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
WELCOME
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SCHOOL OF LIFE • More than just a B-road blaster, this ’68 Morris has become an in-depth educational experience
TRUCKS ASSEMBLE FOR ANNIVERSARY
SPECIALIST COMPONENTS 160R
FUN & GAMES IN EAST ANGLIA
SUN SHINES FOR CORNISH EXTRAVAGANZA
BILL RICHARDS
FESTIVAL OF FUN • Mini 7 racers wow crowds with thrilling battles at the Brands Hatch Mini Festival
HOT NORFOLK NIGHTS
KEEPING UP TO DATE WITH THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS ON THE SHOW SCENE
HOMEBUILT HERO
FRESH MEAT
BRITISH MOTOR SHOW • Huge and diverse classic displays at Farnborough
Do the Locomotion • Drawing inspiration from vintage railways, Shaun Whitehead has unique plans for his Minivan - asubtle sleeper with a British Rail twist
TRUCKING CRAZY • The essence of a pickup is to be practical and sensible. This is neither of those things, and it’s all the better for it
MINIS AT GOODWOOD
LAVORO ITALIANO • This limited-edition Mini may be extremely rare, but that doesn’t stop it haring about all over Europe
AKINA TOFU • A fresh build from Japan’s Mie Prefecture, this Mini fuses domestic and global styles to set a new blueprint for Mini modifiying
CITY STREETER • Following a comprehensive red and black theme, this street-racer City bares its teeth with real menace
MINI CABRIOLET
BEFORE STARTING
TEN OF THE BEST: PERFORMANCE AND STYLING MODS • Following on from last month’s safety and useability tweaks, we look at 10 things you can do to add more style and performance to your Mini.
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Tale of many wheels • Family wedding forces a wheely good plan
Strip club • Gloves are off as Pete and his wife duke it out on the dragstrip
REWIND • This month’s dig through the Mini Magazine archives takes us back to the fresh halcyon springtime of April 2011…
ROLL WITH IT • Sometimes racers crash, it’s an occupational hazard. If you find yourself shiny-sidedown, you’ve just got to go with the flow…
Grand Slam • For Colt Powell, the stance scene is life – and as the passion grows, he’s inviting more modern MINI owners to join the movement
Boost Mode • Nigel Marsh enjoyed the challenge of modifying other people’s MINIs, so he set himself the challenge of building a genuine 400whp racer