A huge big Thank You and a cheque for £30,000 goes to Variety, the childrens charity, for all the amazing work they do.
Thanks to the car-build team :- John Sibson, Stuart Wright, Dickie Dowsett, Sandra Wright, Andy McPhail, Richard Stanton-Roberts,
Colin Wright and Justin Jeffery from Mini Spares who organised and arranged the whole operation.
PJ Crash Repairs Potters Bar for the preparation and spraying the shell.
British Motor Heritage for supplying the body shell, subframes plus all their help and support.
Bill Richards racing and Griff for the power unit, fitting and tuning.
Newton Commercial for the live trimming displays and fitting the trim to the car. Richard Newton for display Commentary.
Jeff and Family from Auto Electrics Potters Bar for food, refreshments and help.
This is not the first time Variety have raffled Minis to raise money. Back in 1966 they raffled 3 Minis at once.
Importation rules regarding vehicles are very specific: Only those over 25 years in age may be brought in to the USA without compilance to Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS).Author
Lauren Tate