Maximum Mini now in MiniWorld magazine

If you've read MiniWorld magazine's latest issue, you may have come across editor Karen Drury's foreword: "We welcome Jeroen Booij to the MiniWorld team with the first of his From the Archives articles on significant and unusual Minis. The first article focuses on the Humberstone Design Mini Clubman. One of these Minis was supposedly commissioned for Julie Andrews by husband Blake Edwards, which is really rather cool"

Yes, I am now a MiniWorld contributor and Karen's words do make me feel very welcome. There are some great stories to follow: ones that I've always wanted to write but never found the right outlet for - too long for the Maximum Mini books and -weblog, too specialized for the non-specialist motoring magazines. So it was about time to team up! The Humberstone story is a good example and Karen and the team have taken out no less than 8 pages for it. Another cool feature in the same issue is that of the German-built Broadspeed GT replica. I'd say: buy that magazine to do yourself a little favour for Christmas this year.

 

MiniWorld's January 2023 issue features a lovely Broadspeed GT replica...

Picture Jeroen Booij

...As well as my first 'From the Archives' article. This one about the Humberstone Mini

Picture Jeroen Booij

It's an intriguing story about a 'what could have been' challenger to the W&P Margrave

Picture Jeroen Booij

Ogles in Japan 1

Some time ago I was asked to write the story of the Ogle SX1000 for the much-respected Japanese motoring magazine 'Car Graphic', and that's what I did. It was published in the August issue. Most time went into the box-out on the last page, researching the cars that are in Japan. Six of them were relatively easy to find out more about and with the help of my friends Saiki Wada and Bunzo Yasuda we managed to contact all the car's owners, too. 

But the biggest surprise came from a much-rumoured 7th car over in Japan. It turned out to be more than just a rumour and we did find out more about it, too. The car has been hiding since it was exported to Japan in 1983 and is still pretty much shrouded in mystery, but I'll let you soon know what I found as I'd like to review them here slightly more thorough than the box-out in Car Graphic allowed for. Stay tuned.

Car Graphic magazine featured the Ogle SX1000 recently

Picture Car Graphic / Jeroen Booij

The cars featured are ones I photographed in recent years...

Picture Car Graphic / Jeroen Booij

...Like this stunner of a white car that is in Switzerland

Picture Car Graphic / Jeroen Booij

As well as this one! But it's the box-out on the last page that exites perhaps most

Picture Car Graphic / Jeroen Booij