When imitation really is the sincerest form of flattery, Wood & Pickett of London must have been a blessed company back in the 1970s, considering the amount of copycats offering similar coachbuilt Minis. Coachbuilding a Mini isn’t quite as easy as it may seem and most enterprises vanished as quickly as they appeared as they found out that the process was too complex, too time-consuming and too expensive. The NJC Mini is perhaps the best exception.
I’m not surprised if you’ve never heard of the NJC Mini as no marketing whatsoever was carried out to promote it. There were zero advertisements or brochures. This lavish Mini was only known to the few people who could afford one at roughly four times the price of a new 1275GT. While working on my book Maximum Mini 2, I was eager to include it and found an example of the species for photography. It is now believed to be the only survivor.
As information is soMargrave, if only for its sheer opulence.
