‘SBN 506S’ bears little similarity to how it would have looked on leaving the Leyland production line in March 1978 as a standard red-coloured GT.

We understand that it was restored and resprayed within the last 10 years by Mini specialist M&N Davies of the Castle Garage, Holt, near Wrexham.

The result is certainly eye-catching thanks to its white over blue paintwork, white striped bonnet, and extra wide arches covering a set of mighty Minilite-style alloy wheels shod with suitably low-profile tyres.

Other upgrades include auxiliary lights front and rear, bonnet pins, a pair of chromed Le Mans-style filler caps, rear mud-flaps, uprated exhaust system, alloy rocker cover, high-back reclining seats, OMP woodrim steering wheel, and a polished wood facia with auxiliary gauges.

The vendor acquired the Mini in January last year and says it ‘starts, runs, and stops as it should, and is reliable’, though he notes that ‘the starter motor is now a bit slow’.

Overall, he classes the grey clo...