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

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GOOD VS EVIL • This Mini’s first rebuild was a force for good; the second, however, was pure malevolence. Can such wildly conflicting concepts ever work together?

MINI FAIR 2023 • BMC’s season opener returns to its brilliant best

THE ELIXIR OF IMMORTALITY • New coffee table book tells the life story of a kustom legend

SIGHTS SET ON BMC’S MINI FEST • The ever-popular Stanford Hall show is set to be another classic

BEATLES MINIS REUNITED • Kensington embraces the fab, er, three

ALEC POOLE Interview

THUNDER DOWN UNDER

RESTOMOD SQUAD

Events • KEEPING UP TO DATE WITH THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS ON THE SHOW SCENE

Out for the Summer • Pete’s aim to have his homegrown Mini finished for last summer was stymied by the previous owner’s decidedly dodgy welding…

CLUB TROPICANA • Orange, concentrated and with lots of juicy bits, Mel Toombs’ custom supercharged Clubman proves that being bold can really pay off

CASINO ROYALE • Conceived for moneyed high-rollers, this uber-fancy De Ville served in period as Radford’s demonstrator

SECOND CHANCE • Having let his beloved first Mini project go, Rob Whiten wasn’t about to let that happen twice…

TOAST OF THE TOWNS • What do you get if you cross a Mini with an Aston Martin? Bizarrely, you’re looking at it…

THE WRIGHT STUFF • We all had to find our own ways to deal with the pandemic. For Charlie and Jenson Wright, this meant learning a lot of new skills…

LATERAL THINKING • A Mini isn’t the obvious first choice for teens in 2023. Which is exactly why it’s a good idea!

TECH: REPAIR FAULTY WIND-UP WINDOWS • Getting wound-up by inoperative wind-up windows? Sort them out with our handy step-by-step guide.

Products

MINI ACV 30 • This cartoonish 1997 one-off hid a very unorthodox drivetrain

Ups and Downs • With springtime upon us, Tim’s springing into action

Some you lose • Ian finds that fewer pedals don’t have to equate to less fun

REWIND • This month’s deep-dive into the Mini Magazine archive takes us back to the Mini’s 40th anniversary

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Precious Cargo • It may have started life as a sensible, utilitarian load-lugger, but Dan Howlett’s Clubman has been getting a whole lot more treasured

R55 Clubman Buying & Tuning Guide • Need more practicality with retro looks but with the same great MINI drive? What you need is a Clubman estate

Scene Shifter • Stylishly blending a variety of influences from the track and stance scenes, this tuned and slammed R53 cuts a fresh new look