Radford mini de ville colour cards found!!!

[surfblue63]

They did Alfas to





and the Aston Martin Shooting Brakes

[surfblue63]

Some more shots and info on the De Bruyne Grand Sport, which appears to be based on the Gordon Keeble.

In the background is a Mini (Silver?), reg no KJJ 534D

[Jack of all trades]

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And some colours of the Grand sport;
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[Pete]

In the background is a Mini (Silver?), reg no KJJ 534D

Certainly looks like it could be a Sand or Shell Grey Radford Cooper with a black roof, and a great photo of the inside of Radfords taken I think in 1968?

[rich@minispares.com]

those de-bruynes just look like a cheap late 1970's kit car don't they......

and 'peter fluck'

[Pete]

Here's the ones Jack posted...



Smokin a fag at work?!! H&S issues there!

Looks like a white Mutant on the right? (or a prototype 'errr..Cooper S'??

[rich@minispares.com]

Looks like a white Mutant on the right? (or a prototype 'errr..Cooper S'??

the paint prep on the er' is so bad it could actually be a genuine period coachbuilt car....

[Pandora]

Peter Fluck went on to be half of 'Fluck & Law' the team behind Spitting Image.

Al

[mk1]

Is it the same Peter Fluck, because that's what I thought when I read it.

M

[surfblue63]

those de-bruynes just look like a cheap late 1970's kit car don't they......

I think it bears more than a passing resemblance of the 1965 Lancia Fulvia Sport (Zagato) and the 1966 Maserati Ghibli, especially from the side.

[Pete]

I actually like the look of it, Radford could have trimmed for a few low volume manufacturers like that? Wood & Pickett trimmed Unipower GTs for instance.

[Jack of all trades]

those de-bruynes just look like a cheap late 1970's kit car don't they......

I think it bears more than a passing resemblance of the 1965 Lancia Fulvia Sport (Zagato) and the 1966 Maserati Ghibli, especially from the side.

DeLorean springs to mind looking at the b/w picture aswell!

[Pete]

Radford?... Wood & Pickett?...

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C650722

[surfblue63]

Radford?... Wood & Pickett?...

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C650722

Typical early W&P seat and door card stitching and dash as 1 LPJ




with a Radford tailgate as per BGJ 947B

[Pete]

I recognised the bits but who did the work? The last owner in Scotland sold it as an original Radford, but pretty sure that both front and rear end are home conversions, ie it's a replica Radford Hatchback.

[Nevsmini]

Stu the tailgate is similar to BGJ but by no means the same. BGJ has a one piece Ali door (made on an English wheel 1st pic) which we know of 3 surviving, the tailgate on the car for sale is fibreglass, not done by Radfords as they used maxi external tailgate hinges on there fibreglass tailgates (see 2nd pic). But it is nicely done all the same. My opinion is the car needs to be brought back to its W&P roots, as a Mk1 W&P is crazy rare.

[surfblue63]

Thanks for the info Nev.

I should have looked at my pictures from Beaulieu in 2009 to see the differences.

[Pete]

Somebody mentioned the Mini Cooper Club this week and having looked through a few old club magazines I found this hatch back...





A central London (late '67) registration as expected with these cars.

[Pete]

A piece about the Nesmith car..



Seen a few shots of the dash before, not usually as clear as this.. note all the door pillar switches, air flow vents, the 'I.C.E' and speakers in the doors!





I bet those Radford keyring fobs were mega rare even then!



A little piece about it with info from a former Radford employee...



Ties up with my picture of the car outside Downton with Bill Quine (ie it wasn't tuned by Taurus as reported elsewhere..) but Barry Hawkins did say that engines were often fitted up at Richard Miles and didn't always come to Wiltshire.

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[Nevsmini]

Pete I've never seen SMU 561F before. It's another Ali Radford HB. How cool is that! Wonder where it is now?
Nice article on Mikes car. It's a shame it's dead now .