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Re: Wendax 3048
« Reply #25 on: December 03, 2019, 05:55:31 PM »
Swiss?
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Re: Wendax 3048
« Reply #26 on: December 04, 2019, 02:54:30 AM »
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Re: Wendax 3048
« Reply #27 on: December 04, 2019, 03:05:54 PM »
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Re: Wendax 3048
« Reply #28 on: December 04, 2019, 03:14:22 PM »
Yes
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Re: Wendax 3048
« Reply #29 on: December 04, 2019, 05:33:23 PM »
Riley chassis?
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Re: Wendax 3048
« Reply #30 on: December 05, 2019, 02:31:27 AM »
No
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Re: Wendax 3048
« Reply #31 on: December 05, 2019, 04:49:34 AM »
Tojeiro chassis?
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Re: Wendax 3048
« Reply #32 on: December 05, 2019, 04:57:40 AM »
MG Chassis?
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Re: Wendax 3048
« Reply #33 on: December 05, 2019, 06:27:11 AM »
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Re: Wendax 3048
« Reply #34 on: December 06, 2019, 12:34:33 PM »
MG TD and earlier?
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Re: Wendax 3048
« Reply #35 on: December 06, 2019, 12:45:54 PM »
Yes
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Re: Wendax 3048
« Reply #36 on: December 06, 2019, 12:48:52 PM »
TA or later?
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Re: Wendax 3048
« Reply #37 on: December 06, 2019, 02:53:02 PM »
Between TA and TD
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Re: Wendax 3048
« Reply #38 on: December 06, 2019, 04:54:11 PM »
So, TB or TC ?
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Re: Wendax 3048
« Reply #39 on: December 07, 2019, 01:50:00 AM »
Pick one!  ;)
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Re: Wendax 3048
« Reply #40 on: December 10, 2019, 02:18:51 PM »
Sauter MG TC?
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Re: Wendax 3048
« Reply #41 on: December 10, 2019, 05:13:11 PM »
MG TC, but not Sauter
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Re: Wendax 3048
« Reply #42 on: December 10, 2019, 05:15:06 PM »
Do you know if it was raced?
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Re: Wendax 3048
« Reply #43 on: December 11, 2019, 02:55:34 AM »
It probably wasn't raced.
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Re: Wendax 3048
« Reply #44 on: December 12, 2019, 02:40:07 PM »
Will we find it on the internet - it has not surfaced yet?
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Re: Wendax 3048
« Reply #45 on: December 12, 2019, 02:56:20 PM »
It is still out there.  :)
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Re: Wendax 3048
« Reply #46 on: December 13, 2019, 08:01:41 PM »
Is it the Schelbli-MG of 1946
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Re: Wendax 3048
« Reply #47 on: December 13, 2019, 08:07:36 PM »
The photo is from 1957, so I suspect the body is from around that time. The feature that threw me was the apparent lack of rear brakes. They are inboard and I think from a Lancia (cannot translate German.)
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Re: Wendax 3048
« Reply #48 on: December 14, 2019, 02:21:32 AM »
Well found! It is a 1946 MG TC that got a new fiberglass body by Robert Schelbli in 1957, together with Lancia axles. The car still exists and is for sale right now.
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Re: Wendax 3048
« Reply #49 on: December 14, 2019, 03:17:11 AM »
Quote from: tobytwirl on December 13, 2019, 08:07:36 PM
The feature that threw me was the apparent lack of rear brakes.
Yes that had me foxed too. My logic was that inboard rear brakes and an MG T-type base do not go together, so there might be a mistaken description involved . . .
Well done for getting past the apparent contradiction, tobytwirl
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