SOLVED- Djetset #314: Parmenter-Buckler-MG Special

[D-type]

 

[Djetset]

Oophs, this one really slipped through the net, so thanks for the reminder D-type.  This car is not based on an MGA, as the base pre-dates that model.  However, it does use the engine of an earlier MG.

[woodinsight]

MG Special built by G. Reid, Fleet, Hants. 1956?

[Djetset]

Sorry, but it's not the Reid MG Special.

[Oguerrerob]

JWF Italia?

[woodinsight]

MG TD-based?

[Djetset]

Sorry for the slow reply Woodinsight.  I know it's based a pre-1954 MG, but don't know the model for certain, although I suspect it is a TD.

It is not a JWK Italia.

[barrett]

Searching for the answer to another puzzle I seem to have stumbled upon the solution to this one!

This appears to the the Parmenter-Buckler-MG special c.1955. A special one-off chassis built by Buckler for a Mr. Parmenter to accept a highly-tuned MG engine, with bodywork built by one of the 'in house' coachbuilders at Buckler, Dawes and Offord (I was previously only aware of Taylors making the in-house bodies for Buckler).
Apparently Mr.Parmenter was taken ill before the car was completed and it may never have progressed much further than what is shown in this photograph.

[barrett]

Bump 

[Djetset]

At last!  Very well done Barrett, a perfect answer.  As this one has been waiting to be solved for over two years, I will reward you with two points for your information (we clearly have the same source!  .