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1963 Radford Mini de Ville [ADO50]

1963 Radford Mini de Ville [ADO50] in A Shot in the Dark, Movie, 1964

Class: Cars, Supermini — Model origin: — Made for:

1963 Radford Mini de Ville [ADO50]

01:01:08 Vehicle used by a character or in a car chase

Comments about this vehicle

Author	Message
Sunbar ◊ 2006-02-05 15:44	The very expensive Wood and Picket coachbuilt version (basket-weave side trim) as also owned I believe by Peter Sellers.
sixcyl ◊ 2006-02-05 16:31	...looks like "Parisienne" version of the Renault 4L in the early 60's
Sunbar ◊ 2006-03-27 12:25	Apologies...deleted the earlier post in error.....Thinking I was removing my own post. "Couldn't it be Radford coachbuilt version?" My Reply. Good thinking...... I had forgotten Radford did them as well. Using that I found the following about this exact car. There was a magazine piece about supposedly finding this exact car. "MINI WORLD - June 1994. Article about finding the Radford Mini de Ville that appeared in the film ‘SHOT IN THE DARK’." -- Last edit: 2006-03-27 12:30:53
veturiloj ◊ 2008-10-05 08:01	Il me semble que l'écusson sur le capot est "Morris" ?
chris40 ◊ 2008-10-05 10:41	Yes it is; and the badging on the boot-lid says Morris Cooper.
G-MANN ◊ 2010-01-21 22:14	Inspector Clouseau's (Peter Sellers) car. Spoiler - click here to see it At the end of the film Commissioner Dreyfus (Herbert Lom) puts a bomb under the bonnet and when the lights go out, Ballon (George Sanders) and his staff run outside and pile into the Mini and drive off and it explodes offscreen. This car belonged to Peter Sellers. I saw it at the Goodwood Festival of Speed last year: According to the sign in the 2nd thumbnail, it was made by Hooper. -- Last edit: 2010-01-27 01:58:57
robgeelen2 ◊ 2010-01-25 10:36	It is not a Radford...It is a Hooper Morris Mini, built twice for Peter Sellers,one in LHD one in RHD format.
G-MANN ◊ 2010-01-25 19:55	When I did a Google search on this, some people said the one used in the film was a replica of Sellers' car.
Sunbar ◊ 2010-01-26 13:44	As you say G-MANN... reportedly a Radford copy of the Hooper car owned by Peter Sellers. Link to "www.supercars.net" "In 1963 Peter Sellers ordered a lavishly trimmed Mini from Hooper Motor Services Ltd which was cloned by Radford for the Pink Panther sequel ‘A shot in the Dark’. "This was completely done by Radford on a left-hand drive 1963 Morris Mini Cooper. The film aired on June of 1964 and subsequently this car became one of the most famous of all Minis. The car was gifted to director Blake Edwards who took it with him to California."
Sunbar ◊ 2010-01-26 14:35	In addition the only picture I can find of Peter Sellers' RHD car is here. "Peter Sellers Cars Mini Cooper Swinging Sixties Collection May 63. Peter Sellers at the Hooper works in Kilburn London where he has had improvements made to the interior of his Mini Cooper" Link to "www.mediastorehouse.com" '6189 PK' has been unlicenced for some time (around the time of Peter Sellers death) so maybe scrapped or in a collection? Its colour is also Purple rather than Black in the LHD 'Shot in the Dark' version. The vehicle details for 6189 PK are: Date of Liability 01 03 1979 Date of First Registration 11 01 1963 Year of Manufacture 1963 Cylinder Capacity (cc) 1152CC CO2 Emissions Not Available Fuel Type Petrol Export Marker Not Applicable Vehicle Status Unlicensed Vehicle Colour PURPLE -- Last edit: 2010-01-26 15:16:39
dsl ◊ 2011-04-14 23:24	Recent photos of the Clouseau Mini http://forum.minicooper.org/showthread.php?t=7843&page=3 in a forum discussion on all Sellers Minis. As for 6189 PK interesting engine size - never come across a Mini 1152cc before, and that it is purple - the usual comment is that it was black. Seen briefly at end of http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyqqZno8Ktg . Also he had another Hooper Morris Cooper - not S - with wicker sides in very dark blue/purple, red interior, plate 57 PJ, which might be his first - modifications cost £2600. -- Last edit: 2011-04-15 12:41:25
cudak888 ◊ 2013-04-10 07:09	G-MANN wrote When I did a Google search on this, some people said the one used in the film was a replica of Sellers' car. Possibly, possibly not. Note that the car used in the wide shots in France (with the bus of gawkers at left) does not have fog lights in the grille. Either way, it doesn't match up to the car presently attributed to Sellers, nor the car shown in the photo with him. That said, the example with fog lights in the grille is used exclusively in the studio shots in England, and the traffic jam shot (which, near as I can figure it, is an outdoor set, also shot in England). -Kurt -- Last edit: 2013-04-10 07:09:39
Paolocito50 ◊ 2017-02-01 07:41	1152cc engine size is obtained on a BMC A series engine by boring a 1098cc engine .030" oversize.
dsl ◊ 2018-08-16 20:22	2469 NK75 was a 1963 plate. Agree based on Morris Mini Cooper - has normal wheels with trims, not wider Cooper S wheels. July 2009 auction entry (Coys, Blenheim Palace). Noted that film pics show F-spec reflectors in rear lights and that the 2009 sightings at auction and at Goodwood have wing mirrors not present in film. A nice model by Schuco (#08986), mis-described as 1967 Cooper S. It's actually very very dark blue rather than black and looks better in the metal than the pictures suggest.
mauriceoxford ◊ 2019-02-23 10:00	Just to add to what Kurt says above, there may have been three mini here. There's a long shot of the car travelling through the countryside after the nudist camp scene- that car has no sunroof, no spot lights and no white-wall tyres. Then the scene at the traffic lights next to the Renault bus - it suddenly has white-wall tyres but still no lamps or sun roof. Then there's the studio car fully equipped.
Sunbar ◊ 2019-02-23 14:52	Definitely at least two cars as above. The studio car for close-ups and the car for on-the-road scenes which (Mostly) has white-wall tyres but without lamps, sun roof or the bright strip at the base of the windscreen. -- Last edit: 2019-02-23 14:53:40
dsl ◊ 2019-02-23 15:41	Sunbar wrote ...and the car for on-the-road scenes ... Also normal sliding windows, and looks as if might be RHD?? Grille looks Cooper and has Morris bonnet badge, so probably a dressed-up-for-filming normal Cooper.
SixtiesSwing ◊ 2021-08-26 03:08	^ Yes. that is what I am thinking as I read through this thread, but you beat me to the thought by two years, dsl.....I remember rewatching this scene recently to identify differences, and could tell that the studio / backlot model was different from the one shot on location around Paris. But I overlooked the one used in France did not have a sun roof. Knowing this, and as I look at the pictures, I'm sure that the production put some sort of cladding on the sides to mimic the basketweave design. I could just be tan paint slapped on as this car wasn't in closeup from the outside. Very interesting thread!

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