20th Oct, 2022 15:00

The Fast Road Sale @ Imperial War Museum, Duxford

 
Lot 342
 

1979 Austin Morris Mini 1275 GT Rally car

Estimated at £20,000 - £24,000

Lot details

Registration No: JGP 610T
Chassis No: XE2D2629583A
MOT: October 2023

  • Offered with MSA passport to 2029
  • 1293 cc engine, 45" DCOE carburettor and straight cut gearbox
  • Strengthened shell and completed in 2019 with very little use since
  • Offered with original handbook, service book plus a collection of invoices

Offered with an MSA passport up until 2029, this is a ‘rally spec.’ 1275 GT build, which was completed in 2019 and has seen very little use since. Originally, this Mini 1275 GT was supplied new by Mann Egerton Co. Ltd of London, to a Mr Church of London. The service book still retains some service stamps and with its current ownership dating from 1989. The body has been prepared with a strengthened front subframe and looks every inch the rally car with its Cibie Oscar spot lamps. It wears four new Revolution 12" wheels with Yokohama tyres and is has two spare wheels.

Power is delivered from a 1293cc engine, with a 45" DCOE carburettor and straight-cut Jack Knight gears, providing a sound that evokes the memory of historic Mini racers. Circa 87bhp can be found at the flywheel, the output aided by a Peter Burgess race head and rally cam, balanced crank, steel flywheel and competition clutch. Fuelling from a large capacity tank is via an electric fuel pump with gases exiting via a 3 branch competition manifold. Cooling is aided by an alloy radiator.

The running gear includes adjustable Spax shock absorbers, an open differential and Cooper S drive shafts. Stopping the Mini are 8.4" discs and Mintex 1144 pads, Rear brake bias valve and inboard brake lines. Prepared for forest rally and tarmac stage events, the safety specification includes a full Dural sump guard, FIA Safety Devices bolt-in roll cage with door bars and rear diagonal, in- date OMP seats and Sabelt competition harnesses, and a plumbed-in fire extinguisher system. On board, there is a Brantz 2 trip meter and a road communications system. Supplied with the MSA passport up until 2029, a new MOT certificate, as well as the original owner’s wallet (handbook and passport to service) and a collection of invoices.

For more information, please contact:
James McWilliam
james.mcwilliam@handh.co.uk
07943 584760

 

Auction: The Fast Road Sale @ Imperial War Museum, Duxford, 20th Oct, 2022

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