MINI artwork

Thanks to a Mini owning friend (thanks Dave!) in NEMO, I learned of some really cool MINI+Mini artworks being sold on eBay … I contacted the seller, auto-artist, and he was kind enough to agree to customize the artwork to my specifications – and look at the result:


David / auto-artist customized the roof & bonnet stripes color to match GBMINI, and also replaced the license plate – the result is really excellent and I need to find a good frame for it … I totally recommend these artworks, and the price is almost a steal!

(in case you are wondering, my scanner clipped the bottom of the image – the Mini does have a roof!)

MINIsOnTop proclamation

For the very first MINIsOnTop back in 2003, a small “coup” was a proclamation from the then Governor of New Hampshire, Craig Benson, declaring June 21, 2003 “MINI Cooper Day”.

This has since become a tradition, with the date each year declared “MINI Cooper Day” in New Hampshire – this year was no exception.Β It was decided this year to present the proclamation to MINI USA, so first each of the “yellow shirt” volunteers wrote a small note to accompany it:

(including one of the last messages from MaxaMINI)

The proclamation was (eventually) fully signed and delivered to MINI USA – and much appreciated:
Gerry Matthews and Jim McDowell, loved the Proclamation. They showed it to Tom Purves [chairman and CEO of BMW (US) Holding Corp] who is having it framed and hung in the Executive Dining Room …

All of this to say:
MINIsOnTop will happen again in (mid June) 2006! If you are interested, join in the chat on MINI2.