From the man himself...
"Minis were pretty much the first cars I thought were cool. I was about 8 when my father worked part time in a hobby shop with a big slot car track. My dad had his own race team made up of 1/32 Airfix model car bodies on slot car chassis. My favorite was the Mini Cooper S. So I guess that’s what started me liking Minis."

"Later when I was about 12, my older brother got his hands on an early Estate. He drove it for a while, then it died. It sat in the backyard for a while until I decided to start working on it. Started out cleaning it, then fixed some dents and rust spots. Painting was just some spray cans. It was baby blue with a tan roof. Actually it didn’t look too bad, but still it didn’t run. I had a lot to learn about mechanical work and eventually my brother sold it."

"It was another 18 years before I got my first Mini. I owned it for 20 years and never really did much with it. But in the meantime…..I bought 5 more Minis. The fun part is taking them apart, cleaning and rebuilding them, and then finally painting and reassembling them. I just wish it wasn’t such an expensive hobby. I had a blast building my Mini Sprint. It seemed like it was all I thought about for four years."

I made this website for Larry so he could show off his handy work. He isn't on Facebook and hardly emails. I met Larry at a 7-11 near our houses. He was driving his maroon Mini. I told him I have wanted one since I was 12. He says "I have five of them". I asked where he lived and he told me and I said I'm coming over. That weekend I rode one of my vintage Hondas to his house, a mile from me. I wound up buying a 1961 Mini from him. Slow project but I'm getting there. Do you like the colors on this site? They came from the logo of BMC.