More images of Uruguayan Mini based coupe emerge

I have recently been sent some more magazine-sourced images of the mysterious Padován GT and thought it would be a good moment to see if someone might just remember it.
Inspired by the Mini Marcos and / or MiniJem the car was built by a Mr. Padován in fifteen days only using a full fiberglass body and 1300cc Morris Mini Cooper power. The GT was first seen at the Autódromo de Rivera in Uruguay in 1967 and it is one of only two Uruguayan Mini variants that I know of.

There is also some film footage of the Padován GT when it was driven by a man named Victor Paullier while I have also come across the name of Rafael Paullier, see the moving images and some more pics here. Who knows more about it?

This is the Padován GT, driven here by Rafael Paullier at the Uruguayan El Pinar circuit

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The low and sleek Morris Cooper based car was built in 15 days by Mr. Padován 

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The Padován GT was also driven by Victor Paullier, seen here using number 25

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More sketchy images show the back of it, too. 'The car was all stability', wrote one report

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While this is a film still of it in colour. Film footage is available, too

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Film footage of Uruguayan Padován GT

It is one of the more unlikely Mini derivatives: the Padován GT, as seen in Maximum Mini 3. The car made its debut at the Autódromo de Rivera in Uruguay 50 years ago and together with the Torrendell Special they are the only two Uruguayan Mini variants that I know of.

According to an article in local motor magazine Revista Automundo Mr. Padován had built his GT in just fifteen days, with inspiration from the Mini Marcos or MiniJem and also a full fiberglass body. The car came home second that race. I was much surprised to come across film footage of the car in action, driven by a man named Victor Paullier during a race a year later with some more interesting Specials, see it attached below. I also found a couple of more photographs of the car at the track. Enjoy them.

Padován GT is featured in this lovely amateur film footage, taken in Uruguay in 1968
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Line up with some interesting Specials. Padován GT, number 25, is right in the center of the grid

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And off they go. 11 Cars made it to the 'Liebre' class - which seems pretty much like 'Anything goes'

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Padován GT, driven by Victor Paullier, came last during this race, but came 2nd at its debut in '67

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This photograph was taken at that debut at the Autódromo de Rivera in Uruguay 50 years ago 

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