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BABY GRAND (TURISMO)

May 7, 2025 10:02 am
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THE MINI 7 RACING CLUB WAS BACK ON THE FULL GRAND PRIX LOOP FOR THE FIRST TIME IN FIVE YEARS WITH THE COMPACT CLASSICS AGAIN PUTTING ON A PAIR OF SCINTILLATING SUPPORT RACES TO WOW THOUSANDS OF GT FANS All four Mini classes combined for the latest double-header in Kent in early May, on the […]

Mighty Mini Race Series – Article 4

April 29, 2025 10:50 am
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Finally, after months of long days and late nights the latest spec Mighty Minis arrived at Donington Park on bank holiday monday for an action-packed day of racing. 19 cars arrived at the circuit with everyone keen to find out whether it would be a Mighty or former Super driver on pole position. Scrutineering commenced […]

Mini Spares 50th Anniversary Trophy – 3rd & 4th August 2025

March 28, 2025 2:28 pm
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Introducing the Mini Spares 50th Anniversary Trophy for Pre-66 FIA Mini’s Last year’s Brands Hatch Mini Festival featured a thrilling weekend of wheel-to-wheel racing, with the return of a Swiftune-organised Pre-66 race. Due to the incredible demand, we are very excited to add an additional historic race to the Mini Festival roster. The Mini Spares […]

Mighty Minis Race Series – Article 3

March 18, 2025 2:44 pm
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I left the last article explaining the new changes for the 2025 season. Well Dad, Chris and I have been very busy over the past few weeks! We have bodywork to paint and engines and gearboxes to build. We have decided to tackle the gearboxes first. We would be fitting the Minispares clubman straight cut […]

Mini Libre 1380 16v Race Car owned and built by Ian Fraser

February 6, 2025 3:38 pm
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Background I have raced minis since 1984 at the tender age of 14 when I started in Autograss with a Class1 mini. From that I moved on to the modified classes with 970, 1071 and 1400 minis eventually making the big step to circuit racing with the Mini7 club. Having done a stint with a […]

Mighty Minis Race Series – Article 2

February 6, 2025 3:15 pm
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Winter Prep Hi, its James here with the latest update from the Mighty Minis race series. Hopefully you enjoyed the introduction and now I would like to share with you what the drivers are getting up to during the winter preparation season. Most drivers are currently upgrading their cars to the new 2025 regulations.  Dad […]

Sportspack Fitting Template

February 6, 2025 1:55 pm
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These downloadable templates can be printed out to scale to help you fit the Sportspack for: – MS135 – WHEEL ARCH SET OF 4 GENUINE SPORTSPACK ARCHES A4 printable PDF below Large printable PDF below

Hydrolastic Springing

July 10, 2023 11:37 am
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The Design and Development Story, as told by Alex Moulton, the Originator of this Hydraulically Interconnected Rubber Springing System Used on the  Morris I 100 Car Each of the rear Hydrolastic units has its axis approximately 15 deg to the horizontal and the piston of the diaphragm-type displacer is deflected by a short arm projecting […]

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