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Michael Caine "Hang on a minute lads"
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After the 30th Anniversary at Silverstone in 1989 Popular Classics featured us in their magazine in 1990.

The minis complete with the letter 'G' prefix to match the film cars as the film plates were fictitious so illegal for road use.

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From left to right. Antony, David, Daryl and Gareth Davies.

Over twenty years on and still going strong...

We built the Worlds first set in 1989 converting Mk2 'G' registration 1969 minis into Mk1's. These were sold to make way for original Mk1 models as used in the film. Our new set are original factory MK1’s hired by Paramount Pictures which can be seen on the new updated DVD or HD video released in 2009.

The brothers passion for the film meant only one thing! They had to recreate the Italian Job Minis to celebrate the Films 20th Anniversary and the 30th Anniversary of the Mini at Silverstone in 1989.

 
Brothers put film classics back on road (1989 to 2009)
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From right to left. Gareth, Daryl, Antony and David Davies.

Sky Movies premier the Caine season with the release of Zulu and The Italian Job in HD at the Soho Hotel London March 2008.

The Film Cars and Drivers link below.

Dave & Gareth having built their first set in 1989 and again in 2004 now have the most original set in the world all standard Mk1 Minis.

Gareth, Daryl, Antony Davies

On its first release in 1969 Daryl aged 14, Antony aged 10 and Gareth aged 12 saw the film on the Big Screen at the Odeon Cinema Coventry where Daryl and Gareth were born. We were instantly captivated by the 20 minute car chase featuring the mini coopers as they roared around Turin (and through Coventry sewers) to avoid capture with the old "over and under routine"?.

As children the three older brothers on a Saturday would play in the river and fields where the sewer scene were filmed as their father played Cricket at the GEC sports ground at Stoke Aldermoor.

Four years later and Gareth is seventeen and guess what his first car was a Mk2 Mini Cooper POJ 121G and from the day he purchased it his plan was one day to build all three.

  with their new set of original Mk1 film minis in 2003
   

Gareth, David, Bruno, Daryl and Antony Sky Movies 2008

From left: Gareth, David, Bruno Tonioli, Daryl and Antony Sky Tour Premier Soho Hotel London 2008

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Gareth Mini Cooper Mk2 1969
 

30 years on and still rolling on…

Gareth purchased POJ 121G privately only a mile away from my parents house in Balsall Common in 1974 who I recall could hear me driving home from the pub as the car was fitted with a PECO straight through exhaust, The girls loved it, but it gave me headaches.

In 1987 Gareth started a complete ground up restoration replacing the Mk2 body shell with a 1967 Mk1 shell to match the film cars.

"Why Mk1"- The car chase scenes were filmed during 1968 but used the 1969 Mk2 registration letter 'G' to coincide with the films release in 1969. "not allot of people know that"

 
 
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