Classic, Performance & Retro July 2013 | Page 54

Concours Mini Pick-Up.
Immaculate cars on show.
Custom Clubman!
A tad extreme... but you get the point!
OEG 616X. Every last square inch of this car was polished to a mirror finish with not so much as a spec of dirt to be seen, and that includes the bottom of the car as the strategically placed mirrors showed. Another equally attractive Mini Pick Up( to my untrained eye
54 www. cprmag. co. uk at least!) was the one owned by Andrew Nash( UBD 625W). The engine bay on Andrew’ s Mini is a work of art, and no doubt a labour of love too; the engine is painted in the correct shade of A-series green, the windscreen washer bottle is the glass type and even the SU carburettors have the early style brass dash-pot caps. The overall effect is stunning.
Beautiful Day!
Back outside, and the constant stream of cars continued into the live arena, and with it being the 50th anniversary of the Mini Cooper S, I was expecting to see a line-up