collectible of the day: MINI and JCW Accessories flip catalog (2009)

YOUR MASTERPIECE AWAITS. MINI MOTORING ACCESSORIES

KEEP IT WILD. JOHN COOPER WORKS ACCESSORIES

In 2009 MINI USA combined the MINI Motoring Accessories catalog and the John Cooper Works Accessories catalog.  The “flip” catalog brochure has one cover on the front and the other upside-down on the back.

The 60 page, square-backed catalog includes [...]

collectible of the day: JOHN COOPER WORKS lanyard

Pictured above is a JOHN COOPER WORKS lanyard from about 2008.  The dark green lanyard has printed on it “POWER ON. JOHN COOPER WORKS TUNING.” in white lettering on one side.  It’s unknown whether this lanyard was ever offered for sale.

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collectible of the day: RACING IS IN OUR BLOOD brochure

RACING IS IN OUR BLOOD MINI JOHN COOPER WORKS FACTORY MODEL & ACCESSORIES

This JCW brochure was the second one for 2008, following a few months after the main MINI JOHN COOPER WORKS brochure.

The RACING IS IN OUR BLOOD brochure is a tri-fold brochure with JCW model specifications and accessories.

The catalog number [...]

collectible of the day: 2008 Product Brief. MINI JCW models

Earlier this month we had the 2008 Product Brief. That manual covered the 2008 MINI Cooper and MINI Cooper S Hardtop and MINI Clubman models. Later that year, MINI USA produced the 2008 Product Brief. MINI John Cooper Works Hardtop & Clubman. Like the 2008 Product Brief, this one does not include the MINI [...]

collectible of the day: MINI John Cooper Works Cabrio postcard

To promote the new MINI John Cooper Works Cabrio (Convertible) in Germany, MINI created this oversized “3-D” postcard.  The phrase “JETZT AUCH OFFEN ZUGELASSEN” roughly translates to “Now admitted open too”.

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collectible of the day: RELEASE THE BEAST JCW Accessories brochure

We are big fans of John Cooper Works at the Library of Motoring and plan to expand our information on JCW models and accessories. Today we have a JCW accessories fold-out brochure from Germany from 2009. It covers all MINI models from 11/2006, and all MINI Clubman and MINI Convertible models from 3/2009.

Although [...]

collectible of the day: MINI JOHN COOPER WORKS (2008) brochure

Before 2008, John Cooper Works meant tuning kits, sound kits, and accessories.  In 2008 MINI created the first separate JCW model: the MINI John Cooper Works in both hardtop and Clubman versions.  This 45 page brochure is the first to include the MINI JCW models.  The content includes Concept, Equipment, MotoringGear, and Facts & [...]

collectible of the day: John Cooper Works card game

This John Cooper Works card game is much like a brochure.  It is not a regular pack of playing cards but rather a matching game.  The object is to collect sets of four cards.  This JCW card game comes from Germany and “WIR MACHEN DAS RENNEN” on the [...]

collectible of the day: John Cooper Works MINI Cooper Tuning Kit certificate

John Cooper Works produced tuning kits for both the first-generation MINI Cooper and MINI Cooper S.  Both versions were strictly dealer-installed accessories.  With every JCW Tuning Kit came a John Cooper Works MINI Cooper Tuning Kit Certificate of Authenticity.  While the John Cooper Works MINI Cooper S Tuning Kit is relatively common, the John Cooper [...]

collectible of the day: John Cooper Works Tuning MINI Cooper brochures

Last month we featured the John Cooper Works Tuning MINI Cooper S brochure.  Today we bring you two John Cooper Works Tuning MINI Cooper brochures from the UK.

These eight-page brochures were printed in March 2003 and give some background information on John and Mike Cooper, describe the parts of the tuning kit, and [...]