I can see clearly now …

Posted on by Ian C.

… and other transparency-related puns 😉

This is “a laser engraved 3D image of the Works GP in a solid lead crystal glass block“, created and commissioned by TonyT3 in England – customized individually so that this block shows “GP0203” on the roof … although it’s very hard to photograph.

In person, it’s an incredibly beautiful piece of art, and almost unique – I don’t think Tony will ever do another production run! Thanks, Tony, for the chance to own one of these blocks 😀

Memories of MINI Takes The States

Posted on by Ian C.

I received today a wonderful, signed, photograph taken by Juan Calderon during MINI Takes The States last year – framed and sold by Robert Ballard and his new TwistyBitz business:

I was tempted to leave it “installed” in the back of GPMINI – but I suspect it won’t fair well when I’m accelerating at GP speeds on twisties 🙂

(Thanks Robert, and Juan!)

TwistyBitz GP shirts

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Another GP shirt arrived in the mail yesterday!


This latest design is from my friend Robert Ballard, and has been a long time coming due to various issues while Robert started up his new business …
The shirt front design incorporates an aerial view of the GP, neatly representing “I” in the “MINI” design (the roof number on the front is always GP2006, representing the year that these great cars were produced) – on the back you can custom order your GP roof number.

The same design is also available on a grey “ringer” shirt (third image); this shirt is a nicer quality material, it feels softer (it’s an Authentic Pigment shirt, while the back is made by Gildan).
You can also order a long sleeve shirt, where the custom GP roof number is printed on one sleeve (see here). All these shirts can be ordered from TwistyBitz (navigate to the store then choose “apparel”).