Author Topic: SAC#482: 1951 Cooper-MG  (Read 757 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline SACO

  • Professional
  • *
  • Posts: 16721
  • Country: fr
  • Puzzle Points 415
  • YearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYears
SAC#482: 1951 Cooper-MG
« on: May 26, 2013, 02:23:25 AM »
What car is this, and from when ? :)

Offline SACO

  • Professional
  • *
  • Posts: 16721
  • Country: fr
  • Puzzle Points 415
  • YearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYears
Re: SAC#482
« Reply #1 on: June 04, 2013, 02:11:25 AM »
Experts ?

Offline nicanary

  • Editor
  • *
  • Posts: 18259
  • Country: gb
  • Puzzle Points 610
  • YearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYears
Re: SAC#482
« Reply #2 on: June 04, 2013, 05:13:50 AM »
Ate those Cooper wheels ?
I must be right - that's what it says on Wikipedia

Offline Carnut

  • Editor
  • *
  • Posts: 40941
  • Country: gb
  • Puzzle Points 423
  • YearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYears
Re: SAC#482
« Reply #3 on: June 04, 2013, 05:45:33 AM »
Interests in life:  Cars, cars, cars - oh and ..er..cars

Offline targhediferro

  • Professional
  • *
  • Posts: 7788
  • Country: it
  • Puzzle Points 409
  • YearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYears
Re: SAC#482
« Reply #4 on: June 04, 2013, 06:50:14 AM »
Front fenders and bonnet look like Ferrari 166 by touring...but nothing else.

Offline D-type

  • Expert
  • *
  • Posts: 8130
  • Country: gb
  • Puzzle Points 251
  • A retired civil engineer interested in cars
  • YearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYears
Re: SAC#482
« Reply #5 on: June 04, 2013, 08:08:39 AM »
Tojeiro?
Duncan Rollo

The more you learn, the more you realise how little you know.

Offline nicanary

  • Editor
  • *
  • Posts: 18259
  • Country: gb
  • Puzzle Points 610
  • YearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYears
Re: SAC#482
« Reply #6 on: June 04, 2013, 09:13:48 AM »
It's not LOY500 - is it JOY500, the Cooper-MG ? (I'm pretty sure it isn't - don't know why I'm typing this !)
I must be right - that's what it says on Wikipedia

Offline nicanary

  • Editor
  • *
  • Posts: 18259
  • Country: gb
  • Puzzle Points 610
  • YearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYears
Re: SAC#482
« Reply #7 on: June 04, 2013, 10:35:19 AM »
Ignore my last post, although I was getting closer.

It's a 1951 Cooper-MG, but not as we know it. It was built by an employee at University Motors in Coulsdon, Surrey named Victor Percy Drew from a chassis he bought direct from the Cooper Car Co. and into which he fitted an MG XPAG engine. The registration was MYH24 and Mr. Drew registered it as a "Tonnelier" which is French for cooper in order to be exempt from purchase tax or some such excise duty. As one observer has pointed out, the body was designed to look like a Ferrari 166 barchetta, and was also the work of Mr. Drew. (The modern "technician" in the modern garage couldn't do that quality of work, I bet. You can't just plug into a computor.)
I must be right - that's what it says on Wikipedia

Offline SACO

  • Professional
  • *
  • Posts: 16721
  • Country: fr
  • Puzzle Points 415
  • YearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYears
Re: SAC#482
« Reply #8 on: June 04, 2013, 12:36:37 PM »
Yes , 1951 Cooper-MG ( MYH 314 )!
1 other point for you !

Offline nicanary

  • Editor
  • *
  • Posts: 18259
  • Country: gb
  • Puzzle Points 610
  • YearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYearsYears
Re: SAC#482: 1951 Cooper-MG
« Reply #9 on: June 01, 2016, 03:45:06 PM »
I've found a period photo of this car.
I must be right - that's what it says on Wikipedia