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Solved - NEH 5587: ABS Coupé Roof
« on: July 11, 2020, 12:04:56 PM »
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Re: NEH 5587
« Reply #1 on: July 11, 2020, 09:14:59 PM »
Mini Buckle Monaco with additional body kit?

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Re: NEH 5587
« Reply #2 on: July 12, 2020, 04:07:51 AM »
Nothing to do with Buckle..
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Re: NEH 5587
« Reply #3 on: July 13, 2020, 03:34:05 PM »
Is it the Mini Dedez from Ecurie De Dez converted in Southern Australia?

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Re: NEH 5587
« Reply #4 on: July 13, 2020, 05:38:09 PM »
'Fraid not..
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Re: NEH 5587
« Reply #5 on: July 25, 2020, 04:27:24 AM »
Experts?
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Re: NEH 5587
« Reply #6 on: July 25, 2020, 09:32:55 AM »
This is one where I have to ask "Why?".  It won't be any lighter or faster.  It isn't any roomier - in fact there's less rear headroom. The boot is no bigger.  It is different,.  But is it better looking?
Having had my little rant, I'd better ask a question:  Was this modification made in Britain?
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Re: NEH 5587
« Reply #7 on: July 25, 2020, 10:41:05 AM »
Checking the picture carefully, this looks like a detachable hardtop?

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Re: NEH 5587
« Reply #8 on: July 25, 2020, 01:36:41 PM »
This is one where I have to ask "Why?".  It won't be any lighter or faster.  It isn't any roomier - in fact there's less rear headroom. The boot is no bigger.  It is different,.  But is it bettwr looking?
Having had my little rant, I'd better ask a question:  Was this modification made in Britain?

Well of course appearance can be everything. There are people who will pay for something, however practical it is or not, that's a bit different.
Yes, it is British.

Checking the picture carefully, this looks like a detachable hardtop?

No, it's not detachable.
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Re: NEH 5587
« Reply #9 on: July 25, 2020, 05:54:35 PM »
Lawrie Stewart's development of Ralph Broad's Broadspeed Mini GT ?

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Re: NEH 5587
« Reply #10 on: July 26, 2020, 04:07:44 AM »
Not that.
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Re: NEH 5587
« Reply #11 on: July 28, 2020, 04:55:42 PM »
A.B.S. Coupe Roof Conversion kit
A.B.S. Group
East Halton, North Lincolnshire, UK

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Re: NEH 5587
« Reply #12 on: July 29, 2020, 03:56:47 AM »
That's right.
Well done.
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Re: Solved - NEH 5587: ABS Coupé Roof
« Reply #13 on: July 29, 2020, 06:37:38 AM »
I only want to notice, that I asked, "Checking the picture carefully, this looks like a detachable hardtop?" You answered me, with, "..not detachable..."
The info-sheet of A.B.S.-Group tells another truth....

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Re: Solved - NEH 5587: ABS Coupé Roof
« Reply #14 on: July 29, 2020, 08:13:09 AM »
So I see, but the information I was working from didn't mention that.
See below, where it says the car was available as a cabrio or a coupé, which I assumed was their take on the Broadspeed/Buckle style of Mini coupé.
I did check for more information on the Internet but couldn't find anything.
Maybe it's because I didn't put the full stops in..

Sorry anyway but I could only work from the facts I had to hand.
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Re: Solved - NEH 5587: ABS Coupé Roof
« Reply #15 on: July 29, 2020, 04:31:13 PM »
Never mind, it gets absolutely ok for me. I only saw all the gaps on the top of the windshield and at A-, B- and C-pillars, but I had no idea on A.B.S.-Group at all...