Minisprints

racing fxgt · 29 Aug 2002, 09:00 (Ref:368063)

Do you remember when mini roof's needed lowering and body seams stopped the air flow to much.Here's Guy Collins in the Don Moore's 1275 Minispint.

racing fxgt · 29 Aug 2002, 09:05 (Ref:368066)

This one's from 1967 not sure of driver or owner but was being sold by Rob Walker, Corsley Garage Ltd. for 750 pounds.

racing fxgt · 29 Aug 2002, 09:06 (Ref:368067)

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Truckosaurus · 29 Aug 2002, 11:59 (Ref:368192)

http://www.minisprint.co.uk

davemorganfan · 29 Aug 2002, 12:14 (Ref:368202)

Ah Minisprints, what excellent devices they were. Made real Minis look all tall and old fashioned. There were two schools of thought to creating a Minisprint. The cheapskates used to simply chop the roof. Not quite the real thing, old boy. The purists took a chunk out of the waistline too. Much more like it. And am I correct in thinking that madman/genius Paul Emery did the same kind of thing to Hillman Imps?

275GTB-4 · 30 Aug 2002, 08:31 (Ref:368871)

Excellent racing fxgt, got any buckle or Broadspeed stuff? rolleyes:

racing fxgt · 30 Aug 2002, 09:32 (Ref:368909)

I've found some more but not race cars.

racing fxgt · 30 Aug 2002, 09:34 (Ref:368910)

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racing fxgt · 30 Aug 2002, 09:35 (Ref:368911)

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racing fxgt · 30 Aug 2002, 09:38 (Ref:368916)

Not a Minisprint but a different front.

Andrew Kitson · 30 Aug 2002, 10:12 (Ref:368939)

A friend of mine has a business up in Norfolk UK and specialises in modifying Mini's old and new. Sure he could build a Minisprint. Some photos of mods he has done are on his site http://www.gomini.com/

275GTB-4 · 31 Aug 2002, 14:03 (Ref:369850)

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Originally posted by racing fxgt
I've found some more but not race cars.

Hey racing fxgt, don't know if you remember the super successful Broadspeed campaigned over here. Seems quite sad if not many pics seem to have survived of this neat little rocketship. Thanks Laurie and Brian for the great racing

racing fxgt · 2 Sep 2002, 11:29 (Ref:371152)

Sorry 275GTB-4 can't find any Broadspeed,but here's one more it's the Stewart and Ardern Cooper 's'.

M Coupe · 2 Sep 2002, 19:11 (Ref:371517)

Do you mean the Broadspeed GT?

mickj · 3 Sep 2002, 00:56 (Ref:371722)

Laurie Stewart & Brian Foley raced 1 Broadspeed GT here in Australia in Castrol colours? Lakis Manticas raced a Buckle version of Mini which was similar to the Broadspeed without the tail.

275GTB-4 · 3 Sep 2002, 10:07 (Ref:371968)

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Originally posted by M Coupe
Do you mean the Broadspeed GT?

Yep! Neat little race car. Tanks for the image M Coupe

GEOFF THOMAS · 3 Mar 2006, 07:22 (Ref:1535159)

If you want ALL the facts about MiniSprints, please go to www.statim.co.uk

Geoff.

Al Weyman · 3 Mar 2006, 07:41 (Ref:1535173)

I Hot Rod raced one with a transverse Ford engine years before the Fiesta was invented, I will try to post a picture later.

davemorganfan · 3 Mar 2006, 09:30 (Ref:1535244)

Quote:

Originally Posted by GEOFF THOMAS

If you want ALL the facts about MiniSprints, please go to www.statim.co.uk

Geoff.

Absolutely marvellous, Geoff. I enjoyed that very much. Good to see that Neville disapproved of the cheapo "just lower the roof" jobs, as I do!

**John Turner** · 3 Mar 2006, 11:52 (Ref:1535357)

In the late 60's, I worked for Stewart and Arden for a couple of years, in their Commercial Vehicle depot. In one of their clearouts, my attention was drawn to the Minisprint promotional brochures which were about to be chucked away and burnt, along with a load of old van brochures. Needless to say, I saved them from this fate, and still have one or two somewhere. If I can find one, I'll scan it and post an image here.

rallycrosscraig · 18 Apr 2006, 14:02 (Ref:1587683)

anyone remember the Ogle Mini's from the 60's? Like a baby gt using mini parts, my dad (Thistle Mini's) sold a couple of them

**John Turner** · 18 Apr 2006, 15:46 (Ref:1587735)

The Ogle Mini which towards the end of its short production life was called the Ogle SX1000 was a quite different animal from the Minisprint, as it was built using an entirely separate body designed by Ogle himself rather than modifying or 'chopping' the mini body. It was of particularly high quality build and has become a bit of a collector's classic. Peter Filby says that 66 in all were built.

The Broadspeed GT, Minisprint and Ogle SX1000 were all very distinctively different developments from the 'Mini' theme, and there were others, notably the Mini Marcos amd Mini Jem.