You may remember the Wood & Pickett Mini Margrave spotted in an underground car park in Cannes two years ago (see here). The question was: is it the same car as '50 MAR'? That's the Mini Margrave Elite with all the bells and whistles, also known at one stage as 'World's most expensive Mini'. Despite the horrid Mercedes-grille and landau roof conversion many details definitely pointed in that direction. The thing was that we couldn't see anything of the car's interior.
Until now, as Wood & Pickett-owner John Reynolds got in touch, writing: "Working in Nice, France today. So thrashed the hire car to the madness of Cannes to see if I could find that Mini Margrave. I could. And it was great to see a car I had a photo of on my bedroom wall growing up. Those windows are so dark! But… that orange piping and the 'super elite' armrest are there." So, what do you guys think?
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Until now, as Wood & Pickett-owner John Reynolds got in touch, writing: "Working in Nice, France today. So thrashed the hire car to the madness of Cannes to see if I could find that Mini Margrave. I could. And it was great to see a car I had a photo of on my bedroom wall growing up. Those windows are so dark! But… that orange piping and the 'super elite' armrest are there." So, what do you guys think?
There it is with a Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow as a stable mate. Also a W&P car?
Picture courtesy John Reynolds
Double exhausts, triple antennas, low rear screen, modified boot lid - it's all there
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And there's the interior - well… only just as the windows are pitch dark. It does match, though
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And the same goes for those 10" Minilite wheels with rare spinners
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AOM initials on door must be the car's current owner? Or are they Sheik Omar's?
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Dusty but dry stored. Does this car get driven at all? '111 UN' is on sorn since 1999
Picture courtesy John Reynolds