Mabel and Romeo This illustration shows the 1992

This illustration shows the 1992 Limited Edition Mini “British Open Classic”

The car featured an 848cc engine and sliding windows

and the rally instruments on the dash

the head of the British Motor Corporation

Mabel and Romeo This illustration shows the 1992Following some success at Sebring with the MGB, it was decided that BMC should produce a small number of highly modified MGCs to compete in the Prototype class of sports car racing. This resulted in the original Sebring MGC GTS cars that were raced successfully in the late 1960s. To our knowledge only two examples were completed and they were named Romeo and Mabel after the first three letters of their registration numbers. Whilst both Romeo and Mabel