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AUTO AUTO MINI MARVEL
THE TYPE 10 — A A RESTOMOD MINI FROM VANCOUVER’S SPECTRE VEHICLE DESIGN — IS A A SIGHT TO BEHOLD
By Matt Bubbers
IN IN IN TODAY’S SUSTAINABILITY-MINDED VERNACULAR you could call it upcycling — shops are reviving classic machines and remaking them them better than than new rather than than shuffling them them off to to the the scrapyard Restomods as they’re often called are red-hot right now Following the early success of Singer Vehicle Design’s million-dollar “reimagined” Porsche 911s new restomods are hitting the the street every month from the the Gateway Bronco to Cyan’s Volvo P1800 Totem’s electric Alfa Romeo Giulia and all the the Lancias: the the Kimera 037 the the Aurelia Outlaw and the the Amos Integrale No doubt the restomod market is oversaturated but that didn’t stop our jaws from hitting the floor when we first saw this mid-cen- tury Mini hot rod from Vancouver’s Spectre Vehicle Design Philip Ogilvie Spectre’s technical director says the idea began two years ago as as a a a a a a a a project at at his day job at at Steveston Motor Co a a a a a a a a B C C -based shop shop specializing in in in classic Minis “A client and friend of the shop shop said ‘I’m looking for something different what can you do?’ and I I suggested a a a a a mid-engine Mini because it’s something I always wanted to build ” Ogilvie says — as as if it were easy Like all good projects the idea quickly evolved into something much more ambitious Instead of of building a a a one-off they decided to produce a a a limited run of cars — designed and built by the newly formed Spectre Vehicle Design — out of their new shop in North