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Solved - NEH 5523: ADO 36 Austin-Healey version of Mini-based small sports car
« on: December 31, 2019, 08:41:23 AM »
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Re: NEH 5523
« Reply #1 on: January 03, 2020, 05:23:16 AM »
It has some similarities with the Autobianchi Primula from far away, is it Italian?
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Re: NEH 5523
« Reply #2 on: January 03, 2020, 05:49:21 AM »
It's not Italian, though there was some Italian input.
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Re: NEH 5523
« Reply #3 on: January 03, 2020, 05:51:53 AM »
British?
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Re: NEH 5523
« Reply #4 on: January 03, 2020, 06:59:56 AM »
Yes!
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Re: NEH 5523
« Reply #5 on: January 03, 2020, 07:11:16 AM »
Vanden Plas?
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Re: NEH 5523
« Reply #6 on: January 03, 2020, 07:54:30 AM »
No..
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Re: NEH 5523
« Reply #7 on: January 03, 2020, 08:09:18 AM »
Is it ADO16 based?
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Re: NEH 5523
« Reply #8 on: January 03, 2020, 08:40:39 AM »
No.
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Re: NEH 5523
« Reply #9 on: January 03, 2020, 10:05:02 AM »
There is a slight Gilbern feel as well.
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Re: NEH 5523
« Reply #10 on: January 03, 2020, 02:39:11 PM »
I see what you mean but it's nothing to do with Gilbern!
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Re: NEH 5523
« Reply #11 on: January 05, 2020, 09:39:44 AM »
ADO36, Austin-Healey version of the proposed midget/sprite replacement.
I spend too much time on ARonline!
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Re: NEH 5523
« Reply #12 on: January 05, 2020, 10:28:32 AM »
Yes indeed.
And to answer the initial question: who is thought to be responsible for designing it?
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Re: NEH 5523
« Reply #13 on: January 05, 2020, 11:49:21 AM »
ARonline says Burzi,
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Re: NEH 5523
« Reply #14 on: January 05, 2020, 02:01:08 PM »
That's it, yes.  It's the Austin-Healey version of ADO 34, the Mini-based small MG roadster.
It's said to have been initially designed by Pininfarina and was believed to have been altered into the ADO 36 Austin-Healey version by Dick Burzi.  None of them ever came to the market of course.  Far too modern for BMC, who much preferred to soldier on with ancient designs which they passed off as 'classic' sports cars..!
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