First registered 14/03/1968 and rallied initially by David Harthill, a member of Wolverhampton & South Staffs Car Club at national and International level until he sold it in 1972 just after the 1972 Scottish Rally Ex-John Rhodes Engineering man Will Dick bought the car, competing in the 1976 and 1977 rallies organised by the WSSCC coming 23rd overall, the highest place of any Mini (the field was full of Escort RS rally cars) Believed to be re-shelled in 1974 using the ex-Barrie (Whizzo) Williams 1972 BTCC Group 5 1300 as a donor vehicle, then taking part in many events before going into storage in the mid-1980s.

The engine has a Special Tuning 11-stud 1300 block with 1,310cc capacity, 12G940 cylinder-head, rally profile cams by Kent Duplex steel timing gears and Works C/AEG steel flywheel and clutch with twin SU carbs, a Maniflow LCB manifold and Works-style exhaust system and a Tony Fall sump guard and oil cooler The gearbox was rebuilt prior to sale in 2017 and features an all-syn...