Description
H&H Classic Auction @Pavilion Gardens | Buxton, Derbyshire
27th Nov, 2024 13:00
1970 Austin Mini Clubman
Registration No: KFF 586H
Chassis No: XA25255469A
MOT: Exempt
Owned from new by, formerly, the 'oldest woman in Wales' who lived to 109
Sympathetic restoration carried out c. 5 years ago
The subject of a Mini World magazine feature, May/ June 2024
This automatic Clubman displays c. 41, 300 miles since new
Supplied with original wheels and caps, as well as the "Minilites" fitted
Introduced in October 1969, the Mini Clubman was penned by ex-Ford product planner and stylist Roy Haynes. Intended as a replacement for the Mini-derived Wolseley Hornet and Riley Elf, while the related Estate car was intended to succeed the established Countryman and Traveller. However, a change of plan saw both round and square-nosed Minis produced concurrently, until the Clubman range gave way to the Metro in 1980 and the classic Mini design surviving until 2000. The newcomer boasted better frontal crash protection and improved under-bonnet access and was powered by a 998cc or 1098cc four-cylinder A-series engine. Its suspension system, a fusion of independent front and interconnected hydrolastic rear setups, achieved a balance between comfort and handling, emblematic of the industry's drive for enhanced driving dynamics. A more conventional suspension set-up was used on the Mini after 1971.
