BMC Mini Beach Car with Wickerwork Seating. The 3 photographs were taken at The British Motor Museum, Gaydon. The Mini Beach Car, a doorless Mini car designed by BMC, was developed to rival Fiat's 600 Jolly for upmarket hotels. It was developed at Longbridge's Experimental Department under the supervision of BMC chief stylist Dick Burzi. The car had natural air conditioning, and wickerwork seating, and was primarily intended for short journeys in hot weather. The Mini's side panels were removed, and the spot-welded roof was supported only by A and C pillars. The car was famously lent to the Royal Family, making it a doorless Mini that might have been driven by Her Majesty The Queen. The Beach Car was in danger of being scrapped by 1968, but Bob Hart's intervention saved it from being scrapped. The car is a testament to BMC's glorious period of innovation, with the Mini's potential seemingly limitless. In spite of the wickerwork upholstery.