This car has found its way to Maximum Mini several times before. Last time was in 2015 (click here), when it was offered for sale in Connecticut, USA. I always thought it to be an ABS coupe-conversion but its background story was slightly different. ABS boss Tony Bucknall told me at the time it was made from the same moulding, but: "This is one of the conversions done by a company in Norfolk. I purchased a really strange set of body kit moulds and the roof moulding from a gentleman who had ceased trading several years prior. The only images I have seen where that Clubman which was used on a black and white advertising flyer."
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Well, now that the car has been offered for sale once again, this time with auctioneers Barret Jackson, the mystery of that Norfolk company seems to be solved. From the ad: "The roof was replaced with a fiberglass unit. This alteration changed the roofline behind the front seats, making it more streamlined. The work was done early in the car's life in Norfolk, U.K., by Browne & Sons Ltd." The car was sold in auction last weekend, see the ad here.
This 1975 Mini Coupe was made by Brownse & Sons of Norfolk in the UK
Picture Barret Jackson auctioneers
The car supposedly made it to a flyer also. Anyone here who has a copy of that?
Picture Barret Jackson auctioneers
ABS took over the roof moulds and made a few also, but it remains a real rarity
Picture Barret Jackson auctioneers