1962-67 Mini Countryman Clipper Blue and was probably the first

and was probably the first car many people ever saw

Our drawing depicts a prototype TR2 adapted from a TR1 for the 1953 Jabekke Speed Trial

This illustration mimics the successful track version of the car that came to dominate saloon car racing of the era

and Honeycomb Grille in Black Tulip and Ochre cloth interior trim

1962-67 Mini Countryman Clipper Blue and was probably the firstThe 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,