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No way is this a 1963 car........
« on: 27 October 2011, 22:14:30 »

Wrong doors, switches, rear lights, seats, dash top, door hinges...............if this was being restored it would have been done with genuine parts, hardly the museum piece the seller suggests.......... ::) ::) ::)

No point in the younger members looking :D :D

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201143424487563/sort/locasc/usedcars/model/mini/make/austin/postcode/dl179bb/quicksearch/true/radius/1500/page/1?logcode=p
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Re: No way is this a 1963 car........
« Reply #1 on: 27 October 2011, 22:19:54 »

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No point in the younger members looking :D :D
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What is it?  ::) ::)
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Re: No way is this a 1963 car........
« Reply #2 on: 27 October 2011, 22:22:17 »

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No point in the younger members looking :D :D
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What is it?  ::) ::)

Ha Ha Ha.......... :D :D :D
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Re: No way is this a 1963 car........
« Reply #3 on: 27 October 2011, 22:25:22 »

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No point in the younger members looking :D :D
 ........ 

What is it?  ::) ::)

Ha Ha Ha.......... :D :D :D

 :y :y :y
I'll show it to a bloke at work. He's restoring an early Mini Cooper and is pretty clued up on Minis  :y
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Re: No way is this a 1963 car........
« Reply #4 on: 27 October 2011, 22:29:37 »

keep fit windows  no air con  thats not a car ;D
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Re: No way is this a 1963 car........
« Reply #5 on: 27 October 2011, 22:31:43 »

I reckon the only bits of that mini that date from 1963 are the number plates :D
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Re: No way is this a 1963 car........
« Reply #6 on: 27 October 2011, 22:35:04 »

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No point in the younger members looking :D :D
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What is it?  ::) ::)

Ha Ha Ha.......... :D :D :D

 :y :y :y
I'll show it to a bloke at work. He's restoring an early Mini Cooper and is pretty clued up on Minis  :y

Looks like been done up with newer parts, or stolen and on an old logbook / test etc, a trick often done with old Land Rovers, still see vehicle Papers/ID's for sale on ebay...... :(
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Re: No way is this a 1963 car........
« Reply #7 on: 27 October 2011, 23:03:54 »

well i dont know much about minis but even i know the rear lights are wrong
and i think that number plate is not orginal and is a age related plate.
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Re: No way is this a 1963 car........
« Reply #8 on: 27 October 2011, 23:11:14 »

well i dont know much about minis but even i know the rear lights are wrongand i think that number plate is not orginal and is a age related plate.

And the dash, seats, door cards, wheels (current), chrome shite on it, steering wheel and loads more i reckon. Looks like a sack of shite.
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Re: No way is this a 1963 car........
« Reply #9 on: 27 October 2011, 23:28:31 »

This might help clear up some discrepancies  :y

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Re: No way is this a 1963 car........
« Reply #10 on: 27 October 2011, 23:37:13 »

Checking Google, i've found several sites alluding to the 'Radford Mini De-Ville'. These cars were coachbuilt by Radford & have some striking similarities to the one linked by Vamps :-\
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Re: No way is this a 1963 car........
« Reply #11 on: 28 October 2011, 00:17:51 »

Checking Google, i've found several sites alluding to the 'Radford Mini De-Ville'. These cars were coachbuilt by Radford & have some striking similarities to the one linked by Vamps :-\

No, that is a common or garden Mini re badged? something not right with it, suspect re badged and being sold by someone who genuinely believes it is what it is supposed to be, going to send him an email....
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Re: No way is this a 1963 car........
« Reply #12 on: 28 October 2011, 00:28:00 »

Email sent, can not put it on here cos it went through his system so not in my sent items... ::) ::) ::)
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Re: No way is this a 1963 car........
« Reply #13 on: 28 October 2011, 08:31:15 »

Checking Google, i've found several sites alluding to the 'Radford Mini De-Ville'. These cars were coachbuilt by Radford & have some striking similarities to the one linked by Vamps :-\

No, that is a common or garden Mini re badged? something not right with it, suspect re badged and being sold by someone who genuinely believes it is what it is supposed to be, going to send him an email....

I had a 1968 Mini but mine had sliding front windows. I remember this very well as the sliders used to fill up with moss.  ::) ::)  Also had a Cooper 'S' and 1275 GT  :y

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Re: No way is this a 1963 car........
« Reply #14 on: 28 October 2011, 11:27:25 »

aside from the cosmetic tart-up....
where have the external door hinges gone?
or the sliding windows?
or the bit of string which served as the inside door handle?
and the ankle straps?
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