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Congratulations to Steve Wood - Raffle Mini Winner

Congratulations to Steve Wood who has won the 'Better Than New Mini'. Hope you have many pleasurable hours with your new car. A huge big thank you to Miss UK, Kirsty Rose, for her part in drawing the raffle and for lighting up Mini Spares on an otherwise dreary Monday

Success for MiniSpares Rally team in Belgium

Round 7 of the 2004 MSA British Historic Rally Championship saw crews heading across the Channel for the only European round, The Tour of Flanders , based in Roeselare in Belgium, on Saturday and Sunday 10/11th September.

Dry weather and 14 closed public road stages challenged the crews over two days ,with the long straights and dangerous ditches favouring the quicker cars and the braver...

Manx historic rally shakedown.

As a shakedown for this year's main event, the Manx historic rally, which is a round of the British Championship, we decided to give 277 BRX a run on the Leukaemia Rally at the end of June.

MINISPARES HISTORIC RALLY TEAM - 2005 SEASON - PART2

Conister Trust Historic Manx Rally - 28th to 30th July 2005

As this would be our first visit to the island, Anthony and I decided to take advantage of the two pre-event recce days on the preceding weekend, flying out from Birmingham and doing the Stage recce in a hired 1.4 Seat Leon

The weather was sunny and dry on the Saturday and Sunday and over a busy two days...

Mini Production dates

We have tried to get together as complete list as possible to show all the models made from 1985 onwards, hopefully this will help identify those cars that have been modified over the years. If you have any information that you know is correct or anything that you think is not right please let us know.

Mini Miglia Season Opener at Rockingham, Corby 18th April 2009

The 2009 series got underway at Rockingham on a cold blustery spring day  that didn’t help much to heat up the tyres not to battle against the strong headwind.

However Andy Hack claimed pole position from Ralph Saunders who managed his fastest time on his first flying lap! Mark Smith lined up behind Andy Hack. Mark Smith looked very quick with what sounded like a very powerful ...

A Wet Weekend at Castle Combe

Castle Combe on a wet day is not the nicest place to spend a weekend at, never mind racing in such treacherous conditions.

However Andy Hack showed

26th & 27th June 2010 - Pembrey Race Meeting

Saturday 26th June 2010 (Round 4)

Grid:-
Pole Position :- Sarah Munns.
2. Kane Astin
3. Endaf Owens
4. Paul Thompson
5. Mark Sims
6. Colin Peacock

Mini Miglia Championship and Mini Seven Championship at Silverstone on 8th & 9th...

Here are the results for the Mini Miglia Championship and Mini Seven Championship at Silverstone on 8th & 9th June.

Mini Miglia Championship and Mini Seven Championship at Brands Hatch on 22nd & 2...

Here are the results for the Mini Miglia Championship and Mini Seven Championship at Brands Hatch on 22nd & 23rd June.

Challenge Standings for Mini Miglia and Mini Seven

Here are the current standings for the Mini Miglia Championship and Mini Seven Championship (last Updated at Zolder on 18th August)

Mini Miglia Championship and Mini Seven Championship at Snetterton on 13th and 1...

Here are the results for the Mini Miglia Championship and Mini Seven Championship at Snetterton on the 13th and 14th of July.

Rally Isle of Man 11th to 13th September

This year’s event enjoyed 3 days of warm sunny weather and more importantly dry roads enabling all the crews to push even harder than usual.

Castle Combe Race Report - Race 1-2 Mini Seven 2015

Another year but not just any new year, competing in the Mini 7 Racing Club - 2015 is the 50th year; a remarkable achievement considering the ups and downs of the economy. One thing is for sure, it hasn't affected this club!

2015 DUNLOP MINI SE7EN & MINI MIGLIA CHALLENGE

2015 DUNLOP MINI SE7EN & MINI MIGLIA CHALLENGE - After Rounds 5 + 6
Grids for the longer-established Se7ens are in rude health, and the close action this season has so far seen competitors of all ages in with a shout. After six rounds (three double-headers), West Countryman Jabez Dyer holds a slim advantage at the head of the points table, thanks to consistent finishes in the top half-dozen, while Midlander and thrice champion Paul Spark (2010-12) lies second, having scored a pair of victories at Combe and Snetterton.

Brands Hatch Mini Festival - Mini Se7en Race Report

The highlight of the year soon came around – the season seems to be trailing along at light speed. The first of the Mini Festivals was held at Brands Hatch and what a line up....

Electronic Speedo and Sensors

13H4443MG speedo mini spares

More and more people are building highly modified Minis, some with engine conversions, others fitting items such as the Mini Spares 8 Port, all these parts can make fitting a speedo cable drastically difficult, and with limited availability of the correct combination of speedometer worm....

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Historical Article - Nov 1992 - History in the making

Having built one Cooper ‘S’ for Timo Makinen to use in Historic Rallying, in which he won two International Rallies, I decided to build another one with more power and less weight than the previous one.

One lesson I learnt the hard way building the first car, was that a reliable source of new parts with in-built quality, especially where obsolete parts were being remanufactured, was essential. Mini Spares of London...
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