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Solved - NEH 3999: Horace Porteous Cooper-MG - 1955
« on: April 01, 2015, 07:25:50 AM »
What's this, from when and who fitted the body - for 1 point?:

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Re: NEH 3999
« Reply #1 on: April 15, 2015, 05:31:35 AM »
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Re: NEH 3999
« Reply #2 on: May 18, 2015, 08:08:44 AM »
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Re: NEH 3999
« Reply #3 on: May 18, 2015, 09:00:46 AM »
The body is pretty obvious. Is this another Buckler chassis?
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Re: NEH 3999
« Reply #4 on: May 18, 2015, 09:48:33 AM »
Quote from: nicanary on May 18, 2015, 09:00:46 AM
The body is pretty obvious. Is this another Buckler chassis?

Nothing to do with Buckler!
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Re: NEH 3999
« Reply #5 on: May 18, 2015, 10:45:19 AM »
Is this the Bristol Barb ?
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Re: NEH 3999
« Reply #6 on: May 18, 2015, 10:53:51 AM »
Quote from: nicanary on May 18, 2015, 10:45:19 AM
Is this the Bristol Barb ?

Not at all!
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Re: NEH 3999
« Reply #7 on: May 18, 2015, 11:19:04 AM »
Then could it be Cedric Brierley's Victoria-Climax in its original form?
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Re: NEH 3999
« Reply #8 on: May 18, 2015, 11:42:12 AM »
Quote from: nicanary on May 18, 2015, 11:19:04 AM
Then could it be Cedric Brierley's Victoria-Climax in its original form?

'Fraid not..
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Re: NEH 3999
« Reply #9 on: May 18, 2015, 11:52:25 AM »
Different tack - any MG involvement?
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Re: NEH 3999
« Reply #10 on: May 18, 2015, 12:02:25 PM »
Quote from: nicanary on May 18, 2015, 11:52:25 AM
Different tack - any MG involvement?

Yes!
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Re: NEH 3999
« Reply #11 on: May 18, 2015, 07:15:43 PM »
Would this car have anything to do with Horace Porteous, who used the chassis of an F3 Cooper with a Morris Ten engine,later replaced by an MG XPAG.?
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Re: NEH 3999
« Reply #12 on: May 19, 2015, 04:23:51 AM »
Quote from: nicanary on May 18, 2015, 07:15:43 PM
Would this car have anything to do with Horace Porteous, who used the chassis of an F3 Cooper with a Morris Ten engine,later replaced by an MG XPAG.?

Indeed it would!
He fitted this body (a Rochdale?) to the car when it was new in 1955; the car is registered MDM 64.  Below is the original picture.
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Re: Solved - NEH 3999: Horace Porteous Cooper-MG - 1955
« Reply #13 on: May 19, 2015, 05:48:12 AM »
It is indeed a Rochdale Type F body. My source was a well-known historic racing forum, and the information which helped me was all about racing specials built with Rochdale bodies. Hence my previous incorrect guesses.

Interestingly, this wasn't the only car of this type - Ken Flint also built a Cooper-MG based on a MkV chassis, powered by an MG linered-down to 1100cc and fitted with a Marshall blower. I've looked at a photo of a MkV chassis, and can't see quite how they did it, or why.
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