Ogle SX 1000 from 1963 - miniature GT with concours potential
Summary
Between 1962 and 1963, the Ogle company built 69 Mini-based Ogle SX 1000s. With their attractive plastic bodywork, these vehicles were intended to combine the advantages of the Mini with the fashionable look of a Granturismo. The result was convincing, but was difficult to sell due to the high price. This vehicle report portrays the sixth-last Ogle SX 1000 and tells the story of this rare British car, supplemented by two sales brochures and historical photographic material.
This article contains the following chapters
- Ogle's second attempt
- Based on an unnamed Mini
- In six colors
- No lighter than a Mini
- Fast and economical
- Once as a racing version
- A loss-making rarity
- On board number 60
- Fully restored and overhauled
- Further information
Estimated reading time: 8min
Preview (beginning of the article)
There is a whole series of sports cars that share their technical platform with the Mini of the sixties, for example the Unipower, the Mini-Marcos, the Deep Sanderson, the Nota Fang or the Ogle SX 1000. Of all these cars, the Ogle was clearly the prettiest, as its shape was the work of the talented designer David Ogle. But this did not make it a good deal. The Ogle SX 1000 was not the first Ogle sports car. As early as 1960, David Ogle, a talented industrial designer who dreamed of being an equal to Italian design in the core discipline, had already created the Ogle SX 1000. With the Ogle 1.5, the enterprising young man presented a handsome sports car for the discerning businessman of the time. Under the plastic bodywork was Riley 1.5 technology and an engine with 68 hp. However, with a price tag of £ 1,574, the car was difficult to sell and production was stopped after just eight examples.
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