My grandfather had an original Mini Countryman from new, with the timber framing, in the early 60’s. He smoked a pipe most of the time he was driving. As a result it had a tan brown headlining that went quite well with the ivory paintwork.
He offered it to me as a present when he was trading it in. This was about 1972 but I was a hard up student so couldn’t afford to fix it up and run it. It was not well maintained so I didn’t miss out on a future classic but no doubt a good one would now be worth a tidy sum.
|