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The 2007 NorthAmericanMotoring calendar

Posted on December 13, 2006February 12, 2017 by Ian C.

A great tradition – and another great calendar this year!

Like last year the NAM calendar is in color and is of course fabulous quality! I always buy two of these – one to keep and one to use 🙂

The picture above is quite interesting; a GP – actually a very specific GPMINI!
Other months feature a classic Mini (January), a great line-up of MINIs in Las Vegas (March), classic Mini rears (May) and an amazing green aurora (December).

Thanks to Mark @ NAM and everyone that provided pictures to make this excellent calendar 🙂

Head over to NorthAmericanMotoring to order your calendar

(previous years: 2006, 2005; apparently I never posted the 2004 calendar!)

First two GP family?

Posted on December 9, 2006February 4, 2017 by Ian C.

I headed down to Herb Chambers MINI today to meet George & Jayne, picking up their second GP, #1717 – George works away from home frequently but loves the GP so much, he wanted one for at home and one when he is away.

Unfortunately when I arrived, George was in major distress due to the long list of faults on the GP! There was an obvious dent in the rear bumper, grease marks on the passenger seat, and worst of all lots of paint blemishes – it looked like the car had been parked under dripping rusty pipes!
All these faults should have been found by Herb Chambers – but instead they were found by George after his flight up from New York (Herb Chambers MINI only prepped the car this morning).

The car was sent away to be re-buffed and it improved the paint marks; Kerry and the others at Herb Chambers MINI promised to do “whatever it takes” for George to be happy – which likely will include a full detailing by Georges local expert, a new rear bumper, and a new seat cover … with this promise George inspected the car again and decided to take it.