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Solved NIC#1092 - TVR-MG of Ian Munn
« on: July 13, 2019, 05:09:04 AM »
Chassis and engine please, plus the name of the owner/builder.
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Re: NIC#1092
« Reply #1 on: August 04, 2019, 06:33:02 AM »
Experts?
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Re: NIC#1092
« Reply #2 on: August 04, 2019, 08:51:06 AM »
Is it British?

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Re: NIC#1092
« Reply #3 on: August 04, 2019, 08:56:22 AM »
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Re: NIC#1092
« Reply #4 on: August 04, 2019, 02:51:17 PM »
Austin Seven base, with Microplas shell?

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Re: NIC#1092
« Reply #5 on: August 04, 2019, 03:06:00 PM »
Austin Seven base, with Microplas shell?

Microplas body, yes. Not an Austin base.
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Re: NIC#1092
« Reply #6 on: August 04, 2019, 06:44:18 PM »
Unusual treatment of wheel arches, presumably to strengthen them. Is it less than 1500cc?

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Re: NIC#1092
« Reply #7 on: August 05, 2019, 05:12:40 AM »
Unusual treatment of wheel arches, presumably to strengthen them. Is it less than 1500cc?

It's a possibility that the arches were altered to fit the chassis which had been selected, I suppose. I don't know for sure.

The engine is less than 1500cc..
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Re: NIC#1092
« Reply #8 on: August 06, 2019, 07:15:15 AM »
Is it an 1172 Ford engine?

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Re: NIC#1092
« Reply #9 on: August 06, 2019, 07:48:34 AM »
Is it an 1172 Ford engine?

Not in this instance. Makes a change.
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Re: NIC#1092
« Reply #10 on: August 06, 2019, 06:04:05 PM »
Cannot make out those wheels - is it a Climax engine?

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Re: NIC#1092
« Reply #11 on: August 07, 2019, 04:15:45 AM »
Cannot make out those wheels - is it a Climax engine?

Not a Climax.
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Re: NIC#1092
« Reply #12 on: August 07, 2019, 07:04:06 AM »
MG engine?

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Re: NIC#1092
« Reply #13 on: August 07, 2019, 08:18:25 AM »
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Re: NIC#1092
« Reply #14 on: August 07, 2019, 12:05:10 PM »
1956 MGA with Microplas Mistral body ?

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Re: NIC#1092
« Reply #15 on: August 07, 2019, 02:12:22 PM »
1956 MGA with Microplas Mistral body ?

It is not an MGA base. I have no confirmation that this is a Microplas body but I'm 100% sure it is.

What chassis was used, and who built it?
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Re: NIC#1092
« Reply #16 on: August 07, 2019, 02:48:28 PM »
Is this by any chance the Rotacks -MG. I have never seen a photo of it but it was the rebuilt version of the prewar MG Magnette engined "Porthos"raced post war by Chris Lawrence with Microplas body - and comprehensively crashed. The rebuilt version had a black and silver paintwork and new chassis, presumably by Chris Lawrence and was quite successful in 1957.

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Re: NIC#1092
« Reply #17 on: August 07, 2019, 03:02:49 PM »
Is this by any chance the Rotacks -MG. I have never seen a photo of it but it was the rebuilt version of the prewar MG Magnette engined "Porthos"raced post war by Chris Lawrence with Microplas body - and comprehensively crashed. The rebuilt version had a black and silver paintwork and new chassis, presumably by Chris Lawrence and was quite successful in 1957.

It's not that car I'm afraid.
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Re: NIC#1092
« Reply #18 on: August 07, 2019, 03:57:30 PM »
Those wheels look like the early Elva ones- Any connection?

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Re: NIC#1092
« Reply #19 on: August 07, 2019, 05:11:29 PM »
Those wheels look like the early Elva ones- Any connection?

'Fraid not.
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Re: NIC#1092
« Reply #20 on: August 07, 2019, 05:40:49 PM »
Is the chassis from a production car like the MG YA or is it from a specialist like Buckler?

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Re: NIC#1092
« Reply #21 on: August 08, 2019, 04:01:30 AM »
Is the chassis from a production car like the MG YA or is it from a specialist like Buckler?

A specialist company.

I think I owe you an apology, and this is extended to any other member who has attempted this puzzle. I note that my fellow editor carnut posted an "edit" yesterday and it's possible that he knows what car this is, and considered pointing out the error of my ways! Maybe not - maybe his finger slipped!

I've fallen for the old trap which has caught me before. I didn't check my notes. For some reason I had it in my head that this was a Buckler chassis, and it isn't, and now TT has his answer to that query. It is however a well-known specialist constructor of the period.

I feel it is only fair to add that I'm even more certain that this is a Microplas Mistral shell, although I don't know why it has been modified at the wheelarches, unless it was to accomodate the unusual wheels. It wasn't, as I pontificated, to accomodate the chassis. This is a huge clue.
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Re: NIC#1092
« Reply #22 on: August 08, 2019, 04:51:32 PM »
Fairthorpe?

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Re: NIC#1092
« Reply #23 on: August 08, 2019, 05:01:22 PM »
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Re: NIC#1092
« Reply #24 on: August 08, 2019, 07:38:30 PM »
Not Tojeiro?