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Austin MB Mini Cooper S Electric – 1968 – Auction Lot 11
Austin MB Mini Cooper S Electric – 1968 Chassis No. 1178930 French grey card of origin Vehicle sold without technical inspection Incredible and unique Mini converted into electric and approved by the engineer Maurice Bonafous, the inventor of the Citroen 2 CV Sahara twin-engined 4x4; 4 electric motors Leroy-Sommer, transmission by chain.
The car, modified from an authentic Austin Mini Cooper S from 1968, under the supervision of Varta (for batteries) and in agreement with British Leyland France, was carefully passed to Mines in July 1981, and therefore benefits from a single-limit approval and a registration card in accordance with its new energy mode.
Performance still up to date: 80 km/h at the tip, 1 hour range, 10 hours of charging. Daily car used between 1980 and 1987.
Car to the unique history, with a well-documented history: a major technical file from the archives of Maurice Bonafous, original registration map (barred at the time of an old assignment) on behalf of Maurice Bonafous, various plans, exchanges of letters with the Service des Mines, British Leyland France, Varta, etc.
A single, functional car (video on request, to be revised), with astonishing history, and perfectly in tune with today's fashions: an ideal car for the city, or for a museum ...
"Unique, modified in periods in electric version, by a French automotive engineer already 'father' of the 2 CV Sahara.”
