Last time I saw a running original-type Mini on the roads was about 1987. I'd guess all of the ones up here where it snows died from rusted out floors, I know mine did! A lot of them are still being raced, I gather, though, it is one fast little car. Make sure you do a "factory" mini-cooper paint scheme, BRG with the two white stripes allong th esides of the hood (or bonnet!) One thing I always wondered, how did you shift gears on a twini-mini?