Author Topic: SAC#817 :MG PB of Jacques Swaters 1948 (Read 681 times)

SACO · « **on:** September 24, 2014, 06:08:28 AM »

Please identify this car for a point !

SACO · « **Reply #1 on:** October 03, 2014, 01:15:52 AM »

Experts !

SACO · « **Reply #2 on:** October 12, 2014, 03:20:29 AM »

Pros !

nicanary · « **Reply #3 on:** October 12, 2014, 06:04:39 AM »

Fiat 500 base?

SACO · « **Reply #4 on:** October 12, 2014, 07:14:38 AM »

Not Fiat 500 base !

nicanary · « **Reply #5 on:** October 12, 2014, 07:17:25 AM »

Simca 8 base ?

Doh! It's RHD. Austin 7hp based?

SACO · « **Reply #6 on:** October 12, 2014, 11:07:06 AM »

Not Simca 8 and not Austin 7hp !

nicanary · « **Reply #7 on:** October 12, 2014, 11:56:32 AM »

MG base ?

mekubb · « **Reply #8 on:** October 12, 2014, 01:39:44 PM »

German ?

pnegyesi · « **Reply #9 on:** October 12, 2014, 02:50:05 PM »

From Australia?

SACO · « **Reply #10 on:** October 13, 2014, 02:40:46 AM »

Yes ! MG base , but not German or Australian !
Locked for nicanary !

nicanary · « **Reply #11 on:** October 13, 2014, 06:59:56 AM »

I can understand why pnegyasi thought it might be Australian - the licence plate shape is not typical of the UK.

I can't find anything yet. I'm sure it's bodied in the late 40s on a pre-war chassis, possibly a PB model. Is this a British coachbuilder?

SACO · « **Reply #12 on:** October 13, 2014, 07:53:33 AM »

Yes ! a MG PB !
I don't know the coach builder !but its well known owner is not British !

nicanary · « **Reply #13 on:** October 13, 2014, 11:36:12 AM »

American owner?

SACO · « **Reply #14 on:** October 13, 2014, 02:27:03 PM »

Not American owner !

nicanary · « **Reply #15 on:** October 14, 2014, 07:32:39 AM »

French owner?

SACO · « **Reply #16 on:** October 15, 2014, 02:02:23 AM »

Not a French owner ! but a racing team director !

nicanary · « **Reply #17 on:** October 15, 2014, 05:56:44 AM »

Italian owner? $:-\$

SACO · « **Reply #18 on:** October 15, 2014, 10:36:49 AM »

Not Italian !

nicanary · « **Reply #19 on:** October 15, 2014, 11:09:39 AM »

Belgian ?

Yes, it is. I've found it at last - it's the personal car of Jacques Swaters. It is photographed in 1950 alongside his BMW 328.

SACO · « **Reply #20 on:** October 15, 2014, 01:55:05 PM »

Yes !

nicanary · « **Reply #21 on:** October 15, 2014, 06:51:51 PM »

Quote from: SACO on October 15, 2014, 01:55:05 PM

Yes !

The car is mentioned in Paul Frere's autobiography - it was a 1936 model PB and had been rebodied by an owner named Bonneau after he had been involved in an accident. It was purchased by Swaters in 1948 and together with Frere he took part in the 1948 Spa 24-hour race. However the picture of the car in Frere's book shows it to be nothing like the puzzle photo, but just like a slightly more streamlined standard PB with a shapely nose cowl. I think Swaters must have had this Colli-style body made for it after it had retired from racing.

SACO · « **Reply #22 on:** October 16, 2014, 01:51:07 AM »

MG PB of Jacques Swaters 1948
1 point for nicanary !

nicanary · « **Reply #23 on:** October 16, 2014, 05:57:17 AM »

This is the same car during the 1948 Spa race - much more like a pre-war car in style. I wonder who bodied the car in its puzzle form?

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