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[mab01uk]

Some photos of my late brother Steve Bell in his Mini7 & Miglia.

[Pitcrew6464]

Great photos, thanks for sharing them with us.

[Mini-Mad-Craig]

Thanks for sharing these photos, they are awesome. What an awesome looking little Mini!!!

[Mini-Mad-Craig]

These photos have given me a real buzz. What fun a Mini must've been in its hayday to race around Britains circuits. One day I want to be able to race Mini se7ens!

[rally515]

you can defiantly see wheel arch progression in these photos

great shots

[mab01uk]

Some more pics of Steve's Mini Se7en in action including his earlier green Mini running with Wood & Pickett sponsorship.







Seen here running with Number 1 on the car as 1997 Mini Se7en Champion.

Edited by mab01uk, 27 February 2013 - 12:23 AM.

[rally515]

jeeze getting some serious air in that last photo,with the stiff race suspension im sure his spine thanked him the morning afterward .

[mab01uk]

More pics of the Miglia in action and the press launch by Stirling Moss in March 1999.


Steve with Stirling Moss trying out the driving seat!






The annual visit to Spa in Belgium for the combined Mini Miglia and Mini Se7en race.

 

 

Brands Hatch Mini Festival Tribute 2012

 

 

 

The Corgi model version!

Edited by mab01uk, 04 November 2014 - 07:50 PM.

[BigMacRacing]

Excellent pics, thanks for sharing mate Hopefully these have been shared for the mini club archives that are being put together?

[Orange-Phantom]

Really enjoyed them, thanks for putting them on.

[unipart]

Very nice photos. Thank you to share those with us. The photo of Spa-Francorchamps reminds me a lot of memories, Sixties and Seventies!

 

Michel

[evoderby]

Great pictures! Number 1 on the door says it all really....well respected & sadly missed.

[iTomKart]

Awesome images

Were the mini7 and miglia the same car with modifications between or did he have to start the miglia from scratch?

[Oldskoolbaby]

I was recently looking for pictures of your brothers incredible car that were featured in miniworld magazine about 99'-00'. Unfortunately it seems none are on the net. It was pictures of this car that made me buy my miglia.

[mab01uk]

Recently scanned some old 'period' album pictures which I thought I would share, of my older brothers (Ray Bell) 850cc Free Formula Special Saloon Mini at Silverstone & Brands Hatch in 1972, wheels were 6x10 Mambas + Dunlop and later Firestone 1B19 6.0x19.3x10 slicks with Dunlop CR65 Mk11 (320) 5.00L-10 used on S reverse rims for the wet. The bodyshell was an early 1961 Mk1 ex-Mini 7 shell bought for £25 and we 'updated' it cutting apertures for Mk2 rear lights!
Mini 7 ace Chris Tyrell modded the head at his Leatherhead, Surrey workshop along with my own modded road Mini's at the time.........in later years my younger brother Steve Bell went on to become Chris Tyrell's race mechanic and ultimately a Mini 7 champion himself in 1997, so this is where it all started!



Brands Hatch also in 1972 (The mis-matched blue fibreglass bootlid was a hasty replacement for some previous weekends damage!)

Edited by mab01uk, 08 December 2013 - 11:49 PM.