TIME TRAVELLER
Finding the time to spend on a project can be almost impossible for a lot of people. Between work and family life, it can be tricky to dedicate the hours needed to transform something down-at-heel into a head turner. Ciaran Hennessy, who hails from Co Carlow in southeast Ireland, had been working on this stunning retro saloon, on and off, since 2014. But the Covid-19 pandemic proved to be the proverbial cloud with the silver lining, allowing him to spend lockdown in the lockup…
The story starts in 2014, when without even seeing pictures of the car, Ciaran and his good friend and fellow Mini fanatic, Ray Mullen, set off on a three-hour drive to Co Louth. “We rocked up, and saw this British Racing Green 1971 Mini with all different year parts thrown on it,” laughs Ciaran. “A deal was done, and with Ray behind the wheel, we hit the motorway – I don’t think he took it out of fourth gear once all the way home in the middle of the night. It made it back and didn’t skip a beat for the entire
