A superb recreation of a 1275 Cooper 'S' of the Sixties.

It's amazing how many motoring images from three or four years in the mid-1960s have gone on to become almost iconic.

Steve McQueen's Highland Green, Shelby 390GT with smoke pouring from the tortured rear tyres, Jim Clark's Lotus Cortina waving a wheel at the crowd, bespattered, orange and blue, Gulf GT40s crossing the finishing line at Le Mans, and anyone with even a passing interest in Rallying can instantly recall those night-time pictures of the world-beating works Mini-Cooper S' of Aaltonen, Makinen and Hopkirk battling through heavy snow on the Col de Turini in '65 and '66.

Given that lasting image, it's probably not surprising that, should you be contemplating building a competitive 'Club' rally car from an early mini shell, then replicating the distinctive and much-admired 'Works' cars is a no-brainer, which was the decision made by David Becket who in his earlier days rallied a Vanguard for Standard Triumph.

This rec...