Johannesburg - According to Nuren Govender, there are plenty of stories of him using Tupperware containers and pot lids as steering wheels, pretending to drive around the house as a child. His fire for cars was lit early, like so many of us, but he's moved on from storage and crockery to more unique and sought after items - such as his rare 1973 MINI Pick-up truck...
Govender downplays the fact that his undertaking to restore and modify his MINI has been an arduous process, but you must realise that he performed his Google search more than 10 years ago, and since then it's been a decade long journey. "As much as I loved driving around in my MINI pick-up truck as a classic vehicle, it's the traditional classic car problems that started driving me crazy. After a year and a half with the original engine, I started the modifications.
Engine and drivetrain maintenance isn't a challenge for him as he is the "mad scientist" who rebuilt the Toyota engine and fitted it to the MINI in the first place, however, he didn't want to take on the task of getting the body in shape, so he sent it to professionals to get things like rust and leaks sorted out.
It took the body shop a year to get the car sorted. It then took me another year to put everything back together...Like most classic or modified vehicles, the joy of driving and the experience of ownership often supersedes the nightmares and headaches. This is exactly the case for Govender who says that his decade-long MINI restoration and upgrade project has taught him a lot more than he anticipated learning when it comes to cars.
Once the national lockdown in South Africa is lifted, Govender plans on taking a trip to Mpumalanga with his father: "There's nothing that beats putting this car into fifth gear, cruising at 3200rpm doing 120km/h. The best part is I still have another 5000rpm on tap, which really makes this car so characterful and exciting to experience," he adds.
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