1961 Austin 850 Super 'Parisienne' MkI [ADO15]

1961 Austin 850 MkI [ADO15] in Climats, Movie, 1962

Class: Cars, Supermini — Model origin: — Made for:

Vehicle used by a character or in a car chase

Author	Message
50sParis ◊ 2022-10-21 18:08
Lateef ◊ 2022-10-21 18:35	An expensive one with that basket-weave pattern - Radford or Hooper?
Lateef ◊ 2022-10-21 19:53	@electra225: what's an "Austin Mini 850 Ratford"? Most are listed with Radford as make, so I'm changing this back to 'unknown' for now.
dsl ◊ 2022-10-21 21:47	I don't think this is a Radford, Hooper or any of the other UK luxury conversions because they seem to have first emerged in 1963. The only upgrades I can see are the wicker effect and possibly a sidemarker on front wing - everything else (sliding windows, interior as far as it can be glimpsed, wheels) looks normal French Austin 850, with the dinky little added reflectors on rear units. So a local dress-up like the R4 Parisienne - was that an official factory-made model or a popular (dealer-fitted) accessory?? Was it stick-on fablon or similar.