DEEP SLEEPER
It was just one of those things that I’ve always wanted,” says Nigel Death, standing next to the stunning Almond Green Cooper. “When I was seventeen, I learned to drive in a Mini and then I had one as a first car, but back then, a Mini Cooper or even a Cooper S wasn’t the car that everyone wanted so I moved away from them for a while.”
The Death family connection with Minis is a strong one. Brother, Harvey, is a seasoned car builder and top flight racer. “He’s an engineer and what he doesn’t know about Minis isn’t worth knowing. When he was 16, he bought a Mini Cooper S, LSY 283, in boxes and a bare shell, which he rebuilt into his racing Mini.” He’s also the current holder of the ‘Fastest Mini In The World’ title at the wheel of his incredible wide bodied and be-winged saloon racer which packs a 2.8-litre Powertec V8. Nigel’s elder brother, Clive, is also very happy behind the wheel of a
