Swiftune restoring Jon Mowatt 1275GT Mini
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Swiftune restoring Jon Mowatt 1275GT Mini
Following on from Last years success at the Goodwood 72nd Members Meeting, Swiftune have been invited back to take part in the Gerry Marshall Trophy featuring Group 1 touring cars from the Seventies and early-Eighties including Swiftune's Longman 1275 GT Mini replica which finished in a fantastic 3rd and 4th position earlier this year.
As well as the Longman Replica, Swiftune have also been invited to bring along another Mini to take part, and especially for this event, the team are hard at work restoring the original Jon Mowatt 1275 GT Mini back to original livery.
Swiftune purchased the car from Jon Mowatt in mid 90's and sold it on to a german racer and has stayed in Germany since, with multiple owners. Now re-gained ownership, Swiftune have been commissioned by Goodwood to restore the car in time for the Members meeting happening March 21st-22nd 2015, and will be driven by Glyn Swift.
http://www.swiftune.com/NewsArticle/242 ... eting.aspx
Keep up to date on the build progress throughout the next few month running up to March on our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Swiftune ... ef=tn_tnmn
(Back in the 1980's I used to have our road and race Mini's set up on Jon Mowatt's Rolling Road in Essex......Mowatts still comes up on a google search is Jon still around and in business?)
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Re: Swiftune restoring Jon Mowatt 1275GT Mini
That looks fantastic. In all honesty I've never really liked the GT but their Goodwood car changed that this year. I hope this car turns out the same.