Sadly - I'm at the "downsizing" phase of my retirement - and I have a dozen Mini (and MINI) toys - all in their original packaging - some extremely rare (given out at trade shows, etc - and one "wrong-way" HotWheels)...I also have a bunch of original Mini sales literature - original owner's manual, a couple of Mini-related books - the AutoCar magazine with the insanely detailed/technical review of the "Super-de-luxe 848". A British Leyland parts list from 1969, covering a bunch of different Mini's. Over 100 Mini/MINI trading cards - all in complete series. The Austin Seven list of repair charges(!!) book. A Lucas fault diagnosis manual (you'd think that: "It's burned out - get a new one" would suffice but weirdly, it runs to 44 pages!) The only known children's book about the Mini Moke(!!) A copy of AutoCar 28th August 1959 - with a TON of Mini stuff - reviews and such, Some Mini Owners of Texas calendars from the 2000's.

*PHEW*

It's too much for me to sell (and ship) individually - and knowing what some of this stuff is worth is hard - but I wonder if a reasonably large sized club would be interested in auctioning them at a club meeting with (say) half of the proceedings going to the club.

But if anyone else has a better idea - I'm just thinking about it at this point.