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[mab01uk]

Fashion designer Dame Mary Quant has died aged 93, her family has announced:-

https://www.bbc.co.u...t-arts-65265531

 

 

1988 Rover Mini Designer by Mary Quant.

https://www.rwclassi...miles-from-new/

 

 

[Designer]

And very few Mini designers left in original form, here is one.

 

It would be nice to see pictures of others.

 

 

Edited by Designer, 14 April 2023 - 06:50 AM.

[bpirie1000]

I have to say RIP i had an association with a Quant back in the day and it was a learning experience restoring it but having checked online it has unfortunatly not made it.

Rip Mary.

[Steam]

Sad loss. Mini cars and mini skirts. What a Lady!!

[madazv8]

My first mini was an F Reg mini Designer, in white. 

[Designer]

Can you remember the Reg No. I will look it up and see if it is still on the road.

They were all F Reg except for 4 I think that were E Reg as they were used for press releases and marketing before full production of the Limited Editions in Black and White began. I do not know if the E Reg ones were all Black or both colours as I have only seen a Black one and that was in 1999 at the London to Brighton.

 

I have just answered my own query if you look closely you can see the White one in the picture above is an E Reg. It is E 477 L J _  . I cannot make out the last letter. It cannot be D as that complete Reg No is for an Austin Mini Red Hot, its MOT expired  May 2016. If it is a B or C or G or O then there is no record of the car.

Edited by Designer, 14 April 2023 - 07:16 PM.

[madazv8]

Doesn’t look like it survived.  It was starting to rust when I sold it in early 90s.  Was F999WSJ.   Seems to have been painted also before its demise. 

[Designer]

As you say it would appear it did not last very long, which is a shame.