STEVE Holland of Dutchy's Garage (formerly known as Dutchy's Mini) is a bona fide automotive mad scientist. This gorgeous - and ferocious - Mini is testament to that, although his journey to this project started out the same way many do.
"My first car was an EB S XR6, and I did all the usual mods to it," Steve says. "Then I bought a GC8 WRX-being from a Ford family, I was lucky I didn't get kicked out of home! I loved the sound, the power and how it drove like it was on rails. My brother Clint had a Mini and I thought it was so much fun to drive, so I finally bought my first one in 2009."
Steve had a lot of fun restoring and modding the red 1988 Mini, and by the time it was sold to make way for this car, its guts had been swapped out for a Honda B16A.
While the VTEC Mini was fun, Steve found himself wanting more. "I thought, what can I do that's different? Can I stick a Subaru in a Mini?" The answer is evidently "yes"! If you have a look past the NACA ducts in the rear windows, you'll find an EJ255 ripped from a 2011 WRX instead of a rear seat. Yep, this is a fully engineered and registered mid-engined 1961 Mini.
This story is from the July 2023 edition of Street Machine Australia.
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