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#1 mab01uk

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Posted 08 April 2020 - 07:38 PM

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Summary:
Gwyn Richards interview with Ralph Broad, the designer of the new Broadspeed GT Coupe, a modified Mini Cooper designed as a road car to run at up to 125mph.
Year: 1966
Duration: 0:03:57
Description:

We see the competition version of the Broadspeed GT Coupe being tested at high speed at Oulton Park in Cheshire. Gwyn Richards interviews Ralph Broad about the aims of the car which will sell for £1495 and it is hoped will appeal to the American market.

Broadspeed Engineering were based at Sparkbrook in Birmingham.

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https://www.macearch...6-modified-mini

 

For sale last year:-

https://www.carandcl...uk/car/C1027834

 

Sporting Minis:-
Ralph Broad and John Fitzpatrick put the new Broadspeed GTS through its paces at Oulton Park in 1966.
Scroll down to 7th April:-
https://en-gb.facebo...esportingminis/


Edited by mab01uk, 09 April 2020 - 04:01 PM.


#2 sledgehammer

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Posted 08 April 2020 - 08:17 PM

1966 , 125 mph  in a mini

 

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nice video / film clip






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