Puzzle #72 - Solved! MG R2 "Flying Shingle"

Otto Puzzell · October 31, 2006, 03:37:45 AM

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shamrock · October 31, 2006, 03:45:55 PM

Connaught streamliner .

Otto Puzzell · October 31, 2006, 03:53:31 PM

Nope.

Rich · October 31, 2006, 10:46:38 PM

MG

Otto Puzzell · November 01, 2006, 04:10:42 AM

Can you be more specific?

Rich · November 01, 2006, 07:20:59 AM

MG EX135, based on a 1934 K3 chassis, with its enging offeset so that the driveline could run beside the dirver rather than under him. The clear engine and chassis panels were used for display purposes only.

...I could be wrong...

Otto Puzzell · November 01, 2006, 09:07:35 AM

Nope, it's not an MG EX135.

Rich · November 01, 2006, 09:37:48 AM

DAMN YOU AND YOUR INFERNAL PUZZLES, DR. RIVIERA!!!

"Well, back to the old electronic brain."

- Marvin Le Martian -

Otto Puzzell · November 03, 2006, 03:24:57 PM

You have the correct lineage. However, this car is a bit younger than the one you named.

Rich · November 03, 2006, 04:06:59 PM

The only one(s) left, imo, that could fit this pic are the EX 179 (inspiration for the MGA) and/or the EX181....problem? none of my pics of those really "fit" the pic given...closest remains EX 135, w/ the more pronounced wheel arches and exposed (somewhat) motor...

stumped as usual, KU

MG · November 03, 2006, 06:08:25 PM

Coulda been some kinda Bonneville speed record special I suppose, though my knowledge of the marque is not quite as encyclopedic as a certain Idahoan of note.

Otto Puzzell · November 04, 2006, 02:46:35 AM

FWIW, the clear panels are not; 'tis a trick of the light on some very shiny paint.

MG · November 04, 2006, 12:37:09 PM

Oh, thanks for clearing that up. An MG, then?

Otto Puzzell · November 05, 2006, 03:49:13 AM

Can you be more specific?

porridgehead · November 12, 2006, 10:10:06 PM

Doesn't anybody read Autoweek?

porridgehead · November 13, 2006, 03:24:01 PM

Scratch that. It was in C&D or R&T recently. You can't get much higher profile. Of course, it wasn't so high profile that I can lay my hands on the magazine and state definitively where it was. But it was there. Somewhere. At some point.

At least that's what the voices that appear in my Rice Crispies are telling me.

Rich · November 14, 2006, 07:55:47 AM

This was the hint I needed....well, that and the correct answer: It is......the MG "Flying Shingle." More details will be offered at a later date given that I left my memory....err, most recent R&T...at home this a.m.

Otto Puzzell · November 14, 2006, 10:37:00 AM

We have a winner! Ken Miles' MG R2 "Flying Shingle" is the car.

DHoffmann · August 16, 2008, 07:06:50 AM

This one might be a bit too well-known, but it's worth a shot.

1 point for the correct guess.

Good luck!

alecwolf · August 16, 2008, 07:37:28 AM

MG Special R2 "Flying Shingle"

Otto Puzzell · August 16, 2008, 07:44:19 AM

Merged

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Puzzle #72 - Solved! MG R2 "Flying Shingle"