DESCRIPTION .                               

 VERY RARE , ABSOLUTELY STUNNING , " MUCH SOUGHT AFTER "  LIMITED EDITION   VANGUARDS NO VA 02511  1967  MINI COOPER  S 

 " GREEN / CHECKER ROOF   " IN ABSOLUTELY MINT CONDITION WITH THE ORIGINAL  BOX . THIS PARTICULAR VANGUARDS WAS

DESIGNED IN ENGLAND  AND MADE IN CHINA  IN 2002 . ( NEARLY 18 YEARS AGO )

THIS LIMITED EDITION VANGUARDS NO VA 02511   1967  MINI COOPER S  " GREEN / CHECKER ROOF "  IS NO 6802  OF ONLY 7,500 PIECES

PRODUCED . ( SEE PICTURE NO 8 )                                                                           

                                                                                                                  1967   MINI COOPER  S  

LAUNCHED IN 1959 , THE MINI HAS TAKEN ON ICONOCLASTIC STATUS AS THE LEADING BRITISH CAR OF ITS GENERATION . STILL HIGHLY REGARDED THE WORLD OVER , NO CAR SINCE HAS BECOME A PART OF THE NATIONAL CONSCIOUSNESS IN THE SAME WAY AS THE MINI . THE MINI CEASED PRODUCTION IN LONGBRIDGE BIRMINGHAM ON THE 4th OCTOBER 2000 WITH 5,387,862 BEING PRODUCED IN TOTAL . 

IMPORTANT , PLEASE CAREFULLY READ THE DESCRIPTION AND EXAMINE ALL FOURTEEN  OF THE PICTURES (14 x ) BEFORE BIDDING ON  THIS ITEM . KINDLY PLEASE TAKE NOTE THAT ALTHOUGH THE ORIGINAL  BOX  IS IN  GOOD  CONDITION ,   IT DOES   SHOW SOME SMALL  SIGNS OF OBVIOUS SHELF WEAR BEARING IN MIND THAT IT WAS MADE NEARLY 18 YEARS AGO IN 2002 .( SEE PICTURES NO 1 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 & 14)  IN PARTICULAR THERE ARE TWO CREASES IN THE CARDBOARD ON THE BOTTOM OF THE BOX ( PICTURE NO 14 ) AND  THE REMAINS OF A SALE PRICE LABEL IS ON THE FRONT OF THE BOX ( PICTURE NO 1 )    

IN MY HUMBLE OPINION , THE QUALITY AND DETAIL OF THESE VANGUARDS IS AS GOOD , IF NOT  BETTER THAN THE DINKY'S AND CORGI'S MADE IN THE 50'S & 60'S IN GREAT BRITAIN.                         

THIS VERY  RARE ,  ABSOLUTELY  STUNNING ,   " MUCH SOUGHT AFTER " LIMITED EDITION  VANGUARDS  NO  VA 02511   1967  MINI COOPER  S  " GREEN / CHECKER ROOF   IS FROM MY OWN PERSONAL COLLECTION AND IT WILL BE VERY , VERY  SAD TO SEE IT GO .