1964 Radford Mini de Ville Grande Luxe [ADO50]

1964 Radford Mini de Ville [ADO50] in Look at Life: Fings Are Getting Smaller, Documentary, 1964

Class: Cars, Supermini — Model origin:

Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene

Author	Message
dsl ◊ 2014-02-24 13:52	1964 Radford Mini De Ville "Grande Luxe" - http://mk1-performance-conversions.co.uk/rad_sir.pdf - based on Mini Cooper (not S at this stage in 64) - this is Morris grille with thicker bars, modified by Benelite. Features seem to match (grille, sunroof, dashboard, door windows, headlight surrounds - apparently from Riley 1.5 etc. I suspect it may be a Radford demonstrator - see some of the detail pictures in http://www.radfordmini.free-online.co.uk/ of white car with red interior; also it looks as if Radford demonstrator cars had registrations x 1000 or xx 1000 - R 1000 also seen on a black one http://www.radfordmini.free-online.co.uk/history.htm and there was a coffe-and-cream used in the Adam Adamant TV series AA 1000.
chris40 ◊ 2014-02-24 13:58	Isn't that an Austin Cooper badge?
dsl ◊ 2014-02-24 14:55	Yes. I think the Benelite grilles only came in Morris format - all Radford photos I can find show this fewer-but-thicker bars style.
dsl ◊ 2014-02-24 14:57	Interior at /i679388.jpg
jcb ◊ 2014-02-26 11:51	This really is a smart interior, lot better tham ny old Mini van ! -- Last edit: 2014-02-26 11:52:04