bottom of the doors, going around to the Bonnet over and back to the rear of the car, and it looked a dream. All the time I had it there was no crazing on the body work. The inside was all black with a small alloy and leather steering wheel. My wife is from the Philippines and we are planning to retire there in about two year's time, so we won't be far away from Tokyo. Who knows we might be able to meet up? Thank you once again hope to hear from you soon. Take care for now and best regards, Mick" Well, that's one great story, Mick. Now let's hope the car will be soon treated as good as it was treated by its original owner. Drop me a line whenever you make it over to Japan!

The Maya GT was painted in metal flake blue when Mick owned it. It's now in Japan

Picture courtesy Mick Glazier

'KOO 589' was built with Glaziers' Mini serving as its base. Sourcing screens was challenging

Picture courtesy Mick Glazier

Glazier's nephew, aged 2 here, poses in the car that gave his uncle so much pleasure

Picture courtesy Mick Glazier

Lost Maya GT found

Avid readers of this blog may remember this post (click) about a mystery Maya GT that was last seen in a field in Ashford, Kent in 2007. Back then it was offered for sale for 500 pounds to Simon Coleman who found that just a bit too much for what it was. Question was if it did get sold in the end or got scrapped perhaps, Simon couldn't tell. Fact was that it disappeared from the field shortly after he photographed it with no further information known whatsoever.

Well, the good news is that the car is still alive in Ashford. It was offered once again, this time to Josh Willis who lives in that same place and who wrote: "A chap from just 'round the corner came into the workshop today and said he's got a Mini Maya in his garage he wants to sell, and was I interested? Obviously I thought he meant a Mayfair but he swears he doesn't. He reckons it's some mini based creation like a Midas, Marcos et cetera. I'd never heard of it."

Unfortunately the GT hasn't become any better in the 5 years that have passed as it only seems to have been moved from the open field to another corner in another field. The rear screen (hinged at the top or so it seems) is still cracked, the screens are left open. As noted before it appears to have been red in colour before, but at least now that I know its registration - PAP 14F - I can tell this is not one of the other 9 Cambers/Mayas described on these pages (see Camber/Maya Files here). Josh is eager to buy the car now - if the price is right. If he doesn't someone else around here may be interested to do so?

Lost Maya GT was last spotted in 2007. Although very rough, it is still alive

Picture courtesy Josh Willis

Rear screen is hinged - and cracked. Registration is unknown to DVLA database

Picture courtesy Josh Willis

Maya GT in technicolor!

Another great Maya GT related message arrived here. This time from Scott Barrett of Brighton. Scott writes: "Hi Jeroen. Thought I'd drop you a line to let you know about a short film that was recently brought to my attention entitled 'Motor Sport tries Motorail', dating from 1968. This film is featured on the dvd 'British Transport Films volume Seven' and comprises a short documentary about the 'Motorail' service that was running in the UK at that time, in which private cars could be transported by train between various locations throughout the country. The documentary follows a selection of cars being transported to a hillclimb and autotest event and ends with some footage of various cars being put through their paces. Included in the footage are not one, but two interesting Mini derivatives. Firstly Morris Bishop's MoBi-One" (more about that later). "Also shown, but not in as much detail, is the Camber/ Maya GT HPN 14D. I know the history of this car is somewhat sketchy (indeed it is - read about its history here and about it's survival here - JB) so it was nice to see it in colour, having received it's Maya nose-job but not yet having the ugly sunroof fitted. As the film can be conclusively dated to early May, 1968 now you know how early on it received this first lot of modifications. I've attached a set of screenshots of the two cars that you might be interested in. They were taken by another user on a forum I frequent and he has given permission for you to use them on your blog or however you'd like (see it here). Anyway, hope this is interesting for you, I know it was for me!" Thank you very much Scott, I have immediately ordered the dvd! Want it, too? Buy it here.

Well-known Maya GT at the start of the Motorail sponsored Oddicombe hill climb

'HPN 14D' appears to have had several guises. This must be its original appearance

"The track went from the beach alongside the cliff railway. It is very narrow and bumpy"

Whatever happened to this Maya GT?

