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Mini shows Beachcomber Concept complete with Shark Boy and the girls

February 11, 2010

The most exciting moment so far this morning at the Canadian International Autoshow in Toronto has been the appearance of the MINI Beachcomber concept with a cargo of Shark Boy and bikini bait.
Not satisfied to have Chrysler steal the thunder with their booth girls, the MINI folks went straight to the bikini kill. Add in [...]

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Old school Mini in the dirt

January 15, 2010

Recently we’ve been enjoying a bunch of vintage racing photos that have been supplied by racer Robert Barg. Many of these images have actually come to Robert from Mini racer Kent Smith. This shot above is Kent and his Mini in action back in the day.
Kent says:
This was the nite I locked bumpers with Bill [...]

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A towing tale…

January 4, 2010

Early Summer, 1965.
Citation Motors, Bathurst at Vaughn Road. Owner, Barry Rosenberg decides to convoy to Le Circuit for a regional event (can’t remember the organizing club in Quebec).
Barry loads up his Ginetta Mk whatever sports car… well maybe not Barry but his enthusiastic workers! Tow car is a ‘56 Ford four-door with a relatively solid [...]

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Toronto to Sebring and back: Life in a ‘64 Mini

November 27, 2009

In 1964 (I think) I purchased a brand new 1071 Cooper S from McMillan and Saunders in Malton where I actually had a job with Hawker Siddely Canada. That job enabled me to finance the $1400 purchase price supplemented with a Jet Power Credit Union loan. This was my first ever new vehicle having flogged [...]

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Shutter Speed: Love at first sight

October 20, 2009

Before my old man got rid of his Biscayne during his mid-life crisis, I got something I had longed for from the time I first drove his Buick…my driver’s license! It wasn’t a simple task for me to get that special piece of paper. When I went for the 90-day learner’s permit, which was what [...]

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Driven: Mini Cooper JCW Convertible

June 22, 2009

Ok, for the regular readers of The Garage, I know you are thinking “What is Tom doing? Gary Grant already gave a Mini Cooper S convertible a whole review last month!” I know he did, and Gary loved it, as he loves all Minis. But today, we’re doing something new here at The Garage: a [...]

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2009 Greenwich Concours d’Elegance: The British

June 20, 2009

The Fourteenth Annual Greenwich Concours d’Elegance was held on June 6-7 at Roger Sherman Baldwin Park in Greenwich, CT. Founders and co-chairs Bruce and Genia Wennerstrom hosted an impressive variety of marques, featuring rare, classic, unusual, exotic, and one-off production and race cars.
It is a pleasure to share this delectable mix of devastating machinery with [...]

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IMPA Spring Brake 2009

May 23, 2009

On a gorgeous, sunny (but hot) Thursday, IMPA hosted the 2nd Annual Spring Brake event. Held at the beautiful Bear Mountain State Park on the Hudson River in Rockland County, NY, we could not have asked for a nicer day or better location. 
What is Spring Brake? It is an opportunity for IMPA (International Motor Press [...]

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2009 MINI Cooper S Convertible: Take your top off!

May 3, 2009

Regular readers know that I can get just a tiny bit enthusiastic when I fall in love with a car, so it goes without saying that you can expect a gushing review any time I get behind the wheel of a MINI. We’ve had the JCW equipped Cooper S on the track and we’ve blasted [...]

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Keeping tabs on the Fun-O-Meter

April 13, 2009

Wow does it ever seem like its been quiet here in The Garage these past few days. It hasn’t really been quiet, in fact it has been so busy that there hasn’t been time to write. We had a great day at the track on the weekend and then we’ve been hard at work racking [...]

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