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I dread to think what thoughts you're havingrich@minispares.com wrote:admit it, your having dirty thoughts about the er-cooper smk1coopers wrote:Is it just me or is this thread making other people really want a nice coach built style MK1.
Tim Harber wrote:I dread to think what thoughts you're havingrich@minispares.com wrote:admit it, your having dirty thoughts about the er-cooper smk1coopers wrote:Is it just me or is this thread making other people really want a nice coach built style MK1.
Thankyou Nev. I always thought I had a missed royal connection
...I know where I was if thats Lower Richmond Rd or just off it .. I was up the hill at Elliott in 63 !!.. but I lived over the river in Fulham.. spooky 29th oct was 9 days after my birthday !!!.. given the cars was that pic taken about 25 years ago.. ??? foxy52Tim Harber wrote:As we seem to have a Beatles/Radford thing going I have dug out a pic of a Radford(?) Woody that I had when I had the shop in Putney
It had a Mk2 grille stuck on it and some later bonnet badge which I swopped for something more oldie. I was going to hang on to it as I was using it as a daily driver but an American student customer kept on asking whether he could buy it and I finally let it go. He was going to ship it back to the States
I can remember little about it except:
It was allegedgly made for the Queens hairdresser or something similar
Wicker on the sides , I think
It was bloody uncomfy to drive as the seat bases were solid ply under the cushion and it looke like they may always have been so
It had always been black and wasn't super-dooper spec of everything but had a lot of the obvious features (like the seats) . Can't remember what the dash was like - don't think it was that special
Must have been late 80's
Memory fades ....but I am glad to have been kicked into the joys of Beatlemania on the web - I now know where I was on 29 October 1963 ! Could'nt hear the music for screaming!
Yes , it is a Turbo opposite Stuart
That is the most complicated dash I have ever seen in a Mini. You would need pilot training before attempting to drive it. Imagine taking this girl to the MOT centre and being asked to check your lights etc, I could see difficulties. I assume the owner is an Auto spark. Where is the black boxTim Harber wrote:I dread to think what thoughts you're havingrich@minispares.com wrote:admit it, your having dirty thoughts about the er-cooper smk1coopers wrote:Is it just me or is this thread making other people really want a nice coach built style MK1.
Thankyou Nev. I always thought I had a missed royal connection
the windows do go up/down as quick as the film.
Pete wrote:RIP Nesmith's Radford...
...Nope I have never seen that one neither.. cant believe that having spent the thick end of 4 k nearly in 67 to have it just the way he wanted it the car didn't last somewhere ?!! somehow ??!!....a 67 rebuilt/restored S with that had that amount of kit would go for Vantage money thesedays..?? !!! lol......foxy52Nevsmini wrote:Nice photos Pete. Never seen that one of Nesmith's Radford, Nice!!! What a shame it's gone!
Bastards !!!... I knew about Britts car.... yes all old Classic cars are like Honey to thieves !!! that's why u would never want to leave yr pride and joy anywhere overnight in many parts of the UK.. Bits would get nicked or worse the car would go ! same prob my mate had with his beaut of a metalic burgundy Cossie 4/4 sapphire ghia saloon !!! he gave up ownership after 3 attempts to nick it in one year !!! to much grief shame tho ... foxy52Pete wrote:It was stolen and torched quite a number of years ago Foxy , same happened to Britt Eckland's W&P over here. They were/ still are very nickable!
WMU 211G wrote:Another shot of 'the Shrimps' black Mk1...
Nesmith's...
...yes I know the car well .. same cappings,sunroof and tilling job as on mine .. waso,s to boot lol !!! I think he owns the Cox GTM to.. ??.. very nice S that one .. tks for posting foxy52
Twiggers!
Leather / vinyl covered early Rokee style dash...?
Snapped at Stanford Hall a few years ago, nice bespoke dash and Tilling window conversion (same as yours foxy)...
