Lost Mini (not stolen)

[HillmanImp]

Was talking to a lad who I work with a while ago and he said his dad used to do a lot of rallying in the 60's and 70's. His dad took part in one Rally GB or whatever it was called back then as a co-driver but the chap who was driving apparently heeded his advice, didn't fuel up and they ran out of petrol so he only got a taking part trophy instead of a completed the rally one. 

He mentioned that after he and his siblings were born, his Dads rallying ambitions were put on hold and the car was eventually sold to someone in America and it was exported.

Is there any way of tracing whatever happened to it if it was still used in competition over there, which I assume is the reason it was bought if someone went to all the trouble of exporting a 10yr old Mini half way round the world, or does anyone have any suggestions of where to look?

I've no idea on how likely something like this would be to survive or of they had any value it's just out of interest for me but my colleague would be interested to know and would love to let his dad know what happened to it.

[JeeExEll]

Try a post on this US Mini forum.

 https://www.minimania.com/msgthreads.cfm

May lead on to relevant Mini competition archive pics.

Who knows, it could still be around.

(Would be a Trigger's broom though).

[Rovorsche]

Were all Minis red in 66 ?

1966 Mini Cooper S Mark I – LBL 6D by Paul, on Flickr

 

 

Do you have the Chassis number or even engine number ?

The septics get the horn for matching number cars

 

edit: £56,500 at auction

https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/17258/lot/326/

[Skut]

What was the rallying dad's name? I just ask as I saw this relatively recently. 

[eddyramrod]

There's a forum over there called British Car Forum which might be useful.

[HillmanImp]

Cool, will post on those forums, hopefully at lunch today. 

9 hours ago, Skut said:

What was the rallying dad's name? I just ask as I saw this relatively recently. 

 

The chaps surname would've been Vincent I guess. The car will probably be beancans by now but there might be some records of what it did after it went stateside. I find this sort of thing interesting so will see what people on t'internet can dig up.

[Rovorsche]

Could it be this one ?

As for the cars history, interestingly enough, we sold this Mini to its current Southern California owner on 12/16/06. Since that time, he has driven the car very sparingly accumulated a documented 11,039 miles. As an automobile professional and enthusiast, the car was well maintained and used strictly a weekend car. 
When we first represented the car in 2006, the owner at that time had possession of the Mini for 4+ years. He was responsible for locating the car in Europe and arranging import after purchasing it from a gentleman in Portsmouth, England during his travels overseas. He supervised its loading and shipment by container to the Port in Southern California. 
Based on the UK records, the Mini has had limited ownership with one previous owner from 1993 to 2000, and the original owner having possession of the car from 1967 until its sale to Mr. Roger Tomkins on January 12, 1993. 
The original British number plate will be included with the Mini to further document its lineage/history. 

 

https://classicregister.com/vehicle-register/1967-austin-mini-cooper-s-1275cc-mk1