Rare 1965 Mini Cooper S that has been in a HANGAR for 34 years and will fetch £32,000 at auction
Rare low mileage 1965 Mini Cooper S with same owner for 56 years and stored in a GARDEN SHED for three decades to fetch £32,000 at auction by BMC employee Seller, now in his 80s, bought it instead of an E-Type Jag the year before England won the World Cup Its last MoT certificate was issued in October 1986 at 39,031 miles - and it has only done 113 miles since Last tax the disc expired in March 1988 - the Mini is believed to have been placed in the garden shed on the outskirts of Kidderminster for storage shortly afterwards
AdvertisementWhen you find a car you've fallen in love with, it can be really hard to part with it. And that seems to be the case with this ultra-rare Mini unearthed from a 30-year slumber before going up for auction in September.
The timewarp 1965 Mk1 Mini Cooper S '1071', painted almond green, was salvaged after spending more than three decades in a shed.
The seller, now in his eighties, has owned the Mini since the year before England lifted the World Cup - and the fact that it hasn't moved for over 30 years explains why it has less than 40,000 miles on the clock since new.
In the year it was produced, the Mini would have cost customers £778. When the hammer falls in a few months, experts believe it will cost 41 times as much.
When you find a car you've fallen in love with, it can be really hard to part with it. And that seems to be the case with this ultra-rare Mini unearthed from a 30-year slumber before going up for auction in September.
The timewarp 1965 Mk1 Mini Cooper S '1071', painted almond green, was salvaged after spending more than three decades in a shed.
The seller, now in his eighties, has owned the Mini since the year before England lifted the World Cup - and the fact that it hasn't moved for over 30 years explains why it has less than 40,000 miles on the clock since new.
In the year it was produced, the Mini would have cost customers £778. When the hammer falls in a few months, experts believe it will cost 41 times as much.
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