what is this car then?

It's a well known and popular kit car supplied by Beauford which uses a cut down Mini body on a seperate chassis with a choice of engines up front. That door catch is a Mini one, not a Lada item. The seats aren't from any Ford with that single post headrest, they came from a BMC/BL/Rover car (possibly even a Mini but I can't see enough of them to say) but the seat lifter handle and mech might well be a Fiesta bit.

I sold a couple of lovely Wood and Pickett Mini-Margrave dashboards to Beauford builders a few years back

I had never heard of them and they are in Stoke and I lived there for 12 years

Originally Posted by Lozzo

The seats aren't from any Ford with that single post headrest, they came from a BMC/BL/Rover car (possibly even a Mini but I can't see enough of them to say) but the seat lifter handle and mech might well be a Fiesta bit.

I sold a couple of lovely Wood and Pickett Mini-Margrave dashboards to Beauford builders a few years back

Well Both my mk1 fiesta supersport and 1.1 festival had single post headrests

Originally Posted by paiste

Well Both my mk1 fiesta supersport and 1.1 festival had single post headrests

I was thinking of later Fiestas, haven't had much to do with early ones.

Originally Posted by Razor

that 2.0 badge looks like a ford badge

Probably is a 2.0L Pinto engine. The chap over the road from me has two Beaufords that he uses for his wedding car business. Both are based on running gear from mk4/5 Cortinas. I personally preferred them when they were Cortinas

Not a fan of these I'm afraid, even though I can imagine a lot of effort going into them. A bit too pastiche for me.

the sticker that sead max speed of 45 put me right off lol

Originally Posted by independentphoto

They're often made up and then used as wedding wagons.

Here's one from 1990 - 20 years married this year....eak



I think this one had a Datsun straight six.

[Richie]

it's a Beaufoed open tourer 1993cc petrol engine registered on the 17 August 1981.
hth's Quiff :0)

[Spikenipple]