CRS Mighty Mini joins the National Trust's Collection

A 1:43 scale Corgi Lledo Mighty Mini as driven by Caroline Gilbert in the BRSCC Mighty Mini championships, and sponsored by Corporate Risk Systems Limited has been accepted into the National Trust collection at the Museum of Childhood, Sudbury Hall, Derbyshire.

Accepting the superb scale replica of the car (pictured) for the National Trust, Sue Fraser, Collections Assistant said “Thank you so much for kindly donating the limited edition Mini Cooper. At the moment, we are not in theory accepting objects into the collection as we have an embargo in place for 2011, but we have decided to make an exception in this case, as it comes with such an interesting background.”

Just 1001 of these cars were produced in 2006 for Corporate Risk Systems Limited to commemorate the Ladies Championships won by driver Caroline in 2005 and 2006.  They have gone on to become extremely collectible by Corgi and model car enthusiasts.  Stephen Asbury from CRS says he has heard of instances where they have changed hands for hundreds of pounds on auction sites.  He said that as there were now just a small number left in the company’s goody cupboard, that he had been pleased to donate one to the National Trust.