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Solved - NEH 3241: RMB Minilectro - 1982

Started by Carnut, January 21, 2014, 07:54:55 AM

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Carnut

January 21, 2014, 07:54:55 AM Last Edit: May 23, 2020, 03:12:48 PM by Djetset
What's this and who built it - for 1 point?:

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Majeko

#1
January 21, 2014, 08:29:41 AM
Mini Margrave by Wood and Pickett?

Carnut

#2
January 21, 2014, 09:04:09 AM
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Carnut

#3
February 04, 2014, 06:02:54 AM
Experts?
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Carnut

#4
February 18, 2014, 04:42:53 AM
Up to the Pro's then...
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Wendax

#5
February 18, 2014, 05:40:27 AM
From Switzerland, by Emil Frey?

Carnut

#6
February 18, 2014, 05:42:11 AM
Quote from: Wendax on February 18, 2014, 05:40:27 AM
From Switzerland, by Emil Frey?

Not at all, no.
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AlexFrance

#7
February 18, 2014, 06:21:16 AM
Was it modified in the UK?

Carnut

#8
February 18, 2014, 06:24:19 AM
Quote from: AlexFrance on February 18, 2014, 06:21:16 AM
Was it modified in the UK?

It's not a modified car, but it was built in the UK.
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AlexFrance

#9
February 18, 2014, 07:53:12 AM
Quote from: Carnut on February 18, 2014, 06:24:19 AM
Quote from: AlexFrance on February 18, 2014, 06:21:16 AM
Was it modified in the UK?

It's not a modified car, but it was built in the UK.

So could it be a proposal or concept built by Austin?

Carnut

#10
February 18, 2014, 08:49:07 AM
It's nothing to do with Austin AFAIK.
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Wendax

#11
February 18, 2014, 09:03:32 AM
Proposal for a Vanden Plas Mini?

nicanary

#12
February 18, 2014, 11:24:38 AM
It appears to be a later BL Mini, maybe a Sprite from the 80s. By then the fad for luxury conversions was well-past. Was this a privately-modified car, or was it available to purchase?
I must be right - that's what it says on Wikipedia

Carnut

#13
February 18, 2014, 11:54:52 AM
Quote from: Wendax on February 18, 2014, 09:03:32 AM
Proposal for a Vanden Plas Mini?

No, it's nothing to do with BL..

Quote from: nicanary on February 18, 2014, 11:24:38 AM
It appears to be a later BL Mini, maybe a Sprite from the 80s. By then the fad for luxury conversions was well-past. Was this a privately-modified car, or was it available to purchase?

It does a bit, but it's not one.
It was proposed to offer it I believe, though I'm not sure what BL would have thought of that...!
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Wendax

#14
February 18, 2014, 12:58:23 PM
Phaeton by Automobilia?

D-type

#15
February 18, 2014, 04:33:19 PM
It is shorter than a normal Mini.  Is it a Mini body [front end] on another base?
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Wendax

#16
February 18, 2014, 04:44:38 PM
Wheels could be from a Reliant. Is it Kitten-based?

Djetset

#17
February 18, 2014, 04:45:09 PM
Going from memory as out of the country at the moment, but is this the Electric Mini, made in the 1980s by RMB, better known as the people that made the Gentry TF kit car?
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Carnut

#18
February 18, 2014, 07:03:38 PM
Quote from: Wendax on February 18, 2014, 12:58:23 PM
Phaeton by Automobilia?

No,

Quote from: D-type on February 18, 2014, 04:33:19 PM
It is shorter than a normal Mini.  Is it a Mini body [front end] on another base?

I don't know if uses any Mini parts apart from perhaps some of the lights, door hardware and maybe glass.

Quote from: Wendax on February 18, 2014, 04:44:38 PM
Wheels could be from a Reliant. Is it Kitten-based?

No.
Quote from: Djetset on February 18, 2014, 04:45:09 PM
Going from memory as out of the country at the moment, but is this the Electric Mini, made in the 1980s by RMB, better known as the people that made the Gentry TF kit car?

What a memory!
Yes, this is made in glassfibre by RMB and is obviously a copy of the Mini, though as I said I don't know if it uses many Mini parts (I don't think the grille is even a real Mini grille).
It is an electric car, but it does have a name which is not The Electric Mini, so I'll lock it for you to reach into the depths of that memory and see if you can come up with it!
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Carnut

#19
February 20, 2014, 04:25:53 AM
Djetset has asked me to unlock this one so it's open to all again.
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Oswald

#20
March 02, 2014, 12:10:24 PM
It's the Mini Lectro built by Roger Blockley and powered by an electric motor and ten 6-Volt batteries. It dates from 1982.
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Carnut

#21
March 03, 2014, 04:52:46 AM
Quote from: Oswald on March 02, 2014, 12:10:24 PM
It's the Mini Lectro built by Roger Blockley and powered by an electric motor and ten 6-Volt batteries. It dates from 1982.

Yes indeed, that's the name.
If anyone was going to know I thought it would be you or Quiller!

Here's the original picture:

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