This auction is for an very rare, genuine 1963 Mini Cooper S Rally Car which completed the Monte Carlo Historique Rally in 2002, and is now in perfect, totally restored condition.

This car has a mass of hard or impossible to find parts and equipment, including Aluminium bonnet, doors and boot lid. A general description of the car is listed below:

Body & Exterior

The body is in excellent condition and finished in BMC Surf Blue. It features very rare aluminium panels and has added box sectioning for strength. It also has reinforced jacking points, an Alloy Sump Guard and perspex side and rear windows. A full Safety Devices 45mm Roll Cage is fitted internally and also has twin allow fuel tanks and fillers.

Interior

The interior of this car is powder blue with gold brocade. The seats are period Rally Seats by Restall, and I'm told are now impossible to find. They are very period and very comfortable actually. There is Full Rally Instrumentation, including a pair of Stopwatches, Halda Tripmaster and Halda Speedpilot, like everything in the car they are fully functioning and illuminated when the lights are turned on. There are also some rare instruments on the control panel, including a Works 120mph speedometer and a 10,000rpm rev counter. There is a Works-type windscreen heater (functioning) map reading light and many of the driver controls for wipers, windscreen washers ect are replicated on the Navigators side. there is an internal battery cut off switch located behind the gear shift lever and fully functioning map reading light. An Oil Pressure/Water Temperature gauge is fitted and working, as is a Low Oil Pressure Waring Light. Switch extenders are fitted on almost everything and all instruments/gauges function as intended.

Engine & Gearbox

 The Engine fitted to this Mini is a 1275cc unit to 1295cc and full rally spec. Detailed below:

1275cc Block bored +20

Full race 12G940 head with 37mm inlet and 29mm exhaust valves

Leyland 649 camshaft

1275 “S” steel duplex gears

Competition diaphragm clutch (grey) with sintered paddle plate

Ultra light steel flywheel and lightened steel backplate

Sureflow Precision oil pump

Oil cooler

Aldon ignition unit and distributor

High capacity water pump

High flow radiator / blade fan

Twin H4 1 ½” SU carburettors with TR2 air filters

Twin solid state competition fuel pumps, both switched

2” LCB exhaust manifold and special "Works" exhaust system

The engine starts and runs perfectly. It shows great oil pressure and pulls very strongly across the rev range. The Gearbox is as below: