CooperWorld Magazine – Mini Cooper Register

CooperWorld is the monthly magazine of the Mini Cooper Register

Produced in full colour and packed with Mini Cooper information, this is essential reading for Mini enthusiasts.

Editorial Let me start this month with some positive news which some of you may have picked up on already, concerning the changes that the DVLA have just implemented in respect of their policies on the registration of historic vehicles, and specifically in relation to the repair, rebuild or conversion of them. The changes in the DVLA’s policies came about as a direct result of the continued lobbying of the DVLA by the Federation of British Historic Vehicle Clubs. The revised policies are certainly a positive revision of the previous polices, being more favourable to the classic vehicle movement generally. It’s a clear step change to a more sympathetic approach to the registration of historic vehicles and, if you want to learn more about these changes, do read my article on them. Moving on, and I am pleased to say that we have another bumper issue for you to enjoy reading this month. To kick things off, Charlie Todd has sent in the next instalment of his fascinating story about the ‘Mini Ton Bombs’. In part two of his story, Charlie covers the circumstances that led him to building his own Mini Ton Bomb, as an homage to the original car. Then we have no less than four articles relating to Minis being used in competition which, of course, is a big part of the Mini story. The first article has been written by Paul Freeman who has covered the HERO Summer Trial Rally, and was actually there to take the great photos he has included with his article. Then we have another photographer’s article, but this time it’s from Ian Tennant, who went to cover the Mini Festival at Prescott Hill for us. This is a new Mini event, and the brain child of Pete Flanagan, whose concept for the event was quite simply to put on a competitive Mini based hill climb event, but also including non-competitive runs up the hill for anyone to have a go at in their car. The last two articles on Minis in competition relate to our partners Mighty Minis Racing, with coverage of the racing exploits of the teams competing in this championship. As always, James Jenkins has provided us with great accounts of the racing the teams were involved with, when they attended the legendary race tracks of Brands Hatch and Silverstone. And, to finish off this month, Malcolm Voss has written an article on another new event this year: Minis at Goodwood. This is an event I was not aware of and, going by Malcolm’s account, I would have made the effort to go along if I had. Paul Sulma - Editor CooperWorld

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