Microplas

The Mistral was Microplas’s second body design announced in April 1955 and intended for the Ford Ten.

Ashton was a former RAF fighter pilot, Lotus Mark VI amateur racer, and MG car company worker.

Goodwin sold the Mistral for a couple of years before selling Sports Car Engineering to company Du Crest Fiberglass in 1958.

[5] A Dunedin company, Emslie and Flockton Limited, also made and sold the Mistral under licence after Blackburn had moved to Australia, possibly with Weltex's mould.

[8] One of the Weltex Mistral bodies was fitted to the Stanton Special, which set the New Zealand land speed record at that time.

Several of the cars were built and successfully raced but demand was insufficient for a sustainable business and the venture ended.

[11] An American built Mistral, on an Austin Healey chassis, was used in a scene from the 1966 Elvis Presley movie Spinout.