Mini Magazine

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

Mini Magazine

Club Tropicaua • Fun and sunshine, cocktail time, a summer’s tune… for its 50th birthday, this Clubman has been reborn for tropical everyday thrills

MONZA DESIGN STUDIO CREATES A BUZZ

WANNA LIVE LIKE COMMON PEOPLE

WAGONS ROLLIN’

SECURE STOR AGE FOR LONDON

NICK PADMORE

Events

COASTAL COMMAND

OMLOOP VAN VLA ANDEREN 2022

TRACY THOMSON RACING

GOODWOOD REVIVAL

Your Minis

Roofless Efficiency • With this sympathetic resto, Kevin Dickson is learning just how different an SPI Cabriolet is to the various other Minis he’s worked on…

FUTURE PERFECT • After a tense seven-year rebuild, Jayme Hill’s project is raising the bar for the modded Mini scene

ISLAND HOPPING • Built in New Zealand, reborn in England, this ’65 Mk1 is a perky survivor with a few tales to tell

ISLE OF WIGHT MINI ADVENTURE

TEENAGE KICKS • Who wouldn’t want to relive their wild teenage years? Bobby Bloor can do just that, every time he gets behind the wheel of his kickass Clubman

NUTS & VOLTS • If you think EV conversions cost Tesla money, allow Opto Innovation to show you how it can be done on a more realistic budget

TECH: HOW TO: SERVICE YOUR REAR BRAKES • Regular servicing is essential for effective rear drum brakes. Here’s how to overhaul them at home.

Products

Beginnings/Endings • Tim mourns the end of a lengthy and special south London era

Show season • Martyn’s early OBL MINI Cooper takes pride of place on show

REWIND • For this month’s dive into the Mini Magazine rabbit-hole, we’re aiming squarely at July 2001

IN THE SHADOWS • Damned to a dark and quiet existence, when will fate change its mind about this ’64 Cooper?

COOPER S TOURING • Posh 40th anniversary special from John Cooper Garages

Works Experience

R50 MINI – Buying & Tuning Guide • Now considered a modern classic, the firstgeneration One and Cooper look great, are well made, fun to drive, have modern safety features, and will never be cheaper

Friends With Benefits • By transforming his R53 into a Clubsport track toy, Bob’s lifestyle has undergone something of a transformation too…