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Solved - NEH 3673: Custom-bodied MG TC from Australia
« on: September 01, 2014, 07:46:19 AM »
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Re: NEH 3673
« Reply #1 on: September 08, 2014, 05:28:49 AM »
Experts?
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Re: NEH 3673
« Reply #2 on: September 09, 2014, 02:15:41 PM »
Australian, Ford-based special from the 1950s?
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Re: NEH 3673
« Reply #3 on: September 09, 2014, 02:19:39 PM »
Quote from: D-type on September 09, 2014, 02:15:41 PM
Australian, Ford-based special from the 1950s?

Not from Oz, not Ford-based and not from the 1950s!
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Re: NEH 3673
« Reply #4 on: September 10, 2014, 03:22:09 PM »
Close guess, wasn't it?   ;)
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Re: NEH 3673
« Reply #5 on: September 23, 2014, 06:05:04 AM »
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Re: NEH 3673
« Reply #6 on: September 23, 2014, 03:52:05 PM »
Is this car based on a popular British family car of the late 1940s ?
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Re: NEH 3673
« Reply #7 on: September 24, 2014, 04:27:47 AM »
Quote from: nicanary on September 23, 2014, 03:52:05 PM
Is this car based on a popular British family car of the late 1940s ?

British, 1940s base, but not based on a family car..
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Re: NEH 3673
« Reply #8 on: September 24, 2014, 05:35:24 AM »
It looks like an Allard K2 which got put in the laundry. Surely it's not another Buckler?
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Re: NEH 3673
« Reply #9 on: September 24, 2014, 05:51:04 AM »
Quote from: nicanary on September 24, 2014, 05:35:24 AM
It looks like an Allard K2 which got put in the laundry. Surely it's not another Buckler?

You're right, it's not another Buckler!
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Re: NEH 3673
« Reply #10 on: September 24, 2014, 06:08:13 AM »
I keep looking for clues in the puzzle photo. Those "easiclean" wheels were fitted to most cars of the time, and could come from almost anything. It's a very short wheelbase - is it a rebodied Dellow?
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Re: NEH 3673
« Reply #11 on: September 24, 2014, 07:23:34 AM »
I don't have any detail about this car, just what it is, which is not a Dellow!
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Re: NEH 3673
« Reply #12 on: September 24, 2014, 07:39:08 AM »
I'm thinking out loud as usual...... not a family car, but it's got wheels which wouldn't have been fitted to a sports car. Clearly a one-off special, with bodywork typical of the late 40s. So maybe a rebodied pre-war car - a Lea-Francis?
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Re: NEH 3673
« Reply #13 on: September 24, 2014, 07:51:08 AM »
Quote from: nicanary on September 24, 2014, 07:39:08 AM
I'm thinking out loud as usual...... not a family car, but it's got wheels which wouldn't have been fitted to a sports car. Clearly a one-off special, with bodywork typical of the late 40s. So maybe a rebodied pre-war car - a Lea-Francis?

Not a LeaF..
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Re: NEH 3673
« Reply #14 on: September 24, 2014, 08:00:08 AM »
Pre-war Morgan 4/4 ?
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Re: NEH 3673
« Reply #15 on: September 24, 2014, 09:20:51 AM »
Quote from: nicanary on September 24, 2014, 08:00:08 AM
Pre-war Morgan 4/4 ?

Not a Morgan, but check my reply #7!
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Re: NEH 3673
« Reply #16 on: September 24, 2014, 09:48:36 AM »
Quite. I must learn to read. HRG ?
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Re: NEH 3673
« Reply #17 on: September 24, 2014, 12:55:17 PM »
I find it hard to associate those front wheels with anything other than Ford of Dagenham, but you clearly wrote it is not Ford based.
The rear wheels look a bit like those of a 20/90 British Salmson, but that's not a 1940s car although it's not a family car!
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Re: NEH 3673
« Reply #18 on: September 24, 2014, 03:31:23 PM »
J.A.G. based?
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Re: NEH 3673
« Reply #19 on: September 24, 2014, 04:21:31 PM »
Based on a Singer Roadster?
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Re: NEH 3673
« Reply #20 on: September 24, 2014, 05:16:41 PM »
Not a British Salmson, J.A.G. or Singer!
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Re: NEH 3673
« Reply #21 on: September 25, 2014, 03:05:36 AM »
Based on a Jaguar?
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Re: NEH 3673
« Reply #22 on: September 25, 2014, 04:36:59 AM »
Quote from: pnegyesi on September 25, 2014, 03:05:36 AM
Based on a Jaguar?

No, not Jaguar-based.
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Re: NEH 3673
« Reply #23 on: September 25, 2014, 04:44:26 AM »
based on a truck?
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Re: NEH 3673
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