This superb Innocenti Mini Cooper Export 1300, which is being offered with no reserve is a real rarity that will appeal enormously to Mini enthusiasts the world over.

The vendor has this LHD car for 16 years, in which time it has benefitted from a “first-class” full nut-and-bolt restoration.

This saw them “take it to another level” with a series of expertly-configured upgrades to create what they believe to be one of the most special original Innocenti Minis in the world.

‘ABV330M’ has an upgraded 1,310cc engine with Aldon electronic ignition and a specialist hand-made cooling system that includes a bespoke heater matrix, oil cooler and twin-core radiator.

It also has Swiftune trumpets and an LCB three-branch exhaust manifold feeding into a Maniflow exhaust.

The vendor says this is a car built not simply for pootling to the shops but, thanks to its extra power, “jumping in and crossing continents”.

This 1973 Innocenti Mini Cooper Export 1300’s suspension has been expertly improve...