Klassik Mini

The Mini you see here is one that our West Coast Editor, Norman Nelson never thought he would own, he first saw this 1963 Cooper S owned by Shawn Duntelly at the Mini Meet West at Columbia Gorge. Shawn thought his flamed Mini would be a great addition to the Nelson’s collection especially considering they had two other flamed cars. Norm explained, “I told him I had nowhere to put another Mini even though I loved the look of the car Shawn called Fireball. It was super low and with those Fortech arches looked as if it should have been on the racetrack.” Roll on to 2018 and the devestating fires that hit California. The Carr fire devasted 229,651 acres and unfortunately the Nelson household was amongst those to lose their home. As well as their home