Ol Peggy's history
Hi Neil
Cheers fella, got any pics of yours. Mine is an original Minion Jackal one of only 6 of the convertibles made by minion. It was originally built by an ex AA man and had a toyota engine. It was used as a motor show display stand car back in 1982. I have all the old receipts and Minion catalogues etc and a letter from the original company MD Peter Fairhurst given it a value back in 1985 of £4500 to 5000 (lot of poppy back then). So far this year done about 2500 miles and counting (goes like stink as well). My chassis is MJC409 not sure what the numbering method was but I was told this was the 4th chassis made not sure what the 09 bit stands for, though it was thought meant to show 4 of 9 even only 6 bodies made, the MJC stood for Minion Jackal Convertible.
Is yours a hard top?
I I've got a soft top but making a hardtop from ali over the winter.
Be good to find out how many Jackal are still out there, I know there is a blue one out there and a silver one currently on Ebay, there is a yellow one in Germany. Maybe get them all to show somewhere.
Going to Le mans classic next year be good to get a few together.
You should have gone for the V8 it was made for it.
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