Martyn Collins
Contributor
My first car was a free 1977 Mini 1000, which needed a full restoration! One highlymodified Cooper replica later it was time for the real thing and a 1990 John Cooper ’S’ Converted Cooper RSP followed. Now fascinated with MINI as a reimagined modern icon, I have one of the earliest R50 Coopers and a 2006 R53 Cooper S GP, but I