1962-67 Mini Countryman Tartan Red This drawing shows a version

This drawing shows a version that won its class in the 1968 BOAC 500 race held at Brands Hatch

100 were produced costing cost £3

Italian styling house

Caribbean Blue and Turquoise

1962-67 Mini Countryman Tartan Red This drawing shows a versionThe Mini was arguably the most influential British car of the 20th century. Designed by Sir Alec Issigonis and launched in 1959, the mini was in production for over 40 years. In the wake of the Suez crisis in 1956, the market for German bubble cars increased dramatically but Leonard Lord, the head of the British Motor Corporation, hated them so much he laid down the basic specification for the Mini. Over the many years that the car was in production,