MINI SPRINT
A
s restoration projects go,
taking on the mammoth
task of building a Mini
Sprint from the ground up
certainly isn’t for the faint
hearted. Luckily for 51-year-old Ross
Ferguson, by the time he’d decided to
take this demanding plunge, he’d
already built up more than his fair share
of experience restoring Minis!
“It all began over thirty years ago,when my wife was looking for a car and
fancied something a little bit different”
Ross smiles, “after looking at various
options like Beetles, she fell for an
accident damaged beige Mini 1000
which stood out with its unusual NI
number plate!” A full strip down and
rebuild soon ensued, a process which
taught Ross how to weld. “This car
would become my wife’s daily driver,
commuting between Glasgow andStirling on a daily basis,” Ross
remembers, “from there a love for
everything Mini was born.”
By the early 90s, Ross’s addiction to
Minis had grown to the extent where he
opened his own business, the Glasgow-
based Minis With Attitude. A multitude
of classic Minis would be restored and
built up to customer’s specific requests
throughout the 90s and unsurprisingly
Ross was never short of work. “IMINI SPRINT
A
s restoration projects go,
taking on the mammoth
task of building a Mini
Sprint from the ground up
certainly isn’t for the faint
hearted. Luckily for 51-year-old Ross
Ferguson, by the time he’d decided to
take this demanding plunge, he’d
already built up more than his fair share
of experience restoring Minis!
“It all began over thirty years ago,
when my wife was looking for a car and
fancied something a little bit different”
Ross smiles, “after looking at various
options like Beetles, she fell for an
accident damaged beige Mini 1000
which stood out with its unusual NI
number plate!” A full strip down and
rebuild soon ensued, a process which
taught Ross how to weld. “This car
would become my wife’s daily driver,
commuting between Glasgow andStirling on a daily basis,” Ross
remembers, “from there a love for
everything Mini was born.”
By the early 90s, Ross’s addiction to
Minis had grown to the extent where he
opened his own business, the Glasgow-
based Minis With Attitude. A multitude
of classic Minis would be restored and
built up to customer’s specific requests
throughout the 90s and unsurprisingly
Ross was never short of work. “I