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1965 MKII WOLSELEY HORNET<br />
D BY AN R1<br />
Tom Read likes a project, but not even<br />
building off-roaders and <strong>Mini</strong>s could<br />
prepare him for putting a Yamaha R1 bike<br />
engine in a tatty Wolseley Hornet!<br />
Like most <strong>Mini</strong> <strong>Magazine</strong> feature<br />
car owners, Tom Read got into<br />
Classic <strong>Mini</strong>s via his dad, who<br />
has owned them on and off<br />
since the 1980s. So maybe <strong>Mini</strong><br />
ownership is hereditary in his family?<br />
Why? Well, along came Tom’s first <strong>Mini</strong><br />
in 2014, a red 1994 <strong>Mini</strong> Mayfair, and he<br />
admits he’s pretty much had the <strong>Mini</strong><br />
bug ever since!<br />
So what the hell made Tom decide to<br />
put a Yamaha R1 bike engine into a<br />
Wolseley Hornet? “Well, I’ve built offroaders<br />
and fixed up cheap <strong>Mini</strong>s like my<br />
dad’s Cooper, but I’ve never taken on a<br />
project this in-depth! The Hornet was too<br />
far gone to be made into a nice original<br />
example and my uncle had a Yamaha R1<br />
bike, that he had owned from new, up for<br />
sale.” So it seemed like this was a project<br />
that was meant to be!<br />
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