The X-pin concept grew out of development work carried out by David Hirons in the mid Eighties to resolve the problem of persistent diff bevel gear and carrier failure on rear wheel drive Ford Escorts and Lotus Cortinas. The torque capacity of the diff could be increased by adding two extra bevel gears.

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It was Mini Day at Brooklands on Sunday the 25th March 2012, and this year, the Museum in association with the London and Surrey Mini Owners Club, sponsored by MiniSpares and Palmer Brothers, managed to set a world record for the fastest build of a Classic Mini.

The car had been stripped down into modular parts and the team of eight rebuilt the vehicle replicating the production line at Longbridge, before racing the car up the legendary 1:8 Test Hill. Read more

Once again Mini Spares are proud to sponsor the London to Brighton Mini run. Due to take place on Sunday 16th May.

This year we will be celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the London to Brighton Run in style and making the London to Brighton bigger and better than ever! On the website you will find news and updates, galleries from previous events and a plethora of information to help you enjoy the event.

As this show sells out every year, make sure you log into www.london-to-brighton.co.uk to get your tickets early.
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In order to keep up to date with the latest goings on at Minispares, you may now follow us on our Twitter page... Read more

We made it, 35 years of trading and still going strong. Keith Dodd started selling Mini parts from a small garage in Bowes Road London in September 1975.

After only a few years in Bowes Road it became obvious that Mini Spares needed more... Read more

We have now added an online chat help service onto our website. This will enable visitors to ask questions to staff in "real time" to do with parts... Read more

At the end of 2007 we were kindly invited up to the British Motor Heritage centre in Witney scheduled for the end of January. As luck would have it, this nicely coincided with the latest build of Mini Bodyshells.

Having donned our safety glasses our tour began. Anyone at this point that had visions of an automated production line, with robots and machines doing most of the work was going to be disappointed. Read more

Having now covered 17000 miles in my twinpoint from new it developed bad oil leaks making it a true mini. The rocker cover seals perished along with a diff output shaft seal. The leaks now rectified, Duckhams oil was used to refill the engine.

My own Twin point by Keith Dodd 1st June 2006 making it a true Having now covered 17000 miles in my twinpoint from new it developed bad oil leaks mini. Read more

Cold running and why tuned Minis simply quit running when pulling up.

Winter is coming, and with it various issues that affect Minis used throughout the year, no matter what the conditions.

This month's consideration is cold running and why a plethora of tuned Minis simply quit running when pulling up. Ignoring the few that are down to various other ailments, the main issue is just the cold weather. Those that suffer more ... Read more