Tim Suddard
Tim Suddard Publisher
12/4/15 2:49 p.m.
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After a two year total restoration in the Classic Motorsports magazine workshop, our 1967 Mini Cooper S project car took “Gold” (minimum of 98 out of 100 points) and best in class in the hotly contested British car class at the 2015 Winter Park Concours event.

While we purposely restored the car to…

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gjz30075
gjz30075 HalfDork
12/5/15 3:39 p.m.

Thumbs up! Justifies all the work. Looking forward to the Elan writeups

TeamEvil
TeamEvil Dork
12/6/15 11:49 a.m.

What do you end up doing with the project build cars?

Tim Suddard
Tim Suddard Publisher
12/7/15 5:25 a.m.

TeamEvil,

I try to keep them all and then once in a while I get mad, when I run out of space or start spending every waking moment trying to keep stuff running that I don't have time to play with, and then I sell a few.

Kia_Racer
Kia_Racer Dork
12/7/15 6:17 a.m.

Cograts pn the win. Makes all the hard work and cussing at the bolts that won't come loose worth it!

Ian F
Ian F MegaDork
12/7/15 7:30 a.m.

Congrats! I received the latest issue of CMS with the "final"(?) Mini article.

There are definitely some things you did to your car that I plan/hope to do to my own '64 MkI. You wouldn't by chance have a spare 10x4.5" wheel? My car came with them, but I'd like to get a spare. I also like the 3.10:1 gearing idea for more relaxed cruising. My car is brutally loud on the hwy.

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