So our Camber/Maya files have come to an end, haven't they? Not really, as I will keep on chasing these fine Mini derivatives and keep you informed when I do come across something new. As a matter of fact it's been a while since I got a message from Simon Coleman who recalled having seen a Maya GT in a field. Simon wrote: "I found it near Ashford in Kent (not far from Camber). I took this photo in 2007, shortly before it was sold (he wanted £500 for it, which was more than I could afford). Would love to know what happened to it, but suspect it went to Japan!? Great website by the way!" Unfortunately that's just about all Simon remembers, and he did not recall a registration number either. All I can tell is that it surely is a Maya GT (just look at the headlights) and that it appears to have been red earlier in its life, and maybe white, too? Perhaps it is this one? Or this mystery Maya? Who will tell?

UPDATE 28 March 2012: The car is found, still in Ashford and still in very rough condition. Click here

Mystery Maya GT was last seen in a field near to Ashford in 2007

Picture: Simon Coleman

Camber/Maya files: ???208H

For the time being this is the last part in a series about the Camber GT and Maya GT cars that I know of. After having described eight cars from old pictures that I have and stories that I heard, the final Maya GT that I know of is a bit of a mystery. From the only picture that I have of it, its registration number can only partly be seen, clearly ending with '208H' which makes it a 1969 registration and thus a very late car, or build. It shows a white Maya GT with 10 inch J.A.Pearce wheels but that is about all I know. Perhaps some of you guys will be able to tell me more about it?

Maya GT wears JAP aluminium wheels. The picture appears to be old

Picture Jeroen Booij archive

Find out more about the other cars described in this series by clicking on their registration numbers below:

NPM14F (Camber GT)
RLL8L (Camber GT)
FNU400H (Camber GT)
HPN14D (Camber GT)
DEN70D (Camber GT)
KOO589 (Maya GT)
HPN13D (Maya GT)
RKM473G (Maya GT)
PAP14F (Maya GT)
???208H (Maya GT)

Camber/Maya files: RKM 473G

We are nearing the end of the Camber/Maya files series, as I am running out of information on known cars, although I have a few surprises left. Anyway: information on some of the Camber and Maya GTs was brief but in some cases these articles lead to previous owners or even current owners of cars that I thought could have been scrapped. Have a look in the files by clicking here to see what I wrote and found out about in the last few months. Other cars have been very thoroughly described over a period, which helped the research, and the car that is featured here is definitely one that fits that bill.

And there's a good reason for that as its owner in the 1970s was no one less than the one and only true kit car guru mister Peter Filby. In the many, many, magazines that he published in the period the 'Maya Maynot', as it soon became known, was a regular topic and it can be seen in the background on pictures in other articles too. Originally the car came with 850cc engine "which expired rather suddenly at an unmentionable speed, so Caroline, and her boyfriend Peter Filby, decided to drop in something a little more healthy like a 998 Cooper lump", wrote Hot Car magazine in 1975. At around that time the headlights were changed to rectangular units from Hillman's Avenger, a job that was carried out by the Lenham Motor Co. Also the colour was changed to 'Tinned Salmon' with a black stripe plus a front spoiler was fitted, while later pictures show it with a rather amazing rear spoiler in Can Am style, too!

The car was used on a daily basis, which did not do much good, and a couple of years later it was decided to refurbish it somewhat more thoroughly as "the general air of dilapidation was not helped by the rather unusual styling, which although bizarre at first, does tend to grow on one", wrote Filby. A series in Alternative Car magazine followed. The engine, brakes and steering were rebuilt, starter engine, fuel pump and dampers were replaced, the doors were fitted with new hinges and interior panels, and the body work around these was strengthened. A new rear window and new windscreen rubbers were fitted, sound proofing, rubber mats and new seats were ordered and the car was repainted in Ford Olympic Blue. It cost some 55 hours and 550 pounds (material only) to do the job. Some issues later, the car was advertised for sale in the magazine for 750 pounds only, which seemed a bargain. Where did it go? It appears to have been on the road for the last time in 1983.

UPDATE 24 May 2017: the car survives and is beautifully restored in Japan. Click here.

The Maya GT in its original guise, including 'frogeye' headlights

Picture courtesy The amazing sports car journal

Oh behave! Filby's then-girlfriend with the car, now with Avenger lights

Picture courtesy Hot Car magazine 

By that time original 850 engine was replaced by a 998 Cooper unit 

Picture courtesy Hot Car magazine

Some years later the 'Maya Maynot' was overdue for a major restoration

Picture courtesy Gerry Hulford

This is what became of it at the time. Colour is Ford Olympic blue here

Picture courtesy Alternative Car magazine

That's a nasty rear spoiler! But who bought the car from Filby?

Picture courtesy Alternative Car magazine