Simon Drabble Cars
Andover, Hampshire
1966 Austin Mini Cooper - fully restored For Sale
The Mini was introduced in 1959 and soon became an icon of 1960’s British popular culture - the very epitome of the Swinging Sixties! In 1999 the Mini was voted the second most influential car of the 20th Century after the Ford Model T, beating both the Citroen DS and VW Beetle.
Designer Sir Alec Issigonis’ friend John Cooper, designer and builder of Cooper Formula One racing cars, immediately saw the potential of the Mini for competition. Overturning initial reluctance, John Cooper persuaded BMC management and Mini Cooper was launched in 1961.
Featuring race tuned engine, twin SU carburettors, close ratio gearbox and front disc brakes, 1000 cars were initially built to comply with homologation rules. Demand took off and Mark 1 Coopers were built with 997 or 998 engines continued to be built until 1967.
Our car, a 998cc Austin Mini Cooper, was manufactured torwards the end of the run in April 1966 for the UK market in De-luxe specification to include a factory heater!
Sold new via Lathams of Leicester, the car stayed local to Northampton until 2006. Between 1987-2005 the car was owned by John’s Motors in Fosters Booth, Northampton. Established in 1963 the company has been run for many years by the founders son, well known historic single seater racer Jon Millicevic. Jon is well known for winning in superbly self prepared cars. Whilst in his care he changed the colour of the car from the original white with a black roof (as described on the Heritage Certificate on file) to the current livery of fiesta yellow and white roof. In 2005 he sold it to Edward Bishop, Managing Director of Connaught Racing Cars. He kept the car for 18 months before selling to the the next owner who undertook substantial work ending in the car being sent to a rolling road (results on file). After buying the car in 2011, the current owner continued to take the car to the potential concours winning level it presents itself in today.
The current owner has shown the car at Autolegends, Goodwood’s celebration of 50 years of the Mini Cooper, and the Festival Italia celebrating The Italian Job as well as the car being a regular visitor to Goodwood’s Sunday breakfast meets.
So whether you want to enter Concours events, have a great car to go to Goodwood Revival or simply have that Mini Cooper you have always promised yourself, you will not find a better example and priced at a fraction of the money invested in getting it to this level.
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