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rich@minispares.com wrote:Christ

if I hadn't burdend myself with the two door sports coupe I think my want level would have just exceeded 'CRITICAL' with this beauty

check out the dash!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Austin-Mini-m ... SwoydWm-fv


I bet its rotten as a crab underneath, lets hope its saved

I quite like it. But no-one would ever know what it is, so you'd look like you were driving round in a shitly spammed up Metro.

A Tickford Capri is a different matter. They were quite odd with a single turbo on one of he banks and a restrictor on the other. I overtook one on the A614 years ago.

mk1coopers wrote:
With the boost gauge in the dash would this have originally been a turbo, if it was would it have been a factory turbo, or a conversion?,
I knew someone along time ago who had a Tickford Capri, I'm sure the turbos on that were done by Janspeed

The early W&P Metro,s were not factory MG Turbo,s - they were built a few years prior to its arrival.

The W&P Copenhagen show car, had a normal engine when it first came to Denmark, but a few years later it recived a turbo engine.

The Converters : Wood & Pickett Laser Metro
"Another name from the Mini’s heyday returned to the mainstream in 1980, turning its attention to the business of Austin Metro. They were extraordinary vehicles, the Wood & Pickett Laser Metro and Metro Plus…
The Laser was styled by Ogle Design, and built very much on a bespoke basis. That meant that no two examples were the same.
The Laser Metro was certainly treated as a bespoke car for discerning customers: price ranged from £11,000 to £17,000 and extras included Recaro seats, air conditioning and leather interior. unusually, it was actually previewed at the 1980 British motor show to star alongside the standard Mini Metro at its UK debut. Like the Frazer-Tickford Metro, the Laser Metro was treated to an external makeover, but Wood & Pickett handed that task to Ogle design."
More updated info and photos from AROnline here:-
https://www.aronline.co.uk/cars/austin/ ... ett-laser/

The converters : Frazer-Tickford Metro
"Frazer established itself as a new car company in 1981, offering this fabulous-looking Tickford Metro, which was first shown at that year’s London Motorfair.
The Tickford name was owned by Aston Martin, whose engineers and stylists designed this car. The scope of the conversion echoed that of the later Tickford Capri…
The Northamptonshire-based company, Frazer, teamed up with Tickford Coachbuilding to build this most bespoke version of the Metro. It would end up going head-to-head with the equally exclusive Wood & Pickett Laser Metro."
https://www.aronline.co.uk/cars/austin/ ... -tickford/

Styling is quite mind boggling, in what was acceptable in certain periods of time

My opinion is there was a period when they lost their minds mid to late 70's till late 80's there were some truly ugly creations i dont think i even liked them back then.

Offerings from WP in that period were bloated and ugly nothing like a nice Radford or earlier WP of the 60's or early 70's

Those wooden roof bars have to be one of the worst offerings

Still great that there is images to remind us not trod that path again lol,