Radford mini de ville colour cards found!!!

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Pete wrote:
mab01uk wrote:Ringo's 'Ludwig' drum kit in the auction catalogue below (pages 44-47) would make a very nice addition for the current owner of his Mini to display the hatchback conversion at shows......guide price $300,000 -500,000! 8-) :lol:

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:shock: There'll be ALOT of interest in that, I could see Dave Grohl or someone like that buying it. I had a cheap crap Japanese version of that when I was a kid that kept falling to bits and had a habit of wandering around the floor whilst playing, :oops:
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Pete wrote:Well done, must be a relief to get that sorted Alex!

This one hasn't been seen in a long time I don't think...

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The well known owner of this car is not interested in it being found ;-)
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This one apparently used to belong to a member of the group Foreigner...

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Anyone Stateside recognise it? Blue with Beetle rear lights and hatchback.
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Found a second picture taken by me from the Radford in 1982.

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:roll: Radford conversion ?

Taken by me in1987 at the IMM in Terwolde the Netherlands.

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UHR850 wrote::roll: Radford conversion ?

Taken by me in1987 at the IMM in Terwolde the Netherlands.

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Never seen this one before. She is a mk1 W&P margrave. It can be ID from the Rover P4 handles and locks WP used. These locks greatly reduced the chances of the doors dropping with the extra weight and also made the car that bit more secure.

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UHR850 wrote:Found a second picture taken by me from the Radford in 1982.

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Going back to the initial post in this thread with the colour swatch, and then looking at this rather splendid photo, do we think it is one of the colours on the swatch ?
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UHR850 wrote:Found a second picture taken by me from the Radford in 1982.

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Going back to the initial post in this thread with the colour swatch, and then looking at this rather splendid photo, do we think it is one of the colours on the swatch ?
Alex it's close but it's to light to be 'Rouge Irise' or what a lot of people call it these days 'Regal Red' and I'm not sure if W&P's used the same colour as Radford's.
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mab01uk wrote:
"The highlight of the sale was a drum kit played by Starr on many Beatles hits, which fetched $2.1m (£1.4m)."

Christ!

makes our hobby look cheap doesn't it

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Nevsmini wrote:
Alex wrote:
UHR850 wrote:Found a second picture taken by me from the Radford in 1982.

:mrgreen: Kees
Going back to the initial post in this thread with the colour swatch, and then looking at this rather splendid photo, do we think it is one of the colours on the swatch ?
Alex it's close but it's to light to be 'Rouge Irise' or what a lot of people call it these days 'Regal Red' and I'm not sure if W&P's used the same colour as Radford's.
Ummm....
My car is blue !

I did Google Irise Blue, but it appears to be a much later Peugeot colour. I guess Radfords just renamed existing colours.
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Rouge Irise and Regal Red are different colours

RR Paint Codes

Rouge Irise 9500510

Regal Red 9500406

Also Blue Irsie is probably Bleu Fonce Irise RR Code 9500585

Rolls paint codes
http://rrtechnical.info/miscellaneous/PaintCodes.pdf

here's a Silver Shadow in Bleu Fonce

http://www.classicautoloc.com/location- ... leu-marine

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By the way, the English translation for Bleu Fonce is Dark Blue.
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found this on pistonheads

George harrisons car coming together...
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rich@minispares.com wrote:found this on pistonheads

George harrisons car coming together...
You're a bit late there Rich, the same photo is on page 3 :D
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:shock: Corgi 1/36 Radford Mini :shock: first time out of the box :o

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My favourite Radford style Corgi is the Mini Magnifique from the late 1960s

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:lol: I've got both, the bleu and green one but never
new it's a Radford conversion. ;)

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Brochure from my own collection ;)

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Some more pictures I found on the internet.

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