The British Company Keeping Classic Mini's Alive | Mike Brewer's World Of Cars 

In a shed somewhere in Shropshire, two chaps are salivating into their tea.

I was not aware that the original mini shells were still being made. Absolutely brilliant!

Mike's genuine enthusiasm is infectious, always puts a smile on my face. Plus his stuff is interesting and not superficial.

I bought my first classic mini in 20 years recently. Man, it just puts the biggest smile on my face. You feel everything. It has so much character. It turns heads everywhere I go. I'm really glad there are small companies like this to help keep minis on the road 🙂

Mike Brewer is single handedly saving the classic car industry

You are a good person mate for keeping classic Mini's alive! Cheers

The craftsmanship that goes into one of these shells is brilliant especially when you consider the fact that it is original tooling and is businesses like this that help keep Minis that otherwise would have been scraped alive

I wished this original Mini would be back on sales.....this is the Mini we love

Makes me very happy that Minis are kept on living. One of the best cars ever!

What a brilliant episode! Please make an in depth programme or series of these remarkable engineering companies that keep much loved classics going. This has to be an absolute favorite episode to millions of viewers.

Is very refreshing to see that some people are still proud to be British.

Great job (again) Mike! It’s fantastic seeing the original process in action. It’s a walk through history - a very important part!! I’m a proud owner of 4 classic Minis (MK1-MK3) - survivor Canadian Minis.

My first car was an Austin Mini 1000,watching this was wonderful and great to know they are Still building them.

I have been owned Mini Mayfair Ⅱ over for 25 years in Japan. So I was very surprised to see that original body shell of Mini are producted. I Feel happy. My best thanks to the members of the factory. If possible I wish to visit there. A.Takagi,

I could watch them assemble Minis all day! Amazing! 😁👍

It makes me happy this still happens. It makes my two MGs happy too.

Model year 1960s. First time in use 2020.

Fantastic! really enjoyed that and seeing the shell go together. It’s incredible that all the tooling to make this lovely little car is still in use today, after all these years. Love it 👍👍

We all need more of this.

Wow wow wow. The best video I have ever seen on you tube. 8 have big respect for this guy for keeping the mini going the authentic way. Well done guys

From one Mini Nut to another, thanks Mike, you released this on my birthday and I enjoyed it immensely. As soon as that roof went on, it was there, another Mini. It just made me smile like no other car can.

Had 4 minis and love them, cool to see they still make original body panels and shells.

Amazing place.

Love him or hate him, Mikes been there, seen it and done it over many years. While he could have walked away with his pockets full years ago, there's still a genuine connection with old motors that can't be faked.

One of my dream cars of all time,just remembering this little things beating bigger cars with 2 or 3 times more power than them on the tracks is just amazing.

its really nice and amazing to see that somebody is using his money in a really productive way, this is today a rarity! great! keep bringing to live many more Minis and other cars that were well designed

redid my doors on my 69 850 Australian made Morris van using heritage skins and although I had to modify them for Australian wind-up windows, they fitted great. Such an iconic shape with cheeky grin on the front that makes both the driver and everyone you drive past smile such is the positive vibes the little things spread.

We love! Well as an owner of a new, black Mini from 1966 - 1970, I may state as a fact: It was an absolutely horribly produced car, with badly fitting doors (I had to bend the sliding window frames against my knee to make them actually meet the rubber sealing on the body!) and it leaked in water in most places, also from the corners of my front screen (Wipers just stopped, also up on the screen, so you soon learned how to make them stop at the right place!). And don't expect to be able to leave things in the doors metal pockets if they aren't waterproof! A battery with its + to the frame!!! And the outside hinges, which had a little acid left in the sealings against the doors, after the original cleaning before being painted, so they constantly needed repainting around them to stay nice and without any rust! I had "newspapers" below the mats, to collect water and being regularly shifted, as now wet. Driving in rain behind a lorry would make the motor cut from the spray moisture, before being able to overtake, at mostly 117 km/h! I did own three English built cars: "My first, my last and my only", before buying a new BMW 2002 in 1970 and later VWs. Today I drive a really (comparably) fast Peugeot (Diesel).

Brilliant really good to see the bodyshells being made. Many thanks Mike and British Motor Heritage limited.

There is where the parts for my Classic were made. So cool to see this, thank you.

Loved, just LOVED the video. I learned to drive in my mum’s Mini in 1964 (age 15) and owned a ‘63 as a student in the 1970’s. Yes, I too could watch this all day. 👍👍

Lovely little cars. Can’t but love the little chaps.

I'd like to buy that guy a beer, well done

Totally gobsmacked! I love cars of all kinds and the classic mini is no exception. So glad to see the care taken to reproduce the Mini with the same tools that made the originals.

First time i see this video ,..The mini was my first car ,.had 2 of them in my lifetime,.I still have the front frame that holds the engine ,. It was my favorite car . seeing this and keeping this car alive is amazing ..

"Hold out yer hand!"

That is awesome still building on same jigs + same welding techniques for pure minis.

It's lovely to see that there are people still making them.

Those are the good things of England, they respect history and tradition. My respect and congratulations!

It's fascinating that we have to turn to the past for honest to goodness automobiles. Great job, shop and video.

This original Mini puts all other so called so called new models in the shade, it's got real timeless class, no other so called Mini models will never have, I really hope it goes on and on (even in electric form) 👍👍👍👍

This is so amazing. I would love to work in that factory!

