Does anyone else remember this old magazine special about 1992? It was on the shelves for a few years.

In there was Paul Skinner's Recooperation article. It was originally spread over a number of issues, but this one was a condensed read.

This article was what got me into the mini bug in a big way. I dreamed of having a car look like this, and wanted to know what it was like to flash up a Cooper S engine from new, and drive it out of the garage. All my old minis were just noisy, smelly, and vibrated a lot.

It turns out, that after spending 10's of thousands to restore a car back to new condition that a new mini from the garage was simply noisy, smelly, and vibrated a lot anyway...but oh well, there you go. At least it didn't leak oil for a little while

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SooperDooperMiniCooperExpertEngineering

All garage work involves equal measures of enthusiasm, ingenuity and a fair degree of irresponsibility.

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This was the first car magazine I ever bought back in the early 90's and I read this cover to cover until it fell to bits......but I've kept all the bits and it's still in a plastic bag in my garage! It definitely cemented my love for the little buggers!

Mine is barely there as well! Front cover may have come off pretty early on.

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SooperDooperMiniCooperExpertEngineering

All garage work involves equal measures of enthusiasm, ingenuity and a fair degree of irresponsibility.

same here.. I have a copy some where.. I would have read it atleast 1000 times..
It was my first ever car mag I bought to.. I remember my year 7 teacher Barry Hughes was in the newsagents, and saw me, He told me that I had to buy it, and the rest is history... I always wanted a MK2 S after the re-Cooperation... Still do... My dream was to own a perfect Cooper S.. It still is.. I am slowly getting there..

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Mick what is the chance of scanning it into the Brochure section? I cant find mine since moving house

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Maybe I should endeavor to scan the whole thing. Its a piece of history now.
What's the go with a copywrite on a 22yr old mag?

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SooperDooperMiniCooperExpertEngineering

All garage work involves equal measures of enthusiasm, ingenuity and a fair degree of irresponsibility.

Jinx

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SooperDooperMiniCooperExpertEngineering

All garage work involves equal measures of enthusiasm, ingenuity and a fair degree of irresponsibility.

Its funny reading peoples responses to this. I had this mag plus a heap of others given to me in the mid 90's. I still have the magazine, also stashed in my garage. Only found it again 6 months ago when I got my first mini (nearly 19 years after reading the article).

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1969 Cooper S

I scanned a copy of the recooperation from a mates magazine. Problem with that was my computer crashed a few years later and I lost my scans. Now I back up everything. Would be great if a full copy could go in the brochure section.

I dont think I ever read that one. But I remember buying the Mini Magic magazine, which they just made with articles from that magazine anyway.
I think I even wrote into the mag and got my letter published. I felt famous.

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Tim
Dusk Blue
1964 850

I used to buy that mag too, wish I still had the copy that featured a twin cam head on the cover.

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"Beware the lollipop of mediocrity: lick it once and you'll suck forever" Brian Wilson

Some of those letter pages in fast fours et al were a crack up. It was either Fords are crap, or rotaries are poofs, or only milk and juice come in two litres. I used to wonder how these neanderthals managed to put a stamp on the envelope after taking time to dip a finger in blue ink to stamp out some words

I've got that Mini Magic series here somewhere too, I think it came out around 98 right? About 6 issues?

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SooperDooperMiniCooperExpertEngineering

All garage work involves equal measures of enthusiasm, ingenuity and a fair degree of irresponsibility.

There was 5 editions of Mini Magic
Finishes in one hour.
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Hottest-Mini ... 461d76a3d1

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Why is it the things that make me tick, are also the things that make me go boom?

Pretty sure i have that. In my car. Right now. Im re-reading a heap of old mini mags (90's stuff). They are good reads! Some very nice minis

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1963 850 - laid up
1970 Morris mini K van - eating up the kms!