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MJW #570
« on: August 18, 2011, 10:42:57 AM »
Another mystery for me.
I know the make and year but don't know the coachbuilder.
One point on offer for anyone who can fill in the details.
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Re: MJW #570
« Reply #1 on: August 29, 2011, 03:07:18 PM »
I wonder if an Expert knows?
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Re: MJW #570
« Reply #2 on: August 30, 2011, 09:18:35 PM »
British ?
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Re: MJW #570
« Reply #3 on: August 31, 2011, 03:47:23 AM »
Base car is British
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Re: MJW #570
« Reply #4 on: August 31, 2011, 06:45:47 AM »
The octagonal lights and the radiator shape suggest that the base car is an MG.  Too big to be a Midget so probably a Magnette - I'm afraid I don't know my prewar models.
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Re: MJW #570
« Reply #5 on: August 31, 2011, 06:56:38 AM »
Quote from: D-type on August 31, 2011, 06:45:47 AM
The octagonal lights and the radiator shape suggest that the base car is an MG.  Too big to be a Midget so probably a Magnette - I'm afraid I don't know my prewar models.
Yes that's right - it's a pre-war MG, I believe from 1934.
I'm going to give you a point for that but keep the puzzle open in case anyone knows the coachbuilder (I don't) for another point.
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Re: MJW #570
« Reply #6 on: September 02, 2011, 02:28:10 PM »
Can a Pro solve which coachbuilder was responsible?
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Re: MJW #570
« Reply #7 on: September 02, 2011, 04:37:51 PM »
Quote from: woodinsight on September 02, 2011, 02:28:10 PM
Can a Pro solve which coachbuilder was responsible?
No but I trust he went broke twenty minutes after finishing this one!
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Re: MJW #570
« Reply #8 on: September 03, 2011, 02:25:57 AM »
Quote from: Allan L on September 02, 2011, 04:37:51 PM
Quote from: woodinsight on September 02, 2011, 02:28:10 PM
Can a Pro solve which coachbuilder was responsible?
No but I trust he went broke twenty minutes after finishing this one!
You're correct there Allan!

Looking at the photo again, I'm wondering if this is a model rather than a completed car.....
My source only comments on the design of this strange MG.
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Re: MJW #570
« Reply #9 on: November 28, 2011, 02:52:25 AM »
Time for the BH.......
There's still a point on offer on this 1934 MG to complete the story behind it - coachbuilder/designer, etc.
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Re: MJW #570
« Reply #10 on: November 29, 2012, 10:41:02 AM »
Jarvis?
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Re: MJW #570
« Reply #11 on: December 03, 2012, 08:43:40 AM »
Quote from: FrontMan on November 29, 2012, 10:41:02 AM
Jarvis?
I really don't know but if you have proof..........?
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Re: MJW #570
« Reply #12 on: December 20, 2019, 03:12:37 AM »
Licenceplate GG-343 was on this car.

This license plate was (at a time) owned by Mr Giulio Gallone, director of E. Gallone Ltd, icecream manufacturers, Northhampton

I do have a magazine clipping in my archive, but only the picture was cut out, so no description of the car.
It came from the magazine Thouroghbred & Classic Cars, July 1979
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Re: MJW #570
« Reply #13 on: December 20, 2019, 03:29:38 AM »
I hoped that, as I had a run of T&CC, I could knock this on the head. However I gave up on that magazine a year or so too early so I can't.
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Re: MJW #570
« Reply #14 on: February 14, 2020, 02:53:35 AM »
Quote from: hermanoto on December 20, 2019, 03:12:37 AM
Licenceplate GG-343 was on this car.
GG 34
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Re: MJW #570
« Reply #15 on: May 03, 2020, 01:56:50 PM »
Quote from: hermanoto on December 20, 2019, 03:12:37 AM
Licenceplate GG-343 was on this car.

This license plate was (at a time) owned by Mr Giulio Gallone, director of E. Gallone Ltd, icecream manufacturers, Northhampton

I do have a magazine clipping in my archive, but only the picture was cut out, so no description of the car.
It came from the magazine Thouroghbred & Classic Cars, July 1979
So, was the coachbuilder based in Northampton?
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Re: MJW #570
« Reply #16 on: May 05, 2020, 06:13:41 AM »
Although woodinsight did log-in here in May 2017 he hasn't actually posted any replies at all since May 2014, so I don't think any answers  to your question will be forthcoming.
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Re: MJW #570
« Reply #17 on: September 24, 2024, 04:15:35 AM »
According to some coachbuilders page:

"MG(-Jaray) PA-Midget 850-Airline/1935.
It was built-up in order of a bussiness-man, living in CH-Luzern. This text-note I have with the book-title 'Streamline-cars in Europe/1900>45 - RFJ-Kieselbach/1982."
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Re: MJW #570
« Reply #18 on: September 27, 2024, 07:26:22 AM »
Quote from: Oguerrerob on September 24, 2024, 04:15:35 AM
According to some coachbuilders page:

"MG(-Jaray) PA-Midget 850-Airline/1935.
It was built-up in order of a bussiness-man, living in CH-Luzern. This text-note I have with the book-title 'Streamline-cars in Europe/1900>45 - RFJ-Kieselbach/1982."
Definitely not! Besides the fact that the puzzle car doesn't look like a Jaray design at all, you can find a design drawing of the proposed Jaray MG in the same book:
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