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Dedicated motorsport Mini bodyshells could be on the cards for the future, according to British Motor Heritage. Following unprecedented demand for its replacement Mk1 shells for road car restorations, BMH has taken the next step and for 2018 has added an FIA spec MK1 Mini Cooper S to its motorsport team alongside its Heritage shelled MGB in historic racing, which it has successfully run for over a decade. Like the MGB, the Mini has been constructed around a Heritage replacement shell and a notable feature of this ‘pocket rocket’ is the roll cage, described as “a superbly crafted item courtesy of Endaf Owens of Owens Developments.
”John Yea, MD of BMH added: “We are very much looking forward to running the Mini in the heat of competition and, depending on the success of the venture, may build a limited number of equivalent competition specification shells for general sale sometime in the future.”
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