Another fascinating car to emerge from the same long-term barn-find collection, and it comes with an ownership story that is becoming increasingly difficult to find.

It has had just three owners from new, while remarkably the current keeper has owned the car for approximately 40 years.

This 1986 example adds another interesting feature in the form of its automatic transmission, paired with the familiar 998cc A-Series engine.

Automatic classic Minis are far less commonly encountered today than their manual counterparts and make for an interesting variation on the traditional Mini formula.

Having spent a considerable period stored on a farm, the Mini is now being offered as a recommissioning and restoration project.

Encouragingly, the engine does start and run, providing its next owner with a promising starting point.

It has nevertheless been standing for a long time and will require proper recommissioning before returning to road use, with the brakes, fuel system, cooling system, ...