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Solved - NEH 58: Morris Minor Special 1958
« on: November 02, 2009, 11:59:56 AM »
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Re: NEH 58
« Reply #1 on: November 09, 2009, 07:50:09 AM »
Up to the Experts then..
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Re: NEH 58
« Reply #2 on: November 11, 2009, 04:22:41 PM »
Is it Triumph-based?
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Re: NEH 58
« Reply #3 on: November 11, 2009, 06:18:11 PM »
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Re: NEH 58
« Reply #4 on: November 20, 2009, 07:58:04 AM »
Time for another move up..
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Re: NEH 58
« Reply #5 on: February 12, 2010, 12:56:15 PM »
Damn, I saw this somewhere very recently but thought it had already been solved long ago.  Unfortunately I can't remember where I saw the answer  Double damn!:-\
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Re: NEH 58
« Reply #6 on: February 12, 2010, 07:08:41 PM »
Damn, I saw this somewhere very recently but thought it had already been solved long ago.  Unfortunately I can't remember where I saw the answer  Double damn!:-\

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Re: NEH 58
« Reply #7 on: February 13, 2010, 01:38:13 PM »
British based ?

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Re: NEH 58
« Reply #8 on: February 13, 2010, 07:30:30 PM »
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Re: NEH 58
« Reply #9 on: February 15, 2010, 03:33:48 PM »
I vaguely seem to recall that it might be Ford-based.  True or false?
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Re: NEH 58
« Reply #10 on: February 15, 2010, 04:14:29 PM »
I vaguely seem to recall that it might be Ford-based.  True or false?

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Re: NEH 58
« Reply #11 on: March 11, 2010, 04:37:48 PM »
"A Morris Minor with a difference: a rather bizarre special-bodied version, snapped in the London SE area in the late sixties. It had a top-hinged glass-panelled tailgate allowing access to a rear-facing back seat."
That's all what my source reports!

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Re: NEH 58
« Reply #12 on: March 12, 2010, 04:39:08 AM »
"A Morris Minor with a difference: a rather bizarre special-bodied version, snapped in the London SE area in the late sixties. It had a top-hinged glass-panelled tailgate allowing access to a rear-facing back seat."
That's all what my source reports!

Same site I got the photo from so that says it all really!
The only thing I can add is that it dates from 1958, so at that time it must have looked right up-to-the-minute with its twin headlights!
Looks home-made to me.
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