Ogle returns to Goodwood - 51 years later

I understand that Goodwood's Revival meeting was quite fabulous again, emphasizing on Jaguar, Ford's GT40 and Aston Martin this year. But at least one Mini derivative made it over to the West Sussex venue: an Ogle SX1000. The light blue car has been seen there before and actually is one of the original Ogle demonstrators. Or should I say was? I understand it was restored a couple of years ago using a Nostalgia NC1000 shell as the original car was too far gone to be rescued. I dug up a few historical pictures, one of them actually taken at Goodwood back in 1962! 51 Years on the car was there again, now on Nostalgia Cars' display together with a brand new chassis. That last looks bound to become a race car. Thanks Andy Downes for the Goodwood pictures!

'VJN 392' when it was new in 1962. Note black grille and Austin badge

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The car with chassis number 4 was used as Ogle's demonstrator for a while

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The same car also made it to one of the brochures for the Ogle SX1000

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And a rare colour picture showing it was gold. Taken at Goodwood in 1962

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51 Years later it's at Goodwood again, now blue and with 12 inch wheels

Picture courtesy Andy Downes

The car was restored some years ago using a Nostalgia NC1000 shell

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Nostalgia Cars continues building 'Ogle continuations' This looks to become a racer

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