LONDON, England - Virtually unused for 47 years, a 1968 Austin Mini Van will be auctioned at a Silverstone Auctions Practical Classics Restoration Show on March 28 in Birmingham, central England.
The car, valuated at R421 000 to R458 000, was registered new on March 14 1968 and at that time cost £400 (then equivalent of R700) by a G Crumcott so she could learn to drive. That was about three months pay for a "working man" back then for very basic transport.
However, Crumcott never passed her driving test so the car was kept, unused, in her garage for nearly 30 years.