Entered from the Ronald White Collection.

Registration No: NI-Reg Chassis No: CA2SB1300966 MOT: Exempt

Understood to have been prepared by BMC Special Tuning as a rally car when new
Supplied new to Ronald White remaining as part of his collection ever since
Uprated with an eight-port cylinder head conversion and extended 'snout'
Extensively campaigned by Mr White in period with period photographs present

The Mini was actually detuned before launch in 1959.

The prototype’s 948cc engine made it embarrassingly rapid compared with other more expensive cars in the BMC group, and it was downgraded to 848cc and 34bhp.

A collaboration between racing car builder John Cooper and the Mini’s creator Alec Issigonis, the Mini Cooper debuted in September 1961 with the ultimate 1,275cc S variant arriving three years later.

Famously winning the Monte Carlo Rally for the third time in 1967, that same year saw the Mini updated to Mk.

II specification complete with redesigned radiator grille, reva...