Nelson Hartley, older brother of reigning World Endurance Champion Brendon, is out to reclaim the World Land Speed Record he earned back in 2012 at Bonneville, in a 1964 Mini!
The car still features an A-Series engine, albeit very highly modified to now produce c.330 bhp fuelled by methanol, the engines built by Nelson and his dad Bryan for a team put together by local man Gary Orton, very much in the spirit of Kiwi adventure, based on the record breaking adventures of legendary bike record breaker Bert Munro.
The car has already substantially bettered the class record (for cars between 751cc and 1000cc) speed set in 2012 of 235 km/h with a run at 254 km/h but failed to complete the required return run.
They’re still out there pushing hard with 280+ km/h the stated target (175 mph) Follow their progress on Twitter @project64mini
