The $200k Mini Cooper with fire in its belly

When it comes to this restomodded 1960s Mini Cooper, everything is still mini but the price…

THE INCONGRUOUS CONCEPT OF A luxurious, coachbuilt Mini Cooper hit the swinging London scene in the early 1960s, a few years after the original Mini did. On this episode of TopGear: American Tuned, we turn up on the US side of the Puget Sound to check out a Canadian Mini restomod that recalls those heady times. Call this one North American Tuned. From comic legend Peter Sellers’ Hooper-built 1963 Morris Mini – featured in the Pink Panther sequel A Shot in the Dark – to the “Mini De Ville” by Harold Radford & Co, one of which Sellers gifted to his then wife Britt Ekland, coachbuilt Mini Coopers were a product of an intense pop cultural moment. Fast forward 60 years or so, and this project by Spectre Vehicle Design…

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BBC Top Gear (digital) - 1 Issue, February 2025

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