1960-62 Austin Seven Countryman Almond Green mgb This illustration shows a chrome-bumper

This illustration shows a chrome-bumper roadster from 1971 with 14" Rostyle wheels

Modifications included wire wheels

This prompted MG Boss John Thornley to say that it was a car that “No managing director would be ashamed to leave this car in his car park”

With a top speed of 65mph and over 40 miles per gallon

000 were produced before its production run ended in 1949

1960-62 Austin Seven Countryman Almond Green mgb This illustration shows a chrome-bumperThe 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,