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Dakar Mini

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The ultimate Mini MPi. As simple as that.

A restomod that brings her right into the modern era, while keeping the character she was born with. For us, it's important to maintain an OEM feel while adding a layer of class, pairing the best features from back in the day with uprated, new components.

She was delivered new on 20 April 99' by Cosina, one of the original Rover dealers in Rome at the time. She never really left the city, we found her right in the centre of Rome, not far from where it all started.

No two BrooksPack Minis will ever be the same. We don't believe in catalogues. Every Mini is a blank canvas, an opportunity to translate ideas, emotions and stories into a machine that is truly unique. This one came with a story of her own already.

THE CAR

•Year: 20-04-1999, deliverd originally at Cosina dealer in Rome, Italy
•Engine: 1275cc Multi-Point-Injection (MPi)
•Interior: Balmoral Stone Beige seating with Porsche Pepita insides, dark green carpet with BMC Valtain floormats and a colour matching dashboard. Anodised MOMO leather steering wheel and cream leather on the sides
•Exterior: British Racing Green with Agate Grey (M7S) 13" rims and Farrari Yellow striping. Full BrooksPack bodykit fitted with stainless bumpers and a stainless exhaust tip. Updated chrome styling is seen all around. At the rear we find a MK1 license plate layout and an Aston Fuel cap. For the summer days we have an electric operated Webasto roof
•Extra: comes with an Italian export title

•Year: 20-04-1999, deliverd originally at Cosina dealer in Rome, Italy
•Engine: 1275cc Multi-Point-Injection (MPi)
•Interior: Balmoral Stone Beige seating with Porsche Pepita insides, dark green carpet with BMC Valtain floormats and a colour matching dashboard. Anodised MOMO leather steering wheel and cream leather on the sides
•Exterior: British Racing Green with Agate Grey (M7S) 13" rims and Farrari Yellow striping. Full BrooksPack bodykit fitted with stainless bumpers and a stainless exhaust tip. Updated chrome styling is seen all around. At the rear we find a MK1 license plate layout and an Aston Fuel cap. For the summer days we have an electric operated Webasto roof
•Extra: comes with an Italian export title

The BrooksPack styling combines clean classic Mini lines with a modern and aggressive stance. The wide wheel arches allow for the 13" Agate Grey rims, newly painted and fitted with fresh tyres, while the lowered skirts around the car give her a look that keeps intriguing.

The British Racing Green is paired with Ferrari Yellow striping, a nice nod to the country she comes from.

It are the details that matter. At the front she has a MK1 styled face with our own frontflip, taking the look of the very early Minis and bringing it onto this latest model. The same goes for the rear, where we fitted a MK1 boot layout. The Aston fuel cap is a small touch you only notice when you get close, but for us that's exactly the point. Stainless bumpers, a stainless exhaust tip and updated chrome finish her off, and for the summer days there's the electric Webasto roof.

In the interior we find the beautiful 'Balmoral Stone Beige' coloured seats, featuring the Pepita-style pattern which was commonly used in the 60's and 70's Porsche interiors.

The floors are fitted with dark green carpet and BMC Valtain floormats. The dashboard is painted in the same British Racing Green as the exterior as a nod to how the Mk1 Minis had it back in the day. The doors are finished with cream leather on the sides, and she steers through an anodised MOMO leather steering wheel.

In the interior we find the beautiful 'Balmoral Stone Beige' coloured seats, featuring the Pepita-style pattern which was commonly used in the 60's and 70's Porsche interiors.

Originally delivered in Rome by Cosina, she spent her whole life in the city before coming to us.

Since arrival we've renewed the complete suspension. She now sits on GAZ adjustable shock absorbers all around, together with Hi-Lo's and new suspension cones, so ride height and damping can be set just right. The steering rack is new, the rims have been painted and fitted with new tyres, and the clutch has recently been renewed.

She comes with an Italian export title.

Originally delivered in Rome by Cosina, she spent her whole life in the city before coming to us.

She comes with an Italian export title.