The Australian Mini Broadspeed is no lightweight when it comes to racing history, unbeaten in its class in the mid-1960s, it's the car that broke all the rules.
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Southern Highlands resident Laurie Stewart was at the centre of the development of the speedy little car.
Mr Stewart was instrumental in building the Australian Mini Broadspeed in the late 1960s.
The Broadspeed was a Highlands take on an all-out racing model that garnered incredible results.
The Aussie car was developed from a fast-back Mini Cooper S shipped from the UK.
The roof and tail were cut off and replaced with light-weight fibreglass.
Mr Stewart and his team produced six cars which included five road cars and a racer.
Laurie raced at the 1967 Bathurst Easter Meeting where he finished second outright, to Kevin Bartlett in an Alfa Romeo GTA, after leading the race for five laps.
"With a 1310 cc engine and five speed gear box, that little car won every sports racing event it was in," he said.
"A five speed gearbox was unheard of in those days.
"[The Broadspeeds] were so nimble and it so easy to throw them around corners, and throw them around we did."
Mr Stewart said Minis were the "king of the kids" at the time and NSW Police even used them as highway patrol cars.
The Broadspeed broke the World Speed Record on Mt Panorama clocking in at 127.8 miles per hour.
Mini celebrates 60 years in 2019.
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