The East Anglian Mini Centre was established in 1989 on a disused airfield site near Woodbridge in Suffolk by
Ted Sparrow. 

Ted has always been an enthusiast of the Mini right from when he left school in the 70's and went straight into the motor trade.  The other mechanics never wanted to work on mini's moaning that they were too awkward, Ted therefore "cut his teeth" on these fantastic little cars and soon built up a regular clientele for the garage where he worked and has never looked back since.  He soon realised there was a gap in the marketplace in the Eastern Counties for a mini specialist.

Appointed Area Agents for Mini Sport Ltd

The business grew from strength to strength and was fortunate to be appointed as "Southern Area Agent" for Mini Sport Ltd, the most well known and highly respected mini specialist in the world!

Visitors came from far and wide and soon a very strong customer base was built necessitating in a move to larger premises to cater for all mini related services such as Spares, Repairs, Accessories and unrivalled restoration work became a speciality.

Then came a very grey day in the August of 1994, when mindless thieves ransacked the office, stole parts from the stores and made off with all the mechanics own tools and the mini centres own special equipment.  Ted never really recovered from the shock and this led to the premature closure in early 1995.

Keeping The Dream Alive

However, Ted refused to abandon the mini and has spent the intervening years successfully competing in a self built and maintained mini saloon in National Autograss racing all over the country as well as maintaining a number of cars whose owners have remained faithful to him, indeed, it is mainly due to these customers who have persuaded Ted to re-open the doors again.

Mini Sport Ltd have pledged their support again in nominating The East Anglian Mini Centre as area agents for all their products and services

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