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FAMOUS MINI TO GO UNDER THE HAMMER

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The Mini Cooper S that Rauno Aaltonen took to victory on the 1965 RAC Rally will be sold at auction at the NEC Classic

Motor Show on November 12.

The Mini, registered DJB 93B, is the only Mini to have won the RAC Rally and went on to win the 1966 Scottish Rally with Tony Fall.

The car was retired shortly after its win in Scotland and was little used until 1996, when it was acquired by Phil Short, former WRC team manager for Toyota and Mitsubishi. Short commission­ed a full restoratio­n to 1965 works specificat­ion.

This very significan­t rallying Mini has a guide price of between £110,000 and £150,000.

 ?? ?? Aaltonen claimed the win on the 1965 RAC Rally in the Mini
Aaltonen claimed the win on the 1965 RAC Rally in the Mini

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