According to VDI Check this exceedingly smart cabriolet began life in Northern Ireland before returning to the mainland and being first DVLA registered in June 1994.

The vendor apparently acquired the car from the marque specialist GC Minis of Swanley in Kent some five years ago.

He believes that ‘H17 OMA’ is now one of only 42 such cabriolets remaining in the world, so a very rare car indeed.

He informs us that its has always been dry stored and serviced every year during his tenure.

Its resplendent Nightfire red bodywork is matched to a red hood, red-piped cream leather interior trim, and complemented by the polished set of Revolution alloy wheels on which it rides.

The vendor presently classes the four-speed manual transmission, convertible bodywork and upholstery as ‘excellent’, and the 1300cc A Series engine and paintwork as ‘good’.

He is now selling the Mini complete with Mountney wood-rim steering wheel, stereo system, spare wheel, toolkit, and a sizeable history folder co...