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GTO 51 Solved: Zagato BMC Mini CAT
« on: July 22, 2009, 07:15:21 AM »
One point for this cars ID, make and model required.  :)
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Re: GTO 51
« Reply #1 on: July 24, 2009, 05:19:47 AM »
This is the BMC Mini-based Zagato Mini Cat, made in glassfibre and based on the floorpan of the Minivan.
It was shown at the Earl's Court Motor Show, London in October 1961.
Inevitably Zagato were hoping for a production run but equally inevitably only the one was ever built...
Zagato did, however, use the basic design (but with a different front-end) for their Hillman Imp-based Zimp a couple of years later.
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Re: GTO 51
« Reply #2 on: July 24, 2009, 07:01:10 AM »
Yep. Well done and 1 point 2U  8)

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Re: GTO 51 Solved: Zagato BMC Mini CAT
« Reply #3 on: June 08, 2012, 04:40:28 PM »
They were probably being cute when they called it the "Mini Gatto", as in "BMC MINI zaGATTo".  I doubt they wanted "gatto" to be literally translated to "cat".

This car was up for auction on Ebay recently.  Reserve Not Met at $22K.  It is in really sad shape.

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Re: GTO 51 Solved: Zagato BMC Mini CAT
« Reply #4 on: September 15, 2017, 04:48:27 PM »
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