Mistral (car brand)

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Mistral or Ford Mistral was a New Zealand car brand.

Brand history

The company Mistral Cars from Christchurch began in 1957 with the production of automobiles and kit cars . From 1959 to 1960, Weltex Plastics continued production from the same location. The last manufacturer was Emslie and Flockton from Dunedin from 1960 to 1962 . A source confirms Weltex Plastics under the direction of Bob Blackburn and Emslie and Flockton , although written there by Elmslie & Flockton Limited .

Other sources name Blackwell Engineering or Mistral (Ford) Cars as the only manufacturer and 1952 to 1957 as the production period. However, all years before 1955 are excluded.

The only known production number relates to production at Weltex Plastics and is ten complete vehicles and ten bodies. However, the production period (1956–1960) does not match.

Roger Wilson tried to resume production in 1989.

vehicles

The English manufacturer Micron Plastics presented its Mistral model in the spring of 1955. The New Zealanders adopted the shape of the body. The model name was Cropduster . The basis was its own chassis , designed by Graeme Dennison. An open body made of fiberglass was mounted on top. The roadster offered space for two seats.

As a drive is four-cylinder engine from Ford with 58 hp power called. This allowed a top speed of 160 km / h. Another source precisely names the engines of the Ford E 93 A ( Ford Prefect ), Ford 100 E ( Ford Anglia and Ford Popular ) and Ford 105 E (Ford Anglia).

The following prices have been handed down:

  • Chassis £ 95
  • Body 135 pounds
  • Kit 600 pounds
  • Complete vehicle 900 pounds

The vehicles were used in 74 car races over the course of two years and achieved 37 places in the points.

A German bought a vehicle in New Zealand, imported it to Germany and received TÜV approval. As German marks are GI TK 11 and HP-ZW 84 survived.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Allcarindex (English, accessed December 6, 2015)
  2. ↑ a b d'Auto (Dutch, accessed December 6, 2015)
  3. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l Wind-Fang. In: Oldtimer Markt , edition 11/1990, pp. 24–25.
  4. ↑ a b c d e f g New Zealand Mistral Register (accessed December 6, 2015)
  5. ↑ a b GTÜ Society for Technical Monitoring mbH (accessed December 6, 2015)
  6. ↑ a b c d e f Ford special vehicles: Microplas (including Mistral) (English, accessed December 6, 2015)