Margo the Mini, the 1969 Morris Mini Super Deluxe is going under the hammer at the NEC CLassic car show for charity.

• Silverstone Auctions will auction a 1969 Morris Mini Super Deluxe at the Classic Motor Show on 12^th November to raise money for Prostate Cancer UK.
• ‘Margo’ the Mini has been restored by Lancaster Insurance and is now ready to find a new owner.
• The 33,000 mile, one family owned Mini will be offered without reserve with 100 per cent of the proceeds going to the charity.

Silverstone Auctions will be offering a special ‘life saving’ Mini for sale at the Lancaster Insurance Classic Motor Show at Birmingham NEC on 12^th November to raise funds for Prostate Cancer UK.

Known as ‘Margo’ following a naming competition, the 1969 Morris Mini Super Deluxe was found by Lancaster Insurance in 2015 and has been carefully restored by the MG Owners’ Club Workshop since her first public appearance in November 2015 in her unrestored state.

A dedicated webpage

www.findminiahome.com has been created and members of the public have been able to donate to Prostate Cancer UK by selecting a part of Margo, such as wheel nuts and door hinges, each with a different value. Through JustGiving, the specific amount is then donated straight to the charity.  

Prior to her fundraising career, Margo was bought new by her first owner, Mrs Millie Properjohns, in 1969 and kept in Dartford. Millie drove her beloved Super Deluxe until she was 98 years old with the local shops being her main destination with the odd trip across Sussex and Kent to collect her grandchildren for holidays. Millie moved to Steyning in the early 80’s, and continued to use the car regularly around the area until she took the decision to stop driving simply because she worried that if she was involved in any form of accident she would automatically be blamed because of her age. Margo was eventually inherited by Mrs Properjohns’ daughter, Joan, when Millie passed away at the fine age of 100 years and six weeks, who stored the car in a garage in 2004. 

Now returned to her original condition in gleaming Tartan Red, the campaign will reach its climax when Margo tempts bidders at auction when offered without reserve as part of Silverstone Auctions’ catalogue at its Classic Motor Show Sale at the NEC.

“We’re delighted to be part of Margo’s journey and to be supporting Prostate Cancer UK at one of our biggest auctions of the year”, comments Nick Whale, Managing Director of Silverstone Auctions. “Margo has built up quite a following over the year and with no reserve at auction we expect plenty of bidders hoping to re-home her and support this very good cause at the same time, with 100 per cent of the proceeds going to charity.”

Already in exceptional, well looked after condition, the restoration works included a full, engine out strip down, bare metal respray, refurbishment of the original carpets, replacement of both A panels, cleaning and replacement of interior, engine and brakes service and road wheels refurbishment.

Richard Morley, Operations Director at Lancaster Insurance comments “One family from new, low mileage classics make excellent auction cars, and everybody loves a British Mini. We are delighted to be supporting Prostate Cancer UK with this initiative, whilst at the same time bringing a classic car back to its absolute prime. Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men with 47,000 men diagnosed every year in the UK. We hope to make as much money as possible for the charity, whilst also raising awareness of prostate cancer within the classic car community.”

The first 2016 COPO Camaro to be auctioned off for "United Way", this years COPO looks really aggressive.

• Courtney Force designed show car to be auctioned for United Way

Chevrolet will auction off the first, sixth generation 2016 COPO Camaro race car to raise money for United Way. The purpose-built COPO Camaro, serial number 2016COPO001, will be sold on Friday, Jan. 29, at the Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale auction.  All proceeds of the winning bid will benefit United Way.

“This is a special opportunity to purchase the first of the sixth generation, 2016 COPO Camaro while also helping such a great cause,” said Jim Campbell, U.S. vice president of Performance Vehicles and Motorsports.

The COPO is a powerful, purpose-built Camaro designed to race in NHRA Stock Eliminator class. The COPO Camaro legacy continues with an all-new sixth-generation version. This modern-looking machine infuses legendary COPO performance with the modern, lighter and stronger design of the 2016 Camaro.

Chevrolet introduced the sixth generation COPO Camaro No. 001 last November at the SEMA Show and includes a personalized look created by Chevrolet and NHRA Funny Car driver Courtney Force. It features a Red Hot exterior color with Courtney Force-signature graphics and red-accented grille trim.

“I was extremely honored to work with Chevrolet and help design the 2016 COPO Camaro,” said Courtney Force.   “The bright red color and the signature slash marks towards the back on the car bring a part of my Traxxas Chevrolet Camaro Funny Car to the COPO Camaro, which I think is really cool. The proceeds from this car go to a great cause and benefit the United Way, so it's an awesome project all around." 

Under its carbon-fiber high-rise hood is a 350 racing engine with a Whipple 2.9-liter supercharger. Inside is a chrome-moly roll cage, lightweight racing bucket seats personalized with the COPO logo and Courtney Force's signature, five-point safety harnesses and a floor-mounted shifter for the THM-350 automatic transmission. The instrument panel contains racing gauges and a competition switch panel.

Every COPO Camaro is built by hand starting with production hardware, including the same body in white used for production models.  The COPO Camaro takes its name from the Central Office Production Order system used in the 1960s for fleet managers to order unusual combinations of options.  Dealers utilized this system to put high performance powertrains into production Camaro’s.

The 2016 Chevrolet COPO Camaro serial number 001, lot number 3005, will go across the block at approximately 7 p.m. EDT on Friday, Jan. 29.