Solved - MJW #1058 - Binnie MG Holden Special 1953

[woodinsight]

For a point I need the base car, model, what engine it used and the name of the constructor

[FrontMan]

Looks like an MG engine.

[woodinsight]

Looks like an MG engine.

There is an MG connection but not the engine!

[woodinsight]

Moving up a level

[gilescooperuk]

Bmc a series engine?

[woodinsight]

Bmc a series engine?

No - not a British engine....

[D-type]

Peugeot engine?

[woodinsight]

Peugeot engine?

Not a Peugeot or indeed a French engine......

[nicanary]

American?

[woodinsight]

American?

Nothing to do with America - North or South

[RayTheRat]

Italian motor?

[woodinsight]

Italian motor?

Not an Italian motor.

A clue (similar to one I've given in my #1061) is that the base car comes from one country but the engine and car were constructed and raced in another......

[nicanary]

Something tells me this isn't the UK. Is it Australia? Maybe MG chassis with Holden engine.

[woodinsight]

Something tells me this isn't the UK. Is it Australia? Maybe MG chassis with Holden engine.

Yes - you're spot on there......
LOCKED for you to tell me the name of the constructor and the MG model used for the chassis

[nicanary]

Is it an original version of the Norman Crowfoot Special? MG TC chassis?

[woodinsight]

Is it an original version of the Norman Crowfoot Special? MG TC chassis?

Not by Norman Crowfoot and the it's not a TF chassis.
I'll keep it locked for you for one more try only.

[nicanary]

Unlock it by all means. I've tried Google and Google Image, and I've been through the nostalgia forum's Australian Racing 50s thread. No clues. Is it a pre-war Magnette chassis?

[woodinsight]

Unlock it by all means. I've tried Google and Google Image, and I've been through the nostalgia forum's Australian Racing 50s thread. No clues. Is it a pre-war Magnette chassis?

Okay thanks nicanary - by the way it's a post WWII chassis that it's based on......
OPEN again

[woodinsight]

I wonder if a Pro knows the answer?

[pnegyesi]

MG TC chassis?

[woodinsight]

MG TC chassis?

A later model than a TC which rather belies the look of the car!

[pnegyesi]

MG TