Vehicle Description
The Mini was manufactured by the British Motor Corporation (BMC)
and its successors from 1959 until 2000. The original is considered
a British icon of the 1960's and its space-saving front-wheel drive
layout allowing 80% of the car's floorpan to be used for passengers
and luggage, influenced a generation of car makers. In 1999, the
Mini was voted the second most influential car of the 20th century
behind the Ford Model T. Initially, Minis were marketed under the
Austin and Morris names until Mini became a marque in its own right
in 1969. The Mini was again marketed under the Austin name in the
1980's and was offered in a number of limited editions that usually
included a special combination of trim and badging. Throughout the
1980s and 1990s, the British market received numerous �special
editions' of the Mini, which shifted the car from a mass-market
item into a fashionable icon. It was this image that perhaps helped
the Mini become such an asset for BMW, which later bought the
remnants of BMC as the Rover Group.� On 19th February 1964, just
ten days after their first meeting, Peter Sellers and Britt Ekland
married. He purchased a Mini for his new wife as a birthday gift
which sadly was stolen and never recovered. Britt Ekland purchased
the Mini we have for sale here on 29th November 1991 and was
supplied by H.L. Austin & Sons Ltd in SW18. Present in the
documentation is the original V5 and Service Record Book with her
name and address; Billing Street, Chelsea where she lived at the
time, with the notification of sale transfer slip with her
signature on it. After owning the Mini for five years, the car was
sold when she auctioned off everything she owned after her divorce
from Slim Jim Phantom, the drummer from the Stray Cats in 1996.
Presented in good all-round condition, this historic Mini is
supplied with a V5C registration document, a current MoT test
certificate valid until 30th April 2018 and the original service
books together with a collection of invoices. Finished in black
with half-leather seats, three clock dashboard and a Mini Cooper
alloy steering wheel; a Mini is an iconic piece of motoring
history, this low mileage example with an interesting original
owner is offered for sale at �no reserve'. For sale by auction on
Saturday 23 September 2017 with Historics at Brooklands, Brooklands
Motor Racing Circuit, Weybridge, Surrey, Call 01753 639170
