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Zoe H - Bernard Buys a Car
He peers in through the window, 'Ah yes, there it is, a tad pricy but just the thing for the family...' he thinks.
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'...and what luck, Martin doesn't look too busy either.'
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Thank you, Julie, I knew you would be able to clear that one up for us! A much more complicated evolution than I imagined.
Mr H just told me this 1:18 scale model is made by Kyosho.
Mr H just told me this 1:18 scale model is made by Kyosho.
Zoe H says...
I think you're right about the Mini, Freda but I think it's a 'Countryman'. It's smaller than the Morris Traveller but it still doesn't fit into Ophelia's Triang 61 garage, the little BMW Isetta she owns was the only one he Mr H could find that would fit in there.
When they were first introduced (1959), Minis were sold under both the Austin AND Morris brands - the two companies had been incorporated into BMC (British Motor Corporation), later known as British Leyland. The Austin Mini was first sold as the "Austin Seven"; the Morris Mini as the Morris Mini-Minor (emphasis on "Mini"). This was a marketing strategy to associate it with the long-established and very popular Morris Minor. The Austin version of the estate model was the "Countryman", the "Traveller" was from Morris - its ponderous full title is the Morris Mini-Minor Traveller.
The "Clubman" range, with its more square front wasn't introduced until 1969, the year that these wood-trimmed estates had been discontinued. (The Clubman was available as both a saloon and an estate. We had a bright yellow Clubman saloon in 1972!).
Zoe H says...
I think you're right about the Mini, Freda but I think it's a 'Countryman'. It's smaller than the Morris Traveller but it still doesn't fit into Ophelia's Triang 61 garage, the little BMW Isetta she owns was the only one he Mr H could find that would fit in there.
Yes, Mini Countryman rings a bell. I wouldn't mind giving it a spin myself. It looks perfect.
Really super little car and I love Martin, the car salesman's pose. All really excellent scene.
Freda Knight says...
Hey - this is lovely - is it a Mini Clubman? At first, I thought it was a Morris Minor because of the wood detail, but think it is a mini. Poor Edith Dolltea would love this....
I think you're right about the Mini, Freda but I think it's a 'Countryman'. It's smaller than the Morris Traveller but it still doesn't fit into Ophelia's Triang 61 garage, the little BMW Isetta she owns was the only one he Mr H could find that would fit in there.
Hey - this is lovely - is it a Mini Clubman? At first, I thought it was a Morris Minor because of the wood detail, but think it is a mini. Poor Edith Dolltea would love this....
No, not this one, Valerie. I can't remember the make but it was a brand new 1:18 die cast model that Mr H bought for me when I got the Princess 2 - he seems to see it as his job to acquire appropriate cars for each of my garages, which is fine by me!
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