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    PERFECTION vs PATINA

    Sep 17, 2021 5 minutes
    Words: Karen Drury.
    Photos:
    Jim Jupp and CCK Historic.

    Thanks to Minis, Mark Leary became an entrepreneur at an early age. “I remember buying a Mini when I was around 10 years old. I paid about £10 for it and I got my dad to tow it home. I took it all apart and sold the bits in a local free newspaper. I’ve always had an admiration for Minis and I started racing Ministocks when I was 13 or 14.”

    In 2020 Mark bought himself a present for his 50th birthday. “I bought an Aston Martin as a little treat. I didn’t really enjoy it.” It was time to buy another Mini. He bought and rebuilt a red rally Mini, which you can read about in a future issue, and then another in the form of this Mini Pick-up. “After the red one was finished I got a

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