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"We were doing it for love."

Classic Mini - Basil Wales

Basil Wales: BMC's Special Tuning boss between 1965 and 1974. He transformed the department into a commercial success which inspired a new breed of special tuning companies. "We were doing it for love. I think I would have paid to do the job... almost." - Basil on how much he loved Special Tuning. "I do remember an MGB which one bloke wanted us to make very fast- we thought it might be a gun-runner's car!" - Basil on just one of the many cars that came to Special Tuning.

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