Minis and Imps

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#216 This is a Broadspeed REPLICA... Bernie Hines had a chopped "Minisprint" that he had raced in NZ but was initially denied a CoD. He then got hold of a set of rear body moulds (I believe from Australia) and built the Broadspeed replica shown. Quite why it was turned down initially is anyone's guess (I have my theories...). The original Mini Sprints were produced in the UK and sold new, through Stewart & Ardern, BMC dealers, so the car should have had a CoD in its original form.

We clocked it in Broadspeed form on radar at Pukekohe at 129mph a few years ago, the lowered roofline and deseaming aiding aerodynamics considerably.

Fantastic car and driven well and has now been sold (to Christchurch I believe), but it is important to differentiate between a replica and the genuine article.

These are the genuine article. Note the other Mini variants in the background, including my favourite - the yellow Unipower.