A blue Mini Pickup with a unique and rare parts on it, can you spot it?
This engine is definitely a crazy one!
What is crazy isn’t the customized body, look deeply under the car hood. Can’t see it clearly? Nevermind, see the next photo.
It’s Cosworth
11 and 177, here we go! (more…)
A MINI driver is believed lost control or overturned the steering wheel resulting the car hit the wall. The picture has proved two things:
This immaculate 1995 Mini Tartan a.k.a Mini Sidewalk is belong to a member of Malaysiaminilover. He, who is a kind man, is sharing some of the private bikini photos of this car to our portal. Mini Tartan is one of the most dazzle MK6 Minis. It was launched in June 1995 and the production is limited to only 1,000 units for the UK market. In Japan, Tartan is an unfamiliar name for Mini collectors. Japanese are more familiar to the name “Sidewalk” which refer to the same car.
Mini Tartan is based on the Mini Sprite (produced from 1992 – 1996) but it has been tartaned. The car features many special things that other Minis do not have. Special Tartan decals are nicely placed at both rear flank of the car and at the boot. The black Tartan shared here is not completely original therefore there are no Tartan decals at the rear flank and boot.
Inside, it features blue tartan trimmed car seats with red seat belts and door upholstery. The feeling is like riding a Mini inScotland! Wooden dashboard, standard radio/cassette player, air-conditioning (for models export to Japan a.k.a Mini Sidewalk), and a mini steering with tartan decals are the features for this car.
Interior of a Mini Tartan/Mini Sidewalk
In 1995, the Tartan is priced at £5,895 when it was new. Three exterior colors were available for buyers to choose during that time include Charcoal metallic, Kingfisher Blue, and White Diamond. The black one showed here is repainted.
Tartan style car seats
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Photo credit: Any McPhail
Well, it’s Mini Mouse from the Mini land, not the Mickey Mouse from the Disneyland. A mini lover, Andy McPhail from Taunton Somerset, United Kingdom has just posted a piece of art he did on a classic Mini few hours ago on Facebook. It catches our eyes and it is a MUST for us to share it to the world. The Mini does not have any extra large cool wheels or high horsepower engine but it has grey furry skin, a pair of large pink ears, a tail, two big white teeth, a big black nose with whiskers, and a pair of beautiful eyelash on the large, beady eyes (headlamps).
So, did you just:
A. Wow!!!
B. Shock and say “Good job!”
C. Should out loud “WTF???”
D. Say “I want one!”
E. Now that’s really stupid.
F. That’s really awesome.
G. You are just GAY!
H. Good job Andy.
Whatever your answer is, this short-Mini or better call it Mini Mouse is one of a kind. We will give double thumbs up! The art of expressing a classic Mini means you do something that no one else has done before. This customized Mini Mouse is definitely a unique one.
If you are interested to see the transformation, these are the pictures.
The fourth oldest surviving unrestored Mini is sold today at The Royal Airforce Museum in London. The rusty Mini fetches £40,250 which is two times more than expected. Previously, it is expected to fetch £15,000 and many opinions said that it is ridiculous. Now, the sealed price is even preposterous at forty thousand sterling pounds; that is $65,382 USD. The rusty oldest surviving Mini has definitely set a new record for “Most expensive rusty junk Mini ever” and there won’t be the second one.
According to the news from England, the unrestored Mini was bought by a private buyer from America. There are tons of rusty Minis out there which the condition could have been better than the Austin Mini Se7en De Luxe Saloon (XLL 27). But what could possibly make this one so special? It is the story behind the car and the title of the car. Oldest, unrestored, untouched, and 30 thousand miles on the clock meter are what make it one of a kind. XLL 27 is the eighth car of its type to roll off the production line in 1959. Besides, the Mini also considered “Superman” of the 1956 Suez Crisis who has saved many people from the fuel crisis.
The Austin Mini Se7en De Luxe is in non-running “barn find” condition. It is rusty, the piston probably is jammed, the brake isn’t working, and some of the wires are broken. However, the 30,041 miles on the clock are correct according to Bonhams. Sometimes, if a car is owned by famous people before, the value will boost up too, just like the 1950 Chieftain Silver Streak used by guitarist Richards before.
On April 30, there are two big things happen in the UK, one being the big football match between Manchester City and Manchester United, another being the fourth oldest Mini was sold in an auction of classic cars at the RAF Museum in Hendon.
Now the questions that float in our mind is what the new owner going to do with this Mini? Will he continue to keep this car in “barn find” condition or he will restore it to its former glory? Whatever it is, the truth is that XLL 27 fetched £40,250, nearly 100 times of its original price in 1959.