Mini Countryman Woodie MKII Tartan Red It also featured the clubman-style

It also featured the clubman-style instrument binnacle

extended wheel arches and distinctive badging

today the car’s popularity is increasing with MGCs in both roadster and GT body styles selling for a premium and many owners refuting the reputation for dubious handling

Whilst the standard model was finished in plain steel

This illustration shows a chrome-bumper roadster from 1972 with 14" wire wheels

Mini Countryman Woodie MKII Tartan Red It also featured the clubman-styleThe Mini was arguably the most influential British car of the 20th century. Designed by Sir Alec Issigonis and launched in 1959, the mini was in production for over 40 years. In the wake of the Suez crisis in 1956, the market for German bubble cars increased dramatically but Leonard Lord, the head of the British Motor Corporation, hated them so much he laid down the basic specification for the Mini. Over the many years that the car was in production,