CooperWorld Magazine – Mini Cooper Register

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Editorial - June 2024 issue I am sure that most of you will by now have learnt of the sad passing of Robert Young, our former Chairman and Ex-Works and Competition Cars Registrar, at the end of April. He will be very much missed as a family member, a good friend and a colleague by many. I got to know Robert almost 10 years ago when I took on editing CooperWorld and became a member of the MCR committee at which time, of course, Robert was the Chairman of the club. So, having worked closely with him on the MCR committee for many years, it was apparent to me that the skills and knowledge he had attained generally in life equipped him with the skills set needed to be a very competent chairman. Personally, I always felt that we were in safe hands as a club with Robert’s obvious devotion to it, and careful steering of the club to being the successful and thriving club it has now become. Moving on, and Richard Pengelly has submitted an interesting Technical Topic, but on this occasion it is slanted towards the maintenance of our cars and in particular tackling probably one of the most difficult jobs you could do on a Mini: the replacement or repair of the brake and clutch master cylinders. If you haven’t tackled this job before yourself and are considering doing it, then I would urge you to read Richard’s article on this most awkward of tasks as he has some very good advice on how to take some of the frustration out of doing it. In a similar vein, and James Jenkins has sent in his next instalment on the work he and his father have been undertaking in preparing their respective race Minis in order that both of them can race together in separate cars in the Mighty Minis racing series. I do have a hankering to do something similar at some point and I am soaking up everything that James has been covering in his articles. So, if you have any similar designs to do the same, then do read James’s article as it will give you a great insight into what’s involved. Talking of racing Minis, I and six other members of the club were fortunate to have had the opportunity to use our Mini/MINIS on a karting track for a programme shot by a German TV channel called DW Welle. The premise of the programme was to explore why enthusiasts like us love our Minis so much. Although for me it was only part of the day’s filming, as I was also interviewed about Minis at the British Motor Museum with the backdrop of 621 AOK and the Monte Carlo winning Minis. This was quite an ask for me and there was no time for rehearsing anything, so I had to adlib answers to the questions I was being asked by the interviewer. I am not sure how I did, but we will find out as and when I get a link to the programme from the producer. David Hucker covered the day’s filming in an article in this month’s issue. Paul Paul Sulma - Editor CooperWorld

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