Restored in Stephen French's ownership and sporting its current colour scheme PVW was sold on in 1991. It was bought by a Stephen Adams who had Steve Harris of Downton fame prepare PVW for historic motorsport at Steve Harris Engineering. 

Russell Earnshaw, who had five other Coopers at time, was a keen rally driver with an excellent record in motorsport, he was also the Mini Cooper Register’s Appendix K secretary. One day, while down at Steve Harris Engineering in Cranbourne, he saw PVW for sale. It was rally prepared (cage, seats, rally dash, Weber carb, rally tuned, straight cut gearbox with LSD), as his competition Cooper was being restored, he needed an interim rally car and promptly bought it.

1992
Telford Historic Stages October 1992, Car 16
DNF 

Autumn Leaves Long Marston Historic Stages rally October 1992, Car 5
DNF


Classic Illuminations Rally October 1992, Car 7 navigated by Derek Fryer
​6th overall

PVW was not used gain for Motorsport (Russell had 5 Mini Coopers at that time) and was sold to Richard Craven in 1995 who would use her that year for hill climbs and sprints..

​Autumn Leaves Long Marston Historic Stages rally October 1992, Car 5
DNF

Telford Historic Stages October 1992, Car 16
DNF ​

Classic Illuminations Rally October 1992, Car 7 navigated by Derek Fryer
​6th overall