CooperWorld Magazine – Mini Cooper Register

CooperWorld is the monthly magazine of the Mini Cooper Register

Produced in full colour and packed with Mini Cooper information, this is essential reading for Mini enthusiasts.

Editorial 2026 will mark 40 years since the Mini Cooper Register was formed back in 1986. If you were around at that time, you will no doubt remember just how different things were then compared to today’s world. The internet had only come into being three years earlier, in 1983, and commercially available mobile phones in the same year, but all you could do with the phones was make a voice call unlike the mobile phones we have today. Fortunately, our beloved Mini has survived and indeed thrived over these years, when many other makes of car have disappeared. So, we will be marking this significant milestone anniversary of the club at our National Mini Day at Beaulieu on Sunday 14th June. Plans for a memorable anniversary celebration are already in progress. The New Year also brings with it new faces to the club committee with the appointment of John Rula as our new Archivist and Scott Dalzell as the new Regalia Officer. Both John and Scott have written about their respective plans in relation to their positions, and we thank them both for putting themselves forward to fill these two important roles. Then we have yet another new face joining the club, but this time as an Honorary Member, and that person is Kevin Jones who started working at British Leyland (BL) in 1978 as an apprentice, but later, in 1987, became the Production PR Manager for the Mini under MG Rover until the classic Mini ceased production in 2000. Kevin has kindly written about himself by way of an introduction and has said that he will be writing articles from time to time about his life and times working at the former manufacturer/s. Turning now to what we have in store for you in this edition of the magazine and I am pleased to say that I had the opportunity to not only be at the unveiling of Mike Cooper’s new limited edition Mini Cooper Grand Prix at the NEC Motor Show last November, but afterwards to have had the opportunity to interview Mike about the car and how it came to fruition. Do read my article to get an insight as to Mike’s inspiration for creating the car and how he collaborated on the project with Chris Harper from Mini Sport to make it a reality. Talking of the NEC Classic Motor Show, Geoff Bethel, who has been heading up organising our club display stand at the show for a number of years now along with his dedicated team of helpers, has sent me in an article he has written about the show and what’s involved in putting on a car club display at this show. Paul Sulma - Editor CooperWorld

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