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Tuesday, 4 February 2025
Friday, 13 May 2022
Market round up (Spring 2022)
Another market round up to see what is for sale for those wanting to buy a Mini based car right now. Once again there is lots to choose from, from the weird to the wonderful and from the cheap to the expensive. In alphabetical order I present to you:
A beautiful AEM Scout with 1965 registration. Ad here
Andersen Cub in the UK with hardly any miles. Ad here
Andersen Cub Six, a.k.a. Sundancer in St. Tropez. Oh-la-la! Ad here
Banham Sprint with 1275 engine and 1970 reg. Ad here
Gorgeous 1992 Domino Pimlico in The Netherlands. Ad here
Grantura Yak needing TLC but correctly registered. Ad here
GTM Coupe project in Austria. Ad here
1980 Hrubon Phaeton in sunny France. Ad here
Hustler 6 with 1965 registration in Wales. Ad here
Mini Jem Mk2, ready to go, in France. Ad here
One of 4 Mini Marcoses offered for sale in France. Ad here
And another Mk4 Mini Marcos in green. Ad here
And yet another Mk4 in white (that's not a '66 car!). Ad here
Plus a Mk3 Mini Marcos in red. Ad here
1966 Mini Moke with rare Barton hardtop in Spain. Ad here
Barn find Stimson Mini Bug in Northern Ireland. Ad here
Stimson Trek in bits at an eye-watering price. Ad here
Genuine Wood & Pickett Mini needing serious work. Ad here
For 100s more Mini derivatives seen for sale previously, have a look at previous market round ups:
And then there's the Maximum Mini Marketplace
Monday, 13 December 2021
Another book: Richard Oakes - Master of Design
If there is one kit car designer that deserves a book of his own, it's Richard Oakes. Not even Barry Stimson can match him in sheer numbers of designs. Between the early 1970s and today Oakes designed a great number of specialist- and kit cars, from the Dutton Sierra to the Deltayn Pegasus and from Tramp buggy to Nova sports car.
And he was responsible for several Mini based cars, too. There were of course the original Midas and its later incarnations to start with as well as the Midas Gold. But also the Indespension Jiffy, the GTM Coupe plus GTM Rossa, GTM Libra and GTM Spyder, the Domino Pimlico and its variations plus the stillborn ANT III city car (which I didn't even know about).
This book is about all of them and the author Douglas Anderson, interviewed Oakes several times and even did so to his late parents. He was also given full permission to Oakes' archives, which shows. The 176-page book is full of sketches and drawings, all reproduced superbly. The texts with these illustrations are somewhat limited sometimes, but they do match the layout particularly well. I'm sure Oakes himself will agree that it looks good.
The book's last chapter is dedicated to the latest project: the Sprite/Midget based ADO, which is being brought to life by the author himself after another Oakes design. The number of pages this ADO project receives is perhaps relatively many compared to the other vehicles described, but it may say something about the enthusiasm of the author also, whom we can only encourage in this project. Order it directly from him for £30 plus p&p via andersonandclarkpublishing@gmail.com
Richard Oakes definitely deserved a book. 'Richard Oakes - Master of Design' is that
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Oakes was responsible for a great number of Midas and GTM designs
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Unlike his other Mini based designs, the Pimlico was still recognizable as a Mini
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The Indespension Jiffy was a commercial vehicle and it was Mini based too
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The author was given full access to Oakes archives with many sketches and drawings being printed
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Douglas Anderson's own project, the Sprite or Midget based ADO, is another Richard Oakes design
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Wednesday, 4 March 2020
Back from the UK - what a trip!
Having returned from the UK, I can look back on a week with some fantastic meetings but also with some real downsides, too. Things started pretty gloomy when the fuel pump of my beloved Saab decided the time had come to stop pumping fuel on the night before leaving for Calais. Thanks to my garage we could fit a new one just in time, but then I still wasn't prepared for the terrible traffic jam around Antwerp, which caused me to miss my ferry. And my first appointment. More trouble lay ahead, but let's focus on the good things first: the people I met. Thanks guys, you've been great! I took hundreds of photographs, so let's scroll through a small selection here.
That's Andrew MacLean of the Scamp Motor Company welding another chassis. He's done hundreds!
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While this machine has made all the body panels for all the Scamps that were ever sold
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Andrew then brought me over to a field where he knew one very special RTV had been parked up
It's certainly worth a story on its own
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This man is mister Santos and he is the curator of the UK's largest classic car collection.
The warehouse behind him stores only one half of it, but was too big to photograph in full!
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I was given a grand tour and was left amazed. While focussing on the top end of the market, this collection also houses some Mini derivatives. Hustler Sixes for example
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And how about this Wood & Pickett Mini? - a car that was previously featured in Maximum Mini
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Master of the coachbuilt Minis is Steve Burkinshaw, here in his Hertfordshire based workshop.
We had a truly lovely day and made some great plans for the future
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The number of coachbuilt Minis that Steve restored over the last decades is quite unbelievable.
And then the stories that he tells about them!
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A typical car you'd find in his front garden, one with great provenance. More special stuff behind
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Over to the Midlands. Stimson-fan Paul Wylde managed to buy this Stimson Scorcher two weeks ago. Did he want to take it out for me to do a photoshoot? Oh, yes
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And his mate George Marsh came over, too, bringing a beautifully built Domino Pimlico
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Next stop: Worcestershire, where I bumped into some genuine barn finds.
Some real obscurities there! Recognize some?
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The one I actually came for was outside. It's the long-lost Micron GT! More to follow
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Havoc struck when, on a particularly dark and deserted Lincolnshire road, out of nowhere a couple of deer stood right in front of me while I traveled at 50mph, damaging my beloved Saab
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One deer was hit at the right side and one at the left. I never found them as it was so pitch dark.
These pictures were taken the next morning
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Don't say I just hit a tree. My mate who is into the game trade told me this was the hair of fallow deer
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ABS boss Tony Bucknall made up for it though, spending much of a day to show me around his place and talk about his passion for Mini derivatives. He has quite a few!
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Oh, and did he want to push out the mighty CJC Bison for a full photo shoot, before I went to catch my ferry back? Of course he wanted that!
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Tuesday, 22 October 2019
Mini variants in 'massive barn find collection'
NCM Auctioneers is selling a remarkable lot of classic cars, which they call a 'massive barn find collection'. The sale lists 135 lots with a number of kit cars and Specials among them - seven of these being Mini powered. I have included pictures of them below. The auction takes place in Lancashire on November 1 and 2, but you can bid online also. Click here to give it a go!
Domino Pimlico looks to be in a good state. There's no engine though
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No engine for this Midas either, but it does seem to have (Y-) registration
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Midas Gold convertible. This one comes with power train, and it looks to be a 1275
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Ranger Pick Up looks a bit sorry for itself. Bonnet appears to be with the car, though
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Pink Scamp Mk2 looks rough around the edges; Morris mill hides under the bonnet
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Another Scamp Mk2, engine-less but this one comes with the factory gull wing doors
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Hustler Six looks complete but will definitely need work, too
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