Austin Mini 1968 Fast Road Rally

This lot will be auctioned via Iconic Auctioneers, The Classic Sale at the Practical Classics Classic Car and Restoration Show 2026 on Saturday the 21st of March Sunday the 22nd of March, NEC, Birmingham, B40 1NT. , First registered 14/03/1968 and rallied initially by David Harthill, a member of Wolverhampton & South Staffs Car Club at national and International level until he sold it in 1972 just after the '72 Scottish Rally,ExJohn Rhodes Engineering man Will Dick bought the car, competing in the '76, '76 and '77 rallies organised by the WSSCC coming 23rd overall, the highest place of any Mini (the field was full of Escort RS rally cars),Believed to be reshelled in 1974 using the exBarrie (Whizzo) Williams 1972 BTCC Group 5 1300 as a donor vehicle, then taking part in many events before going into storage in the mid80s.,The engine has a Special Tuning 11stud 1300 block with 1310cc capacity, 12G940 cylinderhead, rally profile cams by Kent,Duplex steel timing gears and Works C/AEG steel flywheel and clutch with twin SU carbs, a Maniflow LCB manifold and Worksstyle exhaust system and a Tony Fall sump guard and oil cooler,The gearbox was rebuilt prior to sale in 2017 and features an allsynchro unit with straightcut drop gears, rollerbearings, Salisbury LSD and central oil pickup,Recommissioned by Will Dick himself in 2017 where our vendor bought it and has since spent £12,000 stripping and repainting the car in the red and white we see today,The history file includes the V5C, some old competition history, spare perspex side windows and other items.,