French Radford mini De Ville GT Hatchback Austin Cooper s

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Hello,

I am a young owner of a 1966 Radford Mini Cooper s.
This mini is very special because of his provenance.

The Cooper s was built on 6 July 1966 and is an Personal Export Delivery car and was exported to Zurich in Switzerland.
I try to find information concerning this point of personal Export delivery but never find anything.
The car went to Radford coachbuilt after and came to France and was registered 2816 QH 27 as the first handmade paint registry numbers plates shows, I still have them with the car.
The French "V5" carte grise dated from 1966 shows that the car was imported because the date is not precisely recorded and only the year of 1966 is mentionned as all imported cars of this times in France (like the other French estate Radford that Bernard Bonnet owned, remember 01/01/1966).

The Cooper s was finished in almond green and I will join a photo of the heritage certificate and all original parts that I have.

Maybe the first owner owned a house in France in the 27 and was a wealthy owner because of the personal Export delivery of the car in Zurich where he may owned another house and of the extras ordered on the Cooper s too ?

I would be very happy to get information about the history of the car.

Is it possible to know the ownership ? Identify the first owner ?

I will restore the car which is in a condition showing it has lasted a lot of his time outside.

I have a lot of the original parts but the most in bad conditions.

I will need help to know how this Radford should be ?
How it should be restored ?
How to retrimmed the seat and roof panel ?

I will also need help to find all the special parts of the Radford GT from 1966 like the central console, the Bom ashtray, the benelite grille, the interior lamp (don't know the correct type and where they should be fitted?), the speakers (don't know the type too and where they must be fitted?).

Also for the engine I think it was a Dowton prepared engine but I don't know the correct model of cylinder head, inlet manifold and carbs that must be fitted ?

I have never seen a Cooper s Radford with French specifications before and I would be very happy to restore the Radford as best as it is possible.

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What should be fitted on the top centre where screws holes can be seen ?
Speaker ?

Does anyone knows ?

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