Welcome to the Inverness Mini Owners Group
Welcome to the Inverness Mini Owners Group (I.M.O.G.), home of the Highland Classic Mini. We are a small group of enthusiasts based in the Inverness area of the Highlands of Scotland who are crazy about Classic Minis! We enjoy driving our cars and meet up now and again for a run.
Check the Meetings & Events section for details of our calendar of upcoming runs, events and get togethers.
Our History
I.M.O.G. was formed in 2012 by a small band of dedicated Mini nuts and has gone from strength to strength ever since. I.M.O.G. has been featured in magazines dedicated to the Classic Mini and has a growing following on our Facebook & Twitter pages, as well as our You Tube channel.
To keep up to date with all our news, photos and videos by liking us on Facebook, following us on Twitter or browsing our You Tube channel, click on the icons at the top of the page.
About Us
The Inverness Mini Owners Group is just that, a group of like minded folk. We don't have a committee or any elected members, we just drive our Minis.
The group may be based in Inverness, but we have members from all over the Scottish Highlands from places such as Nairn, Dingwall, Evanton and as far afield as Elgin to the East of Inverness and Wick in the far North.
The Scottish Highlands offer I.M.O.G. a tremendous array of differing landscapes and roads for us to organise our runs on. These are Mini friendly roads with everything from long straights through to twisting and turning back roads.
The people of the Highlands love our Minis. We are invited to attend local shows from Summer Fetes, Classic Car shows (in fact any transport related show) and even to use our Minis as wedding cars.
To meet the Minis of I.M.O.G please click on to the Our Minis section and to see what we get up to click on to the Image Gallery. If you want to contact us about anything Mini related, please use the Contact Us form.
Our Minis
Haggis (Andrew Blake)
Haggis started life as a 1990 studio 2 Mini in Nordic Blue with a 998cc engine. Now, Haggis is red with a black roof and sports a 1380cc engine.
Tatties (Andrew Blake)
Tatties is currently going through a rennovation and transformation. He's a White 1977, S registration 1275 GT but is going to end up as a track car.
Nellie (Ian Street)
Nellie is a 1994 M registration Arizona Blue Rover Mini 35 limited edition. She has a standard 1275cc carburettor fed engine with 12" Minilight alloy wheels.
Clubman Rally Car (Stephen Fraser)
Stephen's Rally Car started life as a standard 1978 1275GT, but has been completely stripped out and has a full rally specification 1380cc engine fitted.
Smurf (Tricia & Nicol Adie)
Smurf is a 1984 Mini Mayfair that has been lightly modified. She's called Smurf for obvious reasons and it suits her cheeky character.
Tina (Paul Humphreys)
Tina is an Equinox 1275 fuel injected Mini that has been tastefully customised and modified using carbon fibre and a custom paint job.
Miah (Steve & Aaron Goodall)
Miah is a 1991 Mini Mayfair 998cc automatic, though she now has a manual gearbox. Miah sports the only checkered roof in I.M.O.G.
Dotty (John Mckillop)
Dotty is a 1275 fuel injected Mini Sprite with wide 12" Minilight wheels and a custom interior with red and black bucket seats.
Meetings & Events
Here are the latest list of meetings and events that I.M.O.G. members will be attending. Events listed here include shows that are organised by other groups and organisations as well as I.M.O.G. (I.M.O.G. organised events are annotated by an asterix *).
- Friday 26th May 2017 to Sunday 28th May 2017 - I.M.O.G. does IMM 2017 in Ireland
- Sunday 18th September 2016 - I.M.O.G. Harvester Run * - Around Loch Ness - Departing from Inverness Leisure Centre (Aquadome) at 10:00am
- Sunday 4th September 2016 - Grantown Motormania
- Sunday 28th August 2016 - I.M.O.G. are going to the Buckie Classic Car Show
- Sunday 19th June 2016 - Tain Historic & Classic Car And Motorcycle Rally - Tain Links
- Sunday 12th June 2016 - I.M.O.G. Summer Run - Inverness to Mallaig * - Departing from Inverness Burger King at 10:00am
- Sunday 29th May 2016 - The Mini Clan Thistle Run - Falkirk Wheel to Anstruther
- Saturday 14th May 2016 - Inverness BID Classic Vehicle Show
- Sunday 24th April 2016 - Drive It Day - Hosted by Highland Classic Motor Club
- Saturday 19th March 2016 - Mad March Mini Freeze - Arranged by AMOC
Links
Here are some links to other websites run by friends of I.M.O.G.
Mini Clubs & Organisations
- Aberdeen Mini Owners Club (A.M.O.C.)
- The Mini Clan
- Victorian Mini Club from Australia
- The Mini Cooper Register
- The Mini Limited Edition Register
Online Forums & Resources
Mini Magazines & Plublications
Mini Parts Suppliers
Mini Friendly Garages
Image Gallery
This area of the website is still under construction, please bear with us while we sort through all of our photos.
Spring Run 2015
Info to go here of the Spring Run 2015.
Harvester Run 2014
Info to go here of the Harvester Run 2014.
I.M.M. Kent 2014
Info to go here of the I.M.M. Kent 2014.
Tain Car Show 2014
Info to go here of the Tain Car Show 2014.
Mad March Mini Freeze 2014
Info to go here of the Mad March Mini Freeze 2014
Harvester Run 2013
Info to go here of the Harvester Run 2013.
I.M.O.G. Met LEJOG
Images from when I.M.O.G. met a group of folks doing a Lands End to John O'Groats in their Minis.
Mid Summer Run 2013
Images from the Mid Summer Run 2013 will be posted here.
Kirkhill Gala Day 2013
Images from the Kirkhill Gala Day 2013 will be posted here.
Inverness Classic Car Show 2013
Images from the Inverness Classic Car Show 2013 will be posted here.
Spring Run 2013
Images from the Spring Run 2013 will be posted here.
Harvester Run 2012
The very first I.M.O.G. run, around the perimeter of Loch Ness, our very own playground. Now an annual event, it is THE ONLY WAY to finish the season.