Registration: STG 95F Chassis Number: KA256-115421OA Engine Number: 9FD-SAH34665 Number of cylinders: 4 CC: 998cc Year of Manufacture: 1968 Sold for (£): 22,960.00 Designed as project ADO15 (Austin Drawing Office project number 15), the Mini came about because of the fuel shortage caused by the 1956 Suez Crisis. Petrol was once again rationed in the UK, sales of large cars slumped, but the market for German ‘bubble’ cars boomed. Leonard Lord, the somewhat autocratic head of BMC, reportedly detested these cars so much that he vowed to rid the … Read entire article »