Thank you sir for keeping this incredibly important part of motoring history alive.

Love this sort of content Mr.Brewer.

Minis have a soul! Had a dozen of them. Loved every one. Most fun with yer clothes on!

Simply amazing!!! Too much passion for the car!

That’s fantastic. What a great way to work. I wish you more and more success guys.

Minis are forever

Very good video of Mike, congratulations. I never thought that parts of original mini´s or complete bodies were made.

This is absolutely brilliant and these guys are doing fantastic work keeping this old manufacturing tool's in perfect working condition after 60 years, seeing this was like a glimpse of how it was back in 1960 awesome I just loved it, thanks.

Mike Brewer is the soul of British motoring.

The Austin Mini at 1:56 is something special , 999 FYL was comissioned by Hooper on behalf of Lord Snowdon as a gift for Princess Margaret, certainly a very valuable car today .

TOTALLY brilliant!

Beautiful Amazing Congratulations. I've owned 1 mini in my life. To see this type of history brought to today's light is like a dream. ♥️♥️♥️

Love it.wish i had the money to get my mini redone.love them so much.keep up the good work guys.be proud of your work.keep mini alive.

Hi Mr. Mike I am from Indonesia, I like your program👍

That's class. I do love a bit of British engineering

It is lovely to see these skilled workers are producing the old mini.There is British spirit in these cars’ DNA.

I'm across the pond and I think it's great that one of my favorite cars since I was 11 in 1964 is still being punched out. Long live the Mini!!!

What I'd like to see them do is to use some form of anti corrosion protection between sandwiched and welded panels. Some epoxy or weld through primer at a minimum so that they last more than original!

Talk about a time warp... great stuff.

Wonderful. I still have a 63 Mini Minor and 65 Cooper I use all the time. Have various panels from these guys in the resto of both. Brilliant.

Never Knew !! Absolutely loved this video .. thank you for this

wish they did the same with a few other classic models including Datsun 240Z

There was a guy there using Triggers Broom to sweep the floor!

It’s nice to know that the original mini is safe, being kept alive and well in this factory - amazing stuff!..

Superb....wonderful enthusiasm from everyone....thanks....

I don’t like the way WD went reducing the mechanical segments and how Mike and Edd’s relationship broke down, but credit where it’s due, that was entertaining!

One of the most amazing pieces of history I've ever seen. What does a body like this cost... July 2020? Shipped to South Africa?

Fascinating to watch a new old car being built. I love the idea that you can take an old, rotted wreck and build a whole new car around the chassis number and engine/transmission.

Fascinating to see how this was done. Even more fascinating to see it still being done.

There is scope to bring modern standards to make a stiffer, stronger shell, hopefully without weight gain. It’d be good to lose those exterior seams too. It’s good to know that these body shells are still available. Brilliant!

PLEASE do this with the Opel Kadett B (1969)...

Loved mine - my first car actually. Starter button on the floor - If I stretched out from the driver's seat - I could touch every corner of the inside of the car. Getting into a mini was like putting a coat on and wrapping it around you - it became part of you.

This is INCREDIBLE!!!!

I remember everyone was pissing on this guy. But actually I think he is really cool. Especially the interaction with the workers seems honest. Cool stuff from WD in 2020...

This really is amazing to see. Mike is right, they should do some small improvements. Maybe some additional bracing for strength. 👍

Brilliant, and brilliant there are still companies like these keeping a much loved icon alive

This is why this country is Great Britain. Brilliant work for a British classic. I'm a Mini fan n really glad u guys r doing this. Any jobs going? One day i'll get one. I've been a carer for the wife for a while, so haven't had alot of money. I'm 41 now, passed my theory test in October. I really want my 1st car to be The Classic Mini cooper s.

A stainless steel one would be the icing on the cake

never thought you could buy a new mini body

This is just great. A car factory without a single screen, laptop or robot in sight. Made me miss my old mini ❤️

My first car, like many other people, and an iconic British marque. Great to see them still being created!

Cant replace all mate because theyre about 10k plus paint (2020)

i can see mike's disappointment when he found out that they're not putting any improvements on the shells..

Amazing to see, one of my favorite small British cars... Healy, MG and Mini...

I've just bought an amazing condition 1991 Cooper. Classic minis are a joy all of their own.

Esto es un VERDADERO Mini, lo de los alemanes de BMW no es más que otro Panzer!!

Quick! Get it out the factory before it starts to rust! 😁

Wow thats excellent. Mind blowing to see it all coming together!

Hey Mike! What a fantastic video. Loved watching a classic mini "shell" being assembled...

How about a Morris Minor?

8:50 because Mike....... a panel is like 50 quid a shell is like 8000 quid. .

I never knew that British Mini parts were still being produced using the original Jigs. British Manufacturing still going strong, brilliant 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

Did my driving test in one of these cars in 1970 in Wpg Canada. The parallel parking was easy. Great to see this vid.

Good new upload but adjust the title a bit, it is not Classic Mini's Alive, but Classic Minis Alive, since you are talking about a group and not a thing's attribute or feature You could say the Mini's engine was powerful, in that you mean a particular car targeting a specific part of it, but here you are talking about Minis as a whole :)

If you get one how you gonna explain, hey it's a 1960 O km on the clock just left the factory floor...🤔

I get all warm and fuzzy knowing the bodies for these wonderful cars are still being made today. It can't get any better than that!!

old school and brilliant..cheers, keep up the good work..

Too many bloody ads, my son.