Mini cars: books with collections of press articles

Mini (1959-1969) - Brooklands Gold Portfolio

Brooklands Portfolio book about the Mini models from the years 1959-1969. Describes the Mini the Luxe, Austin 850, Estate, Wolseley Hornet, Riley Elf, Mini Cooper, Super the Luxe, Cooper S, Riley Elf Mk II, Viking Hornet Sport, Van, the Luxe Automatic, 1,000, Mk II and Mk III.

• The articles, taken from contemporary British and American car magazines, provide much information about history, model changes and technology.
• Also driving impressions, tests, comparison tests, technical specifications, etc.

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Mini (1969-1980) - Brooklands Gold Portfolio

Brooklands Portfolio book about the Mini models from the years 1969-1980. Describes the Mini Clubman, 1275GT, 1000, the Ville, Estate, Special Tuning Cooper S, Stage One 1275 GT, 1100, 1100 Estate, Cooper S Mk III, GTS, Innocenti, 1100 the Luxe and S.

• The 45 articles, taken from contemporary British and American car magazines, provide much information about history, model changes and technology.
• Also driving impressions, tests, comparison tests, technical specifications, etc.

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Mini (1981-1997) - Brooklands Gold Portfolio

Brooklands Portfolio book about the Mini models from the years 1981-1997. Describes the Mini 1000 HL, City E, HLE, Lynx, SX, Anniversary Cooper, ERA, Mayfair, Cooper, Cooper S, Cabriolet and Cooper 1.3.

• The 51 articles, taken from contemporary British and American car magazines, provide much information about history, model changes and technology.
• Also driving impressions, tests, comparison tests, technical specifications, etc.

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High Performance Minis (1960-1973) - Brooklands Gold Portfolio

Brooklands Portfolio book about the High Performance Mini models from the years 1960-1973. Describes the Mini 997cc, Arden, Aley, Twin-Carb 850, Cooper, Speedwell, Alexander, Toucan, Cooper Twini, Radford, Nerus, Cooper S, Cooper S 1275, GT, Taurus, Speedwell Courier, Radford the Ville, Broadspeed, Broadspeed GT 2+2, Walker GTS, Special bodies, Janspeed, Cox GTM, Unipower and Oselli.

• The 67 articles, taken from contemporary British and American car magazines, provide much information about history, model changes and technology.
• Also driving impressions, tests, comparison tests, technical specifications, etc.

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Maximum Mini: The Essential Book of Cars Based on the Original Mini

This book focuses solely on the cars derived from the classic Mini. Small GTs, sports cars, roadsters and fun cars: Mini-derivatives made the specialist motoring market roar in the sixties, but after that they didn't fade away.
The seventies, eighties, and nineties saw new variants on the car that simply wouldn't die - some genius, some crazy, but always out of the ordinary and colourful.

From the well known Mini Marcos and Unipower GT that even raced at Le Mans, to the very obscure, but at least as exciting, Coldwell GT or Sarcon Scarab, almost 60 cars are thoroughly researched, described and photographed.
Many of the people originally involved with designing and building them were interviewed, and some cars that were thought to be long gone were found during the researching of this book. Others weren't, but nevertheless made it in as old material came to light.

Of the over 500 pictures in this book, most have never been seen in print before. Just like the enthusiasm needed to build the cars described, this book has been written with a true passion.

Works Minis In Detail - BMC & British Leyland works Mini competition entries, car-by-car

The works Minis had a long and distinguished competition history between 1959 and 1970, when British Leyland bosses closed the Abingdon Competition Department. The car started its competition career chasing class awards with the diminutive 850cc Mini, but once race car designer John Cooper persuaded BMC that they should build a hot version, the Mini Cooper was born and things moved up a gear.

With the introduction of the Mini Cooper S, the car soon became a world beater. Winning the 1964 Monte Carlo Rally in the hands of Paddy Hopkirk was a watershed moment which the Abingdon team repeated three times. During that 11-year period, 77 works Minis were built, competing in more than 300 events, most of them international rallies. The 1969 season, when the works Minis went racing, is also covered, along with the rallycross events.

The book covers each one of those 77 cars which, in their distinctive red and white paintwork, were a force be reckoned with wherever they competed. Build details of every car are provided, drawn from factory build sheets, with information also on when cars were reshelled and identities swapped. The details of the events entered and the drivers are the result of analysing hundreds of contemporary race and rally reports.
The result is the most in-depth study of the works Minis ever published, made possible by years of research by Robert Young, a lifelong Mini enthusiast. As the Mini Cooper Register's ex-works registrar, club chairman and for many years archivist, he is well placed to write with authority. A proud owner himself, he has intimate knowledge of the little red cars.

Anatomy of the Works Minis - Rally, Racing & Rallycross Cars

The inside story of how the giant-killing Minis of rallying, rallycross and racing fame were converted from standard Mini-Coopers in the BMC Competitions Department. The author, who spent 22 years in "Comps", reveals the secrets of specification, build technique and development of the famous Works Minis.

Particularly famous for their great adventures in the Monte Carlo rally, works Minis humbled many bigger and more powerful cars during the 1960s and 1970s.
Contributions from 'Ginger' Devlin & 'Jumping Jeff' Williamson reveal, in detail, the modifications to the works racing and rallycross cars respectively.