So, the voting for Project Clubby is still on in the sidebar, still no car (my fault, nobody else’s) and information gathering is still going on too.
I think have found the style that I want to build. The car will probably be a four seat roadster, something like this:
I just love the clean lines [...]
If I ever suggest that people meet at 0630 to go to a show, please will somebody slap me very very hard? It’s too damned early!
I am told that 2,100 cars were scheduled to attend the event, some 1,900 at Crystal Palace to do the run to Brighton on Sunday and a couple of [...]
Please allow me to apologise for my tardiness with this report – no excuses I’m afraid.
60 Minis, 60s dress code and lovely bright sunshine. What more could be asked for when you’re going to a Mini show. 11 May saw us all gather at the D-Day Museum on Southsea seafront to convoy into [...]
Yes, that means you!
At the beginning of April I wrote a post entitled “The Itch” explaining that I got the itch to start a project. I also put a poll in the sidebar (on the right) asking what I should do to the car.
Well, the car should be arriving very soon (big grin!) and [...]
In the previous article we saw how BMC (and its successors) worked repeatedly on replacements for the Classic Mini. Most never got beyond prototype stage and those that did never ultimately replaced the Issigonis original. However, by the late 1990’s Frank Stephenson’s designs had been accepted by BMW/Rover and full-scale production was about [...]
As part of the Gunwharf Quays Italian Job show the organisers have arranged with Portsmouth Council to close Southsea in an attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the longest line of Minis. Currently the record stands at 273 Minis, classic and new, set on 10 June 2007 in Virginia Beach in the USA. [...]
