1958 Austin Seven Prototype MkI [XC9003]

1958 Austin Seven Prototype MkI [XC9003] in The Incredible Seven, Documentary, 1961

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00:03:51 Vehicle used by a character or in a car chase

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dsl ◊ 2015-07-04 20:14	This page for all the sequences with 096FC trade plate, and filmed at Chalgrove airfield, near Cowley And then its friend turns up Reused here - /vehicle_55903-Austin-Seven-Prototype-XC9003-1958.html I'm not sure exactly what to call this, and whether XC9003 is strictly correct. There are a lot of these van front Minis in the film, so BMC must have made a fair few, not just the recognised XC9003 in its final form (after 2 previous front designs). As both Longbridge and Cowley started assembling production spec Minis from April 59 (admittedly soft build hand assembly at first) these must be earlier, so 58 seems reasonable to cover them all. This one - unlike the others in the film - has an Austin bonnet badge which has been painted over, and rear lights are not quite production style. So 1958 Austin Seven Prototype MkI [XC9003] is my best guess for ID - I can't think of a better permutation.

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◊ 2015-07-04 20:14

This page for all the sequences with 096FC trade plate, and filmed at Chalgrove airfield, near Cowley

And then its friend turns up

Reused here - /vehicle_55903-Austin-Seven-Prototype-XC9003-1958.html

I'm not sure exactly what to call this, and whether XC9003 is strictly correct. There are a lot of these van front Minis in the film, so BMC must have made a fair few, not just the recognised XC9003 in its final form (after 2 previous front designs). As both Longbridge and Cowley started assembling production spec Minis from April 59 (admittedly soft build hand assembly at first) these must be earlier, so 58 seems reasonable to cover them all. This one - unlike the others in the film - has an Austin bonnet badge which has been painted over, and rear lights are not quite production style.

So 1958 Austin Seven Prototype MkI [XC9003] is my best guess for ID - I can't think of a better permutation.

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1958 Austin Seven Prototype MkI [XC9003]