Printed 29 March 2024

BMC Mini Countryman

Database Item Name:
BMC Mini Countryman
Brand:
Series:
Released:
1965
Discontinued:
1969
Production Status:
Standard
Scale:
1/43
Reference #:
485
HDBID:
197808
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Current Owner: AndrewHill
Current Owner: AndrewHill
A super example of this model. The sea green suits it brilliantly. This is the Austin Mini Countryman and came with a surfer man and two surf boards in the box, stored in a strange chrome roof rack affair (later used on the BMC Mini Cooper Monte Carlo edition in 1968 and several years onward.) Most of these had normal shaped wheels but some later editions got the cast wheels like this one and this makes it a little scarcer. This example is in wonderfully good condition, with really only the tiniest of marks to the paintwork. The screens are all clean and clear, both doors good, original aerial in place and the whole car looks like it is just out of the box.

About this Collectible

Item Condition:
Excellent
Packaging Condition:
None
Condition Notes:

There were lots of minis and even a couple of mini vans but Corgi reckoned they needed another and came out with the Austin-badged Countryman. (Look out also for a scarce version with a Morris badge.)

It is only available in the summery shade of light turquoise and the box also contained two surf boards and a guy in swimming trunks. The guy got lost in this case but the car has survived well. The interior is firm plastic, a nice change to the flimsy thin film of other issues. It has nice replacement surf boards in a replacement roof rack.

It’s a pretty model and not one you’ll see a great deal of as it wasn’t cheap with the extra bits and pieces and soon became superceded by the new minis, #334 with opening everything.

Apart from a chip on the nearside front wing and small marks on the roof the paintwork is excellent. The suspension is sound and it even has an original aerial. The rear doors open in line and the windows are clean.

Original/Restored:
Original
Collectible ID:
HDBC200411
Current Owner: AndrewHill