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Solved NIC#720 - 1939 MG TA with Rochdale C-type body
« on: December 01, 2016, 06:25:31 AM »
Please tell me what this is.
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Re: NIC#720
« Reply #1 on: December 31, 2016, 01:36:05 PM »
Arnott, 1951.

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Re: NIC#720
« Reply #2 on: December 31, 2016, 01:39:42 PM »
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Re: NIC#720
« Reply #3 on: January 06, 2017, 04:49:03 AM »
French, one-off, built by a journalist?

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Re: NIC#720
« Reply #4 on: January 06, 2017, 05:13:45 AM »
French, one-off, built by a journalist?

Not at all.
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Re: NIC#720
« Reply #5 on: January 28, 2017, 05:26:06 AM »
Experts?
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Re: NIC#720
« Reply #6 on: January 28, 2017, 05:38:11 AM »
Austin 7 based?

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Re: NIC#720
« Reply #7 on: January 28, 2017, 05:39:38 AM »
It's a 1939 MG TA with a later Rochdale C-Type body and a Laystall engine.  Its registration number is/was ENY 242.
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Re: NIC#720
« Reply #8 on: January 28, 2017, 05:47:23 AM »
Sorry, no Austin 7 connection - I knew it would be Carnut who solved this! He's absolutely spot-on.
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Re: Solved NIC#720 - 1939 MG TA with Rochdale C-type body
« Reply #9 on: January 28, 2017, 12:57:51 PM »
Laystall engine?
There was a Laystall-Lucas cylinder head for the XPAG engine (as in TB/TC/TD) but not sure about an engine.
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Re: Solved NIC#720 - 1939 MG TA with Rochdale C-type body
« Reply #10 on: January 28, 2017, 05:38:16 PM »
Laystall engine?
There was a Laystall-Lucas cylinder head for the XPAG engine (as in TB/TC/TD) but not sure about an engine.

No, I don't know of a whole Laystall engine either.  It's how it was described, but I suppose they mean a Laystall-modified engine.
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