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LRX 829E

  LRX 827E 

1967 Tulip Rally/Timo Makinen/Paul Easter 2nd Overall, 1st class (Group II)

Competition History,

  LRX 827E

1967 Tulip Rally/Timo Makinen/Paul Easter 2nd Overall, 1st class (Group II)

1967 Geneva Rally Tony Fall/Mike Wood, 1st category (Group II)

1967 Alpine Rally Paddy Hopkirk/Ron Crellin, 1st overall, 1st class (Group 6)

Paddy Hopkirk's 1967 Alpine win, was the last International Rally win for the Mini.

1967 Prepared ready for the Alpine Rally (Group 6 Lightweight)

This is the car after its superb restoration to Group 6 spec by Gary Corpe.

This Car is another superb original Rally car that has escaped from the Competitions Department by the back door. Sold to an MG Abingdon employee for the nominal sum of £25, as slightly rallied. The car was discovered in a sleepy road in Abingdon as a road car, still with one of its 'works' door pads screwed to the drivers door bin. The  then owner even produced the original Abingdon receipt from 1968, signed by Tom Wellman the shop forman.

The car could not have gone to a better home, Gary has spent many many hours on it, and has done a wonderful job in restoration. It is a credit to his skills, he has acheived a wonderful balance, by not over restoring. The car still looks and feels like the day that the crews stepped from it, not like it just went through a paint factory! In its restoration to Alpine spec, it is the only Group 6 car to be seen at present. (although two others exist, LRX 829E and JBL 172D)

This is also one of the few original Competitions department bodyshells left in existence. Like 829E it had escaped  any subsequent rallying, so remained in good condition, but still somewhat of a miracle.

Gary has even located a superb set of original dash panels for the car.

Group six engine bay with single 45 DCOE Webber, as rallied on the Alpine.

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