Entered from the Ronald White Collection.

Registration No: Un-Registered (formerly RJB 326F) Chassis No: C-A2SB1120435A MOT: Exempt

Prepared by BMC Special Tuning for the 1968 RAC Rally where it finished first in class and fourth overall with Phil Cooper behind the wheel
Thereafter contested the 1968 TAP Rally of Portugal and 1969 RAC Rally
Comprehensively restored by rally car specialists Bob Brain Developments of Monmouth, completed in 2002
Part of the Ronald White Collection since 2004
Accompanied by a large history file

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 1275cc S variant arriving three years later.

Famously winning the Monte Carlo Rally for the third t...