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KICKING UP A STORM

Even when you think you’ve figured out Marcus Hubbard’s Cub, I guarantee that it will still have a surprise or two that you’ve yet to notice. The immediate statement is Mad Max meets Desert Storm. It looks rough and ready, it’s got the biggest rally ready tyres you could imagine fitting under the arches, but then there’s the supercharger, the hydraulics, the PA system…

Marcus’ Mini owning habit goes right back to his earliest days of driving. When he first passed his test he drove a Beetle but he says ‘it felt antique’, and he very quickly moved on to Minis. Several have come and gone over the years but one of them, a 1972 Cooper S replica, has been with him since 1989. This has been on the road in various guises, and in a quest for the ultimate in useable power, now features a fully built blow through supercharged A-series. This is all the more

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