Mini Magazine: the perfect magazine for anyone who wants to get the best out of their classic Mini. Rammed with technical features, advice, inspirational feature cars and plenty of reader involvement. Please note: This digital version of the magazine does not currently include the covermount items or content you would find on printed newsstand copies
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LIVING THE DREAM • Beautifully restored and built to be competitive, this hard-driven Mk2 is fulfilling its destiny with gusto
BROOKLANDS APPRENTICE REBUILD • Forget that Alan Sugar rubbish, these are proper apprentices
SPRING AUTOJUMBLE RETURNS TO BEAULIEU • The traders are back, get ready to rummage!
LAST VAN OFF THE LINE • Period image shows Pressed Steel Fisher’s last Mini Van
ROAD-TRIPPIN’ ON THE SOUTH WEST 660 • Adventure awaits around Devon and Cornwall
RACING LINES JOHN RHODES Interview
Events • KEEPING UP TO DATE WITH THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS ON THE SHOW SCENE
MRJ’S MINI MASHUPS
Auctions • OUR PICK OF THE INTERESTING MINIS UNDER THE HAMMER THIS MONTH
MINI FAIR 2022 • After a long wait to return to Bingley Hall, it was good to be back!
Your Minis
Not Just a Butcher • Starting out at Porsche specialists Dave Griffiths Racing gave Steven the necessary skills to create a classic Mini sleeper
DOUBLE JEOPARDY • Chris Denn’s Mini is one of the most innovative and exciting on the scene today. And it takes something really splendid to win our cover slot twice…
PENNY ROYALTY • Unquestionably one of the coolest turbo Minis around, Ben Gregory’s project is all about taking care of the pennies and finding abstract solutions
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RED STRIPE • After winning last year’s Mini Miglia championship first time out, Andrew Jordan’s back for 2022 with a brand-new car, crafted from only the finest ingredients for a sharper, stronger brew
PAUL COWLAND • Everything on the 1959 Mini was small – but the part that really changed the game forever was its tiny little 10” tyres. Without which, the car may never have been born at all…
HELEN STANLEY • Following last month’s look at David Bowie’s Mini, this time Helen’s looking at Kate Moss’s arachnid art car
BACK TO BASICS: BUYING THE CLASSIC MINI • In the first of a two-part assessment guide, we show you what to look out for when getting on the ladder of Mini ownership for the first time.
Products • The latest Mini products
MINI MARCOS GT MK4
Pick ‘n’ mix • Body prep, wiring and an iffy clutch – it’s all go for Pete!
Preparations… • Withdrawal symptoms set in as Tim gets ready to scratch the racing itch
Washing machine • Endless rain and Saharan sand, it’s been a mucky month…
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THE GENERATION GAME • United in rust, this 1275 GT’s rebirth was a true father-and-son bonding experience
A Mini experiment • A first-generation MINI can now be had for well under £1000, but will it be any good? We bought one, and headed across the channel in it to find out.
Works Experience • The run-out Checkmate has become a very desirable R53 – but did you know it came in factory-fit JCW flavour? Maik Smit takes up the story…
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