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Re: Radford mini de ville colour cards found!!!
Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2021 11:50 am
by 66Traveller
I made the Hills number plates, sourced the correct early Moto lita steering wheel (with Moto Lita on the bottom spoke) and the Cibie Type 22 head lamps!
Re: Radford mini de ville colour cards found!!!
Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2021 12:07 pm
by WMU 211G
Great pics Pete - I have the first two but not seen the bottom one before, looks like it was taken in early '68 (despite the date stamp on the photo which is from when the roll of film it was on was developed), just before the Fabs left Blighty for their long stay in India, looks like it's at Ringo's gaff 'Sunny Heights' in Weybridge
(The middle pic is from July / August '67 I think)
Re: Radford mini de ville colour cards found!!!
Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2021 2:27 pm
by mab01uk
The Beatles: Get Back films will be shown on Disney+ over three nights on November 25, 26, and 27th 2021.
"Sir Peter Jackson said his documentary's two-year edit took eight times longer than a Hollywood movie due to the unearthed material's video and audio being on separate unsynchronised tapes. He explained: "They used only two 16mm cameras... no clapperboard and the audio was out of sync. I had to match everything."
https://www.express.co.uk/entertainment ... er-Jackson
The Beatles: Get Back - A Sneak Peek from Peter Jackson:-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UocEGvQ10OE
Re: Radford mini de ville colour cards found!!!
Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2021 6:36 pm
by hanlminiman
(The middle pic is from July / August '67 I think)
Wasn't that the year Ringo took part in the Tour de France and got the King of the Mountains shirt?

Re: Radford mini de ville colour cards found!!!
Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2021 6:54 pm
by jay weinstein
hanlminiman wrote: ↑Wed Jul 28, 2021 6:36 pm
(The middle pic is from July / August '67 I think)
Wasn't that the year Ringo took part in the Tour de France and got the King of the Mountains shirt?
My mother bought me one of those in about 1966...I was very proud of it !

Re: Radford mini de ville colour cards found!!!
Posted: Thu Aug 19, 2021 11:16 pm
by mab01uk
The story of Harold Radford, coachbuilder to the rich and famous.
"The full, tangled background, with insight from Harold Radford himself. And, actually, you won’t get that anywhere else in this online world, because this interview with Harold Radford, published 36 years ago, is pretty much the only one there’s been."
https://www.hagerty.co.uk/articles/auto ... nd-famous/
Re: Radford mini de ville colour cards found!!!
Posted: Sun Aug 22, 2021 10:13 am
by Pete
George’s starting to look tired, late 60s or early 70s?
Re: Radford mini de ville colour cards found!!!
Posted: Sun Aug 22, 2021 11:12 am
by WMU 211G
Fantastic pic Pete, where did you find it...? I'd say c.1970/71 maybe.
Just noticed it's sprouted a pair of wing mirrors!
Re: Radford mini de ville colour cards found!!!
Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2021 9:15 am
by 66Traveller
Re: Radford mini de ville colour cards found!!!
Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2021 11:27 am
by Pete
WMU 211G wrote: ↑Sun Aug 22, 2021 11:12 am
Fantastic pic Pete, where did you find it...? I'd say c.1970/71 maybe.
Just noticed it's sprouted a pair of wing mirrors!
Off Facebook Nidge, recognise the location?
Re: Radford mini de ville colour cards found!!!
Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2021 3:25 pm
by WMU 211G
Pete wrote: ↑Tue Aug 24, 2021 11:27 am
WMU 211G wrote: ↑Sun Aug 22, 2021 11:12 am
Fantastic pic Pete, where did you find it...? I'd say c.1970/71 maybe.
Just noticed it's sprouted a pair of wing mirrors!
Off Facebook Nidge, recognise the location?
Is it Cheney Walk in Chelsea, where Mick Jagger had a bachelor pad....?
Re: Radford mini de ville colour cards found!!!
Posted: Mon Aug 30, 2021 11:29 am
by WMU 211G
A while ago I posted some hastily grabbed screen shots of the Mk1 Radford used in an episode of 'The Persuaders' called 'Take Seven', last night I had another go and these are a little bit better than the others, it's definitely a Radford, as it drives away from the camera you can clearly see the Raddie dash top, the Elf / Hornet bodyside trim and the rectangular plate badge on the bootlid, although not too clear in the pic the rear bumper looks very much like a Clubman one on screen....
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(The episode was filmed in the Autumn of 1970 and first broadcast on 1st October 1971)
Re: Radford mini de ville colour cards found!!!
Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2021 10:22 am
by Pete
That green colour looks similar to Lennon’s
Re: Radford mini de ville colour cards found!!!
Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2021 10:41 am
by mab01uk
Pete wrote: ↑Tue Aug 31, 2021 10:22 am
That green colour looks similar to Lennon’s
That was also my first thought on seeing that screen shot.
Re: Radford mini de ville colour cards found!!!
Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2021 10:49 am
by WMU 211G
mab01uk wrote: ↑Tue Aug 31, 2021 10:41 am
Pete wrote: ↑Tue Aug 31, 2021 10:22 am
That green colour looks similar to Lennon’s
That was also my first thought on seeing that screen shot.
It's more of a khaki / baby poo brown colour when you see it on the screen

Re: Radford mini de ville colour cards found!!!
Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2021 2:52 pm
by surfblue63
Blink and you'll miss it
https://youtu.be/LtxP5c_jU6w?t=725
PS That reg looks like FLA 333C, is that of any significance?
Re: Radford mini de ville colour cards found!!!
Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2021 10:07 pm
by Nevsmini
Possibly the Radford FLA583C
Re: Radford mini de ville colour cards found!!!
Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2021 11:08 am
by UHR850
Re: Radford mini de ville colour cards found!!!
Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2021 11:26 am
by 66Traveller
"I would doubt that without a very large cheque book, that this could be repeated."
Thank God for that....
"Will turn more heads than a Ferrari F50'
Perhaps on the basis of its sheer hideousness...
Re: Radford mini de ville colour cards found!!!
Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2021 4:53 pm
by surfblue63
I've searched but did not find this video posted by Jeroen on YouTube last December on the forum, apologies if you've posted it before.
It shows footage of the Radford Mini Countryman built for Jack Heinz, that was used when he visited England.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2arqSUyHHKk
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