This issue's major features include an upgraded 1974 Mini 1000, a 1992 Mini City resto with a retro twist, and a superbly restored example of one of the earliest Mini Vans. We also visit a Mini '1275 S3' in Malta and reveal the result of a unique Bertone-Cooper tie-up of 1965. Plus, essential pre-rebuild engine preps explained, we answer a host of readers' tech questions, and we head to Cornwall for the Riviera Run.

This issue's major features include an upgraded 1974 Mini 1000, a 1992 Mini City resto with a retro twist, and a superbly restored example of one of the earliest Mini Vans. We also visit a Mini '1275 S3' in Malta and reveal the result of a unique Bertone-Cooper tie-up of 1965. Plus, essential pre-rebuild engine preps explained, we answer a host ....