Radford mini de ville colour cards found!!!

[Pete]

I think it is Nidge.

[WMU 211G]

Cheers Pete

Came across another colour shot of George H's Radford alongside Patti's orange Mk1 'GUU 707C' yesterday, parked together outside Kinfauns in Esher, I saved it into a file somewhere but can't find the bugger now!

Edit - found it, taken by Susan Baker... not brilliant but nice to have all the same...

GH Susan Baker Kinfauns.jpg

Also found another b&w shot of George with LGF 695D still in black at Kinfauns in '66...

RADFORD Kinfauns 1966a.jpg

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Found another shot of Macca's Radford from '67 with Jane Asher and Martha the sheepdog in attendance...

FABS Macca and Jane Cooper S.jpg

[mab01uk]

Macca has just announced 3 UK tour dates for Liverpool, Glasgow and London on 12, 14 & 16th December 2018.
https://www.paulmccartney.com/live

[WMU 211G]

Not a Radford but has a touch of coachbuilt with a Tilling window conversion and Dunlop D1s, only just spotted it while looking for something else - a screen grab from 'Strange Report' filmed in '68...

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[WMU 211G]

Apologies for the crap photo, I had to take it off my work ipad as the same image wouldn't come up on a normal google search... Mickey Rourke's Mk1 Morris Cooper S in LA in October 2000, with Radford style door treatment and blended in arches...

MR MK1 S crop.jpg

Found this one easily enough c/o the Getty archive...

MR Mk1 Cooper S #2.jpg

[Pete]

I wonder what the story is to that one Nidge? A 60s/70s creation or even 90s? He won't get far on that N/S front!

[66Traveller]

Australian doors with quarterlights

[WMU 211G]

Hmmm curious one... Auz import into the US converted to RHD maybe..?

[jay weinstein]

I remember this car from the 70's. It was originally owned by a film director named Hal Ashby. It was/is a real Radford and had a Downton tuned engine.
The car was painted dark blue...same color as s.u. Mark's Ogle racer with a black interior. After Hal's passing a friend bought it and restored it adding the
WP flares and green paint and later sold it the MR who added the stripes and had someone build a "hot rod" engine. I think the car was crashed badly afterwards.
If you look up some photos from the Austin Power movie you can see it parked in the street wearing with ???H638F for a license plate....that was before MR
purchased it.

[WMU 211G]

Thanks Jay - great stuff

[jay weinstein]

You are welcome....I think the conversion from right to left hand drive was done after MR bought it. If you google Austin Powers movie cars you will see it.

[jay weinstein]

P.S. I have no idea how they dealt with the dashboard.
Look up Hal Ashby....hell of a interesting guy!

[WMU 211G]

Will do, thanks.

[Nevsmini]

Looking at the door cards the car went to W&P after Radfords or it was converted when new by W&P

[jay weinstein]

From what I remember the car had regular Radford door panels before being sold to MR. He changed a lot of stuff once he purchased
it. This cars been in California since new or almost and never modified by WP.

[WMU 211G]

This just in from the 'Beatles Monthly' mag of August '67 regarding George's Radford LGF 695D...

GH BEATLES MONTHLY AUGUST 1967.jpg

[WMU 211G]

I know this isn't a Raddie but the W&P thread doesn't come up in a search (probably my PC playing up again), is it Laurence Harvey's Mk2 S...? Looks like it has his initials hand painted on the door...

W&P Mk2 Cooper S brown1.jpg

[surfblue63]

Could be. Only difference I can pot are the wing mirrors, even the hubs look like knock off style.



And whilst looking for that I found this one




By the way the W&P thread is called Wood & Picket Info, only one t in Pickett!!!!!!!

viewtopic.php?f=5&t=2313&hilit=wood+pic ... &start=350

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Cheers Stu