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Re: NEH 5252
« Reply #1 on: May 04, 2018, 12:08:48 PM »
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Re: NEH 5252
« Reply #2 on: May 05, 2018, 09:07:12 AM »
Something is tickling my memory cells here - is it a Mistral body, but in aluminium rather than glassfibre.

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Re: NEH 5252
« Reply #3 on: May 05, 2018, 09:59:43 AM »
Something is tickling my memory cells here - is it a Mistral body, but in aluminium rather than glassfibre.

It's not actually a Mistral body; just looks exactly like one!
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Re: NEH 5252
« Reply #4 on: May 05, 2018, 03:58:19 PM »
Is it the original body the Mistral fibreglass body was moulded from?
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Re: NEH 5252
« Reply #5 on: May 06, 2018, 04:08:25 AM »
Is it the original body the Mistral fibreglass body was moulded from?

No, it's nothing to do with Microplas.
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Re: NEH 5252
« Reply #6 on: May 13, 2018, 07:08:38 PM »
It is a ford special with a John Offord Microplas copy body, in aluminium.

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Re: NEH 5252
« Reply #7 on: May 17, 2018, 11:49:56 AM »
It is a ford special with a John Offord Microplas copy body, in aluminium.

Exactly!
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