18th Mar, 2020 13:00

Imperial War Museum Duxford

 
  Lot 84
 

1969 Morris Mini Cooper S MKII

Sold for £26,438

(including buyers premium)


Lot details

Registration No: ROT416G
Chassis No: KA2S61238045A

  • Built on 20th December 1968 and despatched to Wadhams Ltd of Waterlooville three days later
  • Engine and chassis numbers visible on the car match those shown on its accompanying British Motor Industry Heritage Trust Certificate
  • Continuous history with DVLA trace of all previous owners
  • Extensively restored by Paul Barritt of Aston Martin from 2007-2010
  • Rolling road test on file recorded 82bhp @ 6,200rpm
  • Original Hampshire County Council issued registration number

The Mini was actually detuned before launch in 1959. The prototype's 948cc engine made it embarrassingly rapid compared with other more expensive cars in the BMC group, and it was downgraded to 848cc and 34bhp. A collaboration between racing car builder John Cooper and the Mini’s creator Alec Issigonis, the Mini Cooper debuted in September 1961 with the ultimate 1275cc S variant arriving three years later. Famously winning the Monte Carlo Rally for a third time in 1967, that same year saw the Mini updated to MKII specification complete with redesigned radiator grille, revamped interior, larger rear windscreen and a host of other minor changes. Total MKII Cooper S production across both Austin and Morris brands amounted to just 6,300 cars.

According to its accompanying British Motor Industry Heritage Trust Certificate, chassis KA2S6-1238045A was built on 20th December 1968 and despatched to Wadhams Ltd of Waterlooville three days later. Issued with the Hampshire registration number ‘ROT 416G’ on April 1st 1969, the Morris was sold new to Edward Anthony Egerton-Williams Esq. A DVLA ownership trace on file chronicles every subsequent keeper up until, and including, the previous one Paul Barritt Esq. A long-serving Aston Martin engineer and the marque’s current Vehicle Line Director, Mr Barritt bought the Cooper S in 2007. Treated to an extensive and photographically documented restoration over the next three years, the Mini was also tuned so that it developed 82bhp @ 6,200rpm. Used for hillclimbing at Prescott and Loton Park, the ‘pocket rocket’ was still highly presentable upon entering the current ownership in February 2013 and remains so today. Having been a rally driver in period, the vendor particularly wanted a MKII and was impressed with the workmanship which had gone into ‘ROT 416G’. The chassis and engine numbers visible on the car match those shown on the Heritage Certificate. Worthy of close inspection, this delightful Cooper S is offered for sale with a large history file.

 

All successful bids must be paid in full by midday the day after the auction at the latest.

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Auction: Imperial War Museum Duxford, 18th Mar, 2020

AUCTION VENUE
Imperial War Museum
Duxford
Cambridgeshire
CB22 4QR 

AUCTION VIEWING
Tuesday 17th March 2020 from 12pm to 6pm
Wednesday 18th March 2020 - Due to the closure of Imperial War Museum, we are unable to offer viewing of the vehicles today. All documents and paperwork are available to view at The Red Lion Hotel, Whittlesford CB22 4NL.

BUYERS PREMIUM
12.5% (plus VAT @ 20%)

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