• One owner from new • 33,780 miles recorded • Little used in recent years British Leyland's corporate strategy for the 1970s saw Austin and Morris dropped as marque names for the Mini, and a new top-of-the-range variant - the Mini Clubman - introduced.

The Clubman featured an extended nose, and - along with the rest of the MkIII Minis - employed a revised bodyshell incorporating internal door hinges.

Wind-up windows - borrowed from the defunct Elf/Hornet - were another new departure and, in the Clubman's case, the instruments moved from the dashboard centre to a position ahead of the driver.

Part of the Clubman range was the sporty-looking 1275GT, which despite the 'GT' appellation was not a high-performance variant like the soon-to-be deleted Cooper S.

The 1275GT's A-Series engine had a single carburettor and produced 59bhp compared with the Cooper S's 76 horsepower, though it did have the benefit of the latter's front disc brakes.

Power was delivered via a four-speed close-rati...