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MiniWorld staff and writers reporting on their month in, under and around Minis…

In addition to all the TV footage, ECC documented the whole build process as this was the first Mini they have fitted with a new Tesla heart. I have to thank Richard Morgan, aka ‘Moggy’, for the photos and technical details I’ve included this time. If you managed to see the episode you will have seen some of the challenges they faced but here we can delve a bit deeper into how it was done.

Stepping back for a moment, the fact we had no engine for the car is one of the reasons I wanted to talk to ECC in

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