Description
One of only 50 UK cars made in striking Island Blue, with matching leather interior.
An excellent, cossetted rare car .
Maintained 'up to the hilt', with full MOT and brand new tyres.
Superb clean rust free engine bay.
54k miles, only 10k miles since 2007.
Lovely, lively engine and positive gear change.
Full Maniflow exhaust system.
Original launch brochure (still plays 'happy birthday!), matching Corgi model, and 1999 magazine launch road test. In 1999 the Mini was voted the second most influential car of the 20th century (behind the Ford Model T) by the Global Automotive Elections Foundation.
Also in 1999 - to mark 40 years of continuous Mini production - 250 home-market Mini 40 LE were made, to a very high specification, and with only 50 in Island Blue, an original 1959 Mini (and 'Italian Job') colour.
This car is one of those 50.
It epitomises the Mini’s legend. With major technical, cosmetic, and comfort advancements, it continues to provide the sprightliness, the ‘cornering on rails’, and the fun of a spirited and involved driving experience.
So, the Mini legend endures.
With international ground-breaking design and technical innovation; as a giant-killing rally and race car; with 5, 387, 862 Minis sold to every corner of the globe; as an icon at the heart of the massive cultural changes of the 1960s/ 70s; and of pure ‘Britishness’.
