the only legally registered set in the world ... Keeping a classic film on the road
What happened to the film Minis
There were 16 Minis used in the 1969 film, with 6 original Mk1 Austin Cooper S types as the hero cars. ALL of the Minis were destroyed during filming. Although many stories have been told and stated on the internet. Remy confirmed first hand that what remained of the cars were merely parts. As life long fans of this iconic film, when the parts and registrations used in the original film came up for auction we made sure to retain these in the UK. We worked with Remy Julienne for over 12 years, and during this time built three exact film replicas with Remy using old photographs, sketches and knowledge from working on the film to ensure these were as close to 100% film perfect as possible. Upon completion Remy sign ALL three of our Mini Coopers as a recognition in his words that ‘these were as good as you’re going to get to accuracy’. These Minis were also signed by Sir. Micheal Caine …. so that’s the ultimate seal of approval I’m sure you would agree.
This website is a collection of film information and was built as a data base of actual film facts, images, stunt data and of course HMP729G, GPF146G and LGW809G.
All images, sounds and text from the movie ‘The Italian Job’ Copyright 1968 Paramount Pictures Corp. All rights reserved.
This website is an archive to the movie ‘The Italian Job’ and homage to the Mini Cooper fans worldwide and related information and as such, is maintained for historical, educational, personal entertainment and communication purposes only. These images, sounds and text are placed here for the enjoyment of Mini Cooper and the movies fans. Elements from this site cannot be placed on sites-for-charge or misused in any way. Please click on the Paramount logo for additional information.
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The famous number plates HMP729G, GPF146G & LGW809G are all owned by ItalianJobMinis.com and these are the only complete set of replica film cars that are legally registered with the iconic ‘Italian Job’ registration numbers in the world (*). These Mini Coopers have been built with the help of Remy Julienne and Sir Michael Caine. All three Minis have been signed by both Remy and Sir Michael.
THIS WEBSITE IS AN ARCHIVE TO THE GREATEST CAR MOVIE EVER MADE… AND IS DEDICATED TO MY MOVIE STUNT HERO AND FRIEND REMY JULIENNE (1930-2021)
(*) Other replicas using our registration numbers (HMP729G, GPF146G and LGW809G) are using show plates and if used risk de-registering of their classic Mini by the DVLA for registration fraud. Once this action has occurred, the vehicle can not be re-registered making it worthless.