Back to the future
MiniWorld staff and writers reporting on their month in, under and around Minis…
OBie
Model: 1967 Mk1 Austin Mini
History: Bought by my dad as a present for my mum in 1977 and used as a daily drive until 1991
Mileage before restoration: 93,063 miles
“Why don’t you just put an electric motor in it?” my daughters suggested. They didn’t know this but, back in 1964, before OBie was built, a couple of Austin Mini Countrymans, along with some other vehicles, were converted to electric as a high-profile PR exercise for the Electricity Council and the South Western Electricity Board (SWEB) in the UK. One of the cars still survives to this day: the Tweed Grey, all-steel Traveller, DAE 137C. It was
