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Solved - NEH 2802: Robert Cutts' MG M-type Midget-based special pictured in 1962
« on: July 11, 2013, 09:51:24 AM »
Who built this and on what is it based, for 1 point?:

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Re: NEH 2802
« Reply #1 on: July 18, 2013, 04:53:58 AM »
Experts?
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Re: NEH 2802
« Reply #2 on: July 18, 2013, 03:26:24 PM »
Austin 7 based "Special" with a proprietary fibreglass body.
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Re: NEH 2802
« Reply #3 on: July 18, 2013, 04:18:19 PM »
Austin 7 based Microplas Stiletto.
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Re: NEH 2802
« Reply #4 on: July 18, 2013, 05:48:30 PM »
Quote from: D-type on July 18, 2013, 03:26:24 PM
Austin 7 based "Special" with a proprietary fibreglass body.

No..

Quote from: Austin on July 18, 2013, 04:18:19 PM
Austin 7 based Microplas Stiletto.

..Not Austin 7-based but I don't know if it is a Stiletto body or not; it's possible it might be, but that's not actually part of the question (since I don't know the answer!)
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Re: NEH 2802
« Reply #5 on: July 18, 2013, 05:57:22 PM »
MG J
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Re: NEH 2802
« Reply #6 on: July 19, 2013, 05:55:21 AM »
Quote from: ropat53 on July 18, 2013, 05:57:22 PM
MG J

MG-based, yes, but not a J-Type
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Re: NEH 2802
« Reply #7 on: July 19, 2013, 02:28:21 PM »
Has to be the smaller MG Midget, P Type?
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Re: NEH 2802
« Reply #8 on: July 20, 2013, 10:05:37 AM »
Quote from: ropat53 on July 19, 2013, 02:28:21 PM
Has to be the smaller MG Midget, P Type?

Midget, yes - but not P-Type
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Re: NEH 2802
« Reply #9 on: July 23, 2013, 04:03:21 PM »
Could it be TD based?
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Re: NEH 2802
« Reply #10 on: July 24, 2013, 06:18:44 AM »
Quote from: D-type on July 23, 2013, 04:03:21 PM
Could it be TD based?

No - earlier.
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Re: NEH 2802
« Reply #11 on: August 01, 2013, 05:07:39 AM »
Professionals?
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Re: NEH 2802
« Reply #12 on: August 01, 2013, 05:33:04 AM »
MG TA base ?

Can't be beaten by the Man from Gitche Gumee - is it one of the 1937 TA models bodied by Peel ?
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Re: NEH 2802
« Reply #13 on: August 01, 2013, 05:33:36 AM »
M type?
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Re: NEH 2802
« Reply #14 on: August 01, 2013, 06:00:22 AM »
Quote from: nicanary on August 01, 2013, 05:33:04 AM
MG TA base ?

Can't be beaten by the Man from Gitche Gumee - is it one of the 1937 TA models bodied by Peel ?

No, because....

Quote from: Hiawatha on August 01, 2013, 05:33:36 AM
M type?


....is correct!
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Re: NEH 2802
« Reply #15 on: January 16, 2014, 10:37:14 AM »
Anyone care to be a bit more specific about exactly which MG M-type this is based on and who the builder was, before I move it to the Black Hole?
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Re: NEH 2802
« Reply #16 on: January 16, 2014, 11:05:58 AM »
Your use of words suggests that this is a specific car, perhaps famous in sport at one point. Is it a former "Cream Cracker" car?
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Re: NEH 2802
« Reply #17 on: January 16, 2014, 11:51:09 AM »
Quote from: nicanary on January 16, 2014, 11:05:58 AM
Your use of words suggests that this is a specific car, perhaps famous in sport at one point. Is it a former "Cream Cracker" car?

It's not based on any specific car that I know of but on a model of which a few were made.
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Re: NEH 2802
« Reply #18 on: January 16, 2014, 01:48:06 PM »
Is it a supercharged M-type from 1932?
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Re: NEH 2802
« Reply #19 on: January 16, 2014, 06:14:41 PM »
Quote from: Carnut on January 16, 2014, 11:51:09 AM
Quote from: nicanary on January 16, 2014, 11:05:58 AM
Your use of words suggests that this is a specific car, perhaps famous in sport at one point. Is it a former "Cream Cracker" car?

It's not based on any specific car that I know of but on a model of which a few were made.
An M type is an M type apart from the body and that's been thrown away.
If we are supposed to guess what original body it once had, and you say only a few were made, I bid the Double 12 Replica.
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Re: NEH 2802
« Reply #20 on: January 17, 2014, 04:35:55 AM »
That's right, the original body was thrown away much to the builder's later regret..
Not a Double 12 Replica.
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Re: NEH 2802
« Reply #21 on: January 17, 2014, 07:57:59 AM »
What about one of the M-types that were entered in the Le Mans 24 hours race in 1930?
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Re: NEH 2802
« Reply #22 on: January 17, 2014, 09:03:27 AM »
Quote from: AlexFrance on January 17, 2014, 07:57:59 AM
What about one of the M-types that were entered in the Le Mans 24 hours race in 1930?

No, not one of those..
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Re: NEH 2802
« Reply #23 on: January 17, 2014, 09:34:50 AM »
If it helps, here's another picture of it:

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Re: NEH 2802
« Reply #24 on: January 17, 2014, 02:42:46 PM »
Quote from: Carnut on January 17, 2014, 04:35:55 AM
That's right, the original body was thrown away much to the builder's later regret..
Not a Double 12 Replica.
But is it the body style we are supposed to find or have you found something mechanical that I can't see either.  It's over 55 years since I had one and happily the memory of it is fading at last.
Nothing in the rear view is M type except perhaps the wheels, and it seems to have knock-on wheels which Ms normally did not.
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