Josh Wardell’s MINI Cooper S

In memory of Ed “MaxaMini” Smith, many of us have been installing rubber duckies on our antennas. As you can see I found the perfect one!

Ed unexpectedly passed away on July 28th. He was one of the most personable MINI fanatics, and spread cheer in every way he could. His signature was leaving rubber duckies everywhere. You’ve probably noticed tons of them in past photo galleries.

We are also trying to develop a duck tracking site in the style of Where’s George, where you can track a duck’s travels. Have a look at maxaminiducks.org. It’s in memory of Ed and will benefit the Make-A-Wish Foundation.

I found my duck at ILoveDuckies.com, and snagged a few others for future use. It has a steel plate in the bottom to make it float upright…which unexpectedly lead to hours of drilling so I could mount him on the antenna! But it was well worth it. His checkered flag alone adds a good 5hp. 😉