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Archive for May, 2009

Save 18% thru Monday!

Posted in General Information on May 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

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NCA ‘09 Gallery & Videos!

Posted in General Information, tagged , , , on May 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Nevada City Adventure 2009 Gallery!

See the Slideshow!

Funkhana Video!

Dyno Video!

More Minis From NCA 09 on Mini Mania’s facebook page!

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Royal Mint Mini 50th Anniversary Coin

Posted in General Information on May 10, 2009 | 1 Comment »

The Royal Mint has produced a cupro-nickel £5 coin to Brilliant Uncirculated standard – a higher quality of minting than the coins in your pocket – especially for the 50th anniversary of the Mini. The coin features on its reverse a side-view image of Sir Alec Issigonis’ classic Mini, created by David Cornell FRSA, FRBS, [...]

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God damn these bloody awful Bubble Cars!

Posted in General Information on May 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

“Leonard Lord, the somewhat autocratic head of BMC, reportedly decreed: ‘God damn these bloody awful Bubble Cars. We must drive them off the road by designing a proper miniature car’. ” – Wikipedia
Without the rise of the “bloody awful bubble car”, we might never have seen the birth of the Mini! This post is a [...]

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Wine Country Classic Sign-Up!

Posted in General Information, tagged , , , on May 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Infineon Raceway is are offering REME and the Mini community a “PRIME” spot in the paddock area, like last year. They would like 40 MINI/Minis (20/20) if possible. Please note while the Porsches, Jaguars, Bentleys, BMWs, Audis, and the rest are parking on the hillside on gravel areas, our Minis will be front & center [...]

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