Entered from the Ronald White Collection.

Registration No: NI-Reg Chassis No: C-A2S71012370 MOT: Exempt

Extensively restored as a recreation of ‘LRX 829E’, the 1967 Tulip and Geneva Rally car, driven by Rauno Aaltonen, Julien Venaeve and Henry Liddon
Many well-respected names involved in the build, including Don Loughlan (previously the ‘Don’ in Aldon Engineering), Peter Burgess, Newton Commercial, Mini Machine, Neil Huband, and more!
Completed in 2006 and equipped with numerous rare and correct 'Abingdon Works' items, with invoices relating to some £12,600 expenditure
Part of the Ronald White Collection since 2007

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 1,27...