Brewis 8-port Mini Special Saloon

27/08/2026

Delighted to say our anniversary demo run was picked up by KentOnline Sport - Thank you for the mention!

There was a Mini adventure at Brands Hatch last week - Simon Hildrew's best images can be found at the link in the comments

26/08/2026

Two laps from the demonstration session at the Brands Hatch Mini Festival.
A big thank you to the events team at MSV for giving us the opportunity to run the car, especially as it marked 50 years since the car raced at Brands Hatch in the August round of the 1976 Simoniz Special Saloon Car Championship on the GP circuit!

24/08/2026

These two from yesterday are courtesy of Az Edwards Photography©️📷

24/08/2026

Retrolicious has some cool pics from yesterday…

23/08/2026

Thanks to everyone who took the time to see us and the car today. It was great to give it a run out. Here’s our demonstration session caught on the live event feed:

The Mini Festival is back at Brands Hatch and you can watch it here...

23/08/2026

We’re on display at the 2026 Brands Hatch Mini Festival. Come and find us on the main strip opposite the pits and Mini Spares stand.

19/08/2026

Delighted to confirm we will be part of the on track demonstration at 4pm ✅

We can't wait to welcome fans to Brands Hatch for Mini Festival this Sunday (23 August) ⚡

Here's a timetable of on-track action, to help you plan your visit 📃

🎟️ https://www.brandshatch.co.uk/2026/august/mini-bh-aug-2026

17/08/2026

I think we will be out in the demonstration run at 16:00 - just waiting for confirmation!

It's Mini Festival week (23 August) here at Brands Hatch ‼️

Join us for a celebration of one of the UK's best-loved marques 🎉

🔗 https://www.brandshatch.co.uk/news/2026/aug/17/mini-festival-is-back-at-brands-hatch-this-sunday

10/08/2026

This weekend we learned of the sad passing of Steve Pattinson a fellow Special Saloon Mini racer in the 1970s and follower of our project and this page. Steve competed in a green Mini ‘Chug a Lug’ but also later in other series including in a VW Golf/Jetta.

We remain forever grateful to Steve for the occasion he lent a spare tyre at Lydden Hill, which allowed Graham to go on and win the race outright. Our condolences go out to Steve’s family & friends and our thoughts are with them at this difficult time. 💚

30/07/2026

We’ve been wanting to get a noise reading since fitting a repacked silencer. These days noise plays a large part in where and when you can run. Safe to say the Special Saloon Mini remains very 1970s in its volume!
Unfortunately this does limit our options to demo runs rather than trackdays as the exhaust length is critical to the Arden A-series engine’s performance with the 8 port head.
Noise test was conducted at 6,000rpm!