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1991 Rover Mini 'Lamm' Cabriolet Just 368 miles from new

United Kingdom • 30 Nov 2022

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AI Listing Summary

This is a rare 1991 Rover Mini Lamm Cabriolet, one of only 75 commissioned. It features a Pearlescent Cherry Red exterior, Mini Mayfair interior trim, and Mini-Cooper mechanicals with a 1275cc engine. It has extremely low mileage at 368 miles, and is in excellent condition and family-owned.

Condition

8

The vendor describes the car as 'Excellent' in all areas. The car has only 368 miles, family owned from new. The car has been recently recommissioned after a long period of dry storage. The car is finished in Pearlescent Cherry Red with its original matching Maroon hood, with both paint and hood not seeing the British weather.

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Transmission:

[Transmission]

Chassis No:

J771 PVC

Odometer:

[Odometer Reading]

Reg Number:

J771 PVC

RHD/LHD:

RHD

By the late 1980s, there had been a massive revival in everything Mini, especially in Japan, so Rover started to take notice.

Despite all the previous conversions, including those from Crayford, there hadn’t been an ‘in-house’ offering until 1993.

So, after 34 years, the still commercially cautious Rover commissioned 75 converted Mini Cabriolets from Lamm Autohaus in Germany.

Lamm had been producing its own coach-built Mini cabriolets since the 1980s.

All built in right-hand-drive configuration, and sold through 12 selected UK Rover dealers, demand was high, selling-out within weeks.

It was offered in only one colour - Pearlescent Cherry Red (Code GOC - a deeper colour than Rover’s Nightfire Red) with the interior utilising the Mini Mayfair’s seats and trim with a wood-grained dash.

All examples had Mini-Cooper mechanicals and a carburetted 1275cc engine.

The bodyshell was substantially strengthened to compensate for the resulting loss of rigidity.

Lamm removed the roof, replac...