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| Author: | PDJ [ Mon Sep 17, 2012 7:47 pm ] |
| Post subject: | God bless America |
I know the Yanks destroyed the looks of the E Type and MGB Roadster. Didn't know they got their craws into the Mini too. 
[img][img]http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m499/pdj2579/1C9578897EFC5A274615BC63F548A.jpg[/img] [/img] This is at this years Goodwood. http://cars.uk.msn.com/features/images. ... 56#image=1 |
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| Author: | danny_ [ Mon Sep 17, 2012 7:55 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: God bless America |
PDJ wrote: I know the Yanks destroyed the looks of the E Type and MGB Roadster. Didn't know they got their craws into the Mini too.
[img][img]http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m499/pdj2579/1C9578897EFC5A274615BC63F548A.jpg[/img] [/img] This is at this years Goodwood. http://cars.uk.msn.com/features/images. ... 56#image=1 I feel like crying. They have now destroyed 2 cars i so dearly love.. E-Type and the mini. |
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| Author: | MG Rocket [ Mon Sep 17, 2012 7:55 pm ] |
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The girls in the above photo look deliciously English 'tho. Here is another square headlight mini from the same photo selection. 
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| Author: | Moriarty [ Mon Sep 17, 2012 8:15 pm ] |
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If you look closely on that second pic, it looks like a Radford badge, and of course they were famous for (amongst other things), fitting square headlights to their coachwork Minis. Also electric windows and a hatchback conversion... (Nifty link here, altho no headlight pics: http://www.aronline.co.uk/blogs/2011/07/27/mini-%E2%80%93-classic-radford-conversions/) |
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| Author: | JC [ Mon Sep 17, 2012 8:41 pm ] |
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What leads you to think they're US? The top one is RHD. |
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| Author: | Racing Green [ Mon Sep 17, 2012 9:06 pm ] |
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Both mini's above are Steward & Arden conversions, the Sprint model I guess. 100% British. The rectangular headlamps used by Radford were way bigger then that. |
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| Author: | d1ck0 [ Mon Sep 17, 2012 9:39 pm ] |
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Didn't the Americans go the other way for a while. Everything had to have round headlights, so the xjs got round lights with big glass surrounds, as did volvo 245's etc. Dicko. |
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| Author: | Timbo [ Mon Sep 17, 2012 10:57 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: God bless America |
PDJ wrote: I know the Yanks destroyed the looks of the E Type and MGB Roadster. Didn't know they got their craws into the Mini too.
That's a Cooper Car Company Traveller, one of six built by Coopers. They had full Cooper S running gear in a Traveller body. I'm pretty sure John Cooper wasn't a yank. 
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| Author: | braad [ Tue Sep 18, 2012 9:18 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: God bless America |
PDJ wrote: I know the Yanks destroyed the looks of the E Type and MGB Roadster. Didn't know they got their craws into the Mini too.
[img][img]http://i1128.photobucket.com/albums/m499/pdj2579/1C9578897EFC5A274615BC63F548A.jpg[/img] [/img] This is at this years Goodwood. http://cars.uk.msn.com/features/images. ... 56#image=1 Well you'd be amazed at the conversions/customisation that happened with minis in the 60's & 70's! Radford was one of many. It seemed at one point that everyone worth their salt as a coachbuilder customised a mini. Many were...errrr...odd looking |
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| Author: | MINImal effort [ Tue Sep 18, 2012 11:19 am ] |
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Fitting Mercedes headlights was done in the sixties.... 
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| Author: | PDJ [ Tue Sep 18, 2012 11:37 am ] |
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My bad. 
The big bumpers, indicator/side light unit and especially the orange reflectors on the wings are all very typically American. I quite like the black one though. |
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| Author: | MG Rocket [ Tue Sep 18, 2012 11:40 am ] |
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For some reason...that actually... sorta' works. Not saying it's great....... |
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| Author: | MG Rocket [ Tue Sep 18, 2012 11:43 am ] |
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PDJ wrote: My bad.
The big bumpers, indicator/side light unit and especially the orange reflectors on the wings are all very typically American. I think it might have added chrome strips across the bonnet and down the side..... Made to appeal to the American market perhaps? |
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| Author: | Morris 1100 [ Tue Sep 18, 2012 3:57 pm ] |
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d1ck0 wrote: Didn't the Americans go the other way for a while. Everything had to have round headlights, so the xjs got round lights with big glass surrounds, as did volvo 245's etc.
Dicko. The USA rules was everything had to have sealed beam headlights. So they ended up with thing like this... 
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| Author: | d1ck0 [ Tue Sep 18, 2012 6:39 pm ] |
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Morris 1100 wrote: d1ck0 wrote: Didn't the Americans go the other way for a while. Everything had to have round headlights, so the xjs got round lights with big glass surrounds, as did volvo 245's etc. Dicko. The USA rules was everything had to have sealed beam headlights. So they ended up with thing like this... Might do that to my Leyland Mini........
Dicko. |
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