1962-67 Mini Countryman Woodie Island Blue mgb Modifications included wire wheels

Modifications included wire wheels

This illustration shows a 1968 roadster with minilite wheels and a hard top that is based on an original model that was raced in the 1960s

The rear seat back could also be folded to give a large luggage platform accessed from the stylish rear tailgate

This illustration shows a typical example of the road-going car

This illustration shows an early model chrome-bumper roadster from 1966 with wire wheels

1962-67 Mini Countryman Woodie Island Blue mgb Modifications included wire wheelsThe 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 that he laid down the basic specification for the Mini. Over the many years that the car was in