Historic Motor Racing has continued to grow over the last decade, in the face of challenging economic times. Competitor numbers increase, more and more cars are restored and returned to use, and the number of world class events keeps on rising.

One massive attraction is the simple spectacle of the history of world motorsport laid before you all in one place on the same day. The paddock permits close up inspection and the track facilitates combat in the finest tradition of endeavor with respect!

In many ways it’s a millionaire’s playground, but as usual the humble Mini bucks the trend. For whilst the Minis are certainly not cheap they are affordable and available. Parts and repairs present no serious difficulties. And of course, values continue to rise – show us a contemporary car to which this applies. In short an FIA Appendix Cooper S is an asset to be loved, admired and raced hard!

Playmini Historic Motorsport offers a range of services to serious competitors. We currently have two Cooper S race cars in build. The process, from rusty 50 year old donor car, to race ready machine takes approximately 12 months. Customers wishing to commission a complete car should pick up the phone in the first instance. Our processes and techniques are proven by our success on the race track. We pride ourselves in products ready to win.

If you are looking for components or sub-assemblies, these too can be supplied. We import/export worldwide.

For competitors with existing cars we can help unlock the full potential. Clearly there are many facets to winning performance, we cover them all. Selection of the right components, build process, tuning and set up are commonly discussed in pursuit of winning performance.

Finally, talk to us obligation free.




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Playmini Historic Motorsport offers a range of services to serious competitors. Our processes and techniques are proven by our success on the race track.

Our historic race van got a lot of interest at the weekends Goodwood event - so many people though it was just a van until they saw inside the back doors 😁If you want to know more about this awesome little van and its history, harking back to potentially the seed that Playmini grew from, with Nicks grandfather running the garage then Nicks father taking the spanners to work at Downton Engineering have a look at the vans webpage - www.historicminiracing.co.uk/historic-race-van#goodwoodmotorcircuit #swiftuneengineering #paddysgarage ... See MoreSee Less
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4 days ago

A fun Saturday spent at Goodwood doing display laps for the GRCC circuit takeover in the Playmini historic race van #GRCC #historicminiracing #swiftuneengineering #goodwoodcircuit ... See MoreSee Less
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A quick once over on the Playmini race van in preparation for the Goodwood Motor Circuit circuit takeover #playminiracevan #swiftune #historicminiracing #playmini1959 #GRCC #goodwood ... See MoreSee Less
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We will have another Playmini car available very soon 😀 ....This is a 1979 Mini Pickup, painted in Tweed grey with genuine Rosepetal wheels covering Cooper S brakes and wide rear drums, fed with braided fuel lines and the correct bore master cylinder. Suspension is generally standard about from the adjustable height cones. P700 headlamps, new wiring loom and all copper pipes ( fuel and brake ) The interior is boasting a Newton Commercial trim kit and seats made by C&S Custom Upholstery with a Playmini limited edition Moto-lita steering wheel, new Smiths magnolia gauges and Cooper S 130mph speedometer, roof is clad in cream crackle Cooper S material and sun visors. Many parts on this build have been powder coated for finish and longevity, rear lamp housings, tailgate hinges, fuel tank, subframes, suspension arms, master cylinders, pedal box, seat hinges etc.The engine is a Swiftune bespoke unit just for this build. Now displacing 1216cc and producing 88bhp @ 6500rpm thanks to Swiftunes exceptional build quality and design.A 998cc cylinder block was ultrasonic de-rusted, bored and honed for CST+100 1098 flat top pistons, it has a steel centre main strap, line honed main housings, re-ground and balanced 1098cc crank and rods, built with ARP bolts. A Swiftune SW5 billet camshaft and vernier timing gear, CSI pro distributor was fitted.The cylinder head is a 12g940, modified for high air speed, has new valve seats and race spec 35/30 valves with bronze guides and double valve springs. Valve pockets have been machined into the block to accept the 12g940 cylinder head and attached with ARP head studs.The water ways have been modified to give better flow, Swiftune 1.5 ratio roller rockers & heavy duty rocker shaft have been fitted.The CSI programable distributor was dyno mapped for optimum power & torque – even the distributor drive has been balanced !Transmission – a 4.4kg steel flywheel and 2.2 steel backplate are fitted using a blue clutch plate, all balanced. Gearbox is fitted with a Minispares C-STN48 close ratio helical gear kit, cross pin differential, 3.44:1 final drive and central oil; pickup – built by Swiftune.Fuelling provided by a set of Playmini twin 1 ¼ SU carburettors with K&N air filters #Paddysgarage #playmini #swiftuneengineering #minipickup ... See MoreSee Less
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2 weeks ago

The catalogue ( German ) that Japan gave us as the roadmap for this build #classicmini #dustys_auto_distillery #refurbishminiproject #sanwamini #sanwa_trading_co ... See MoreSee Less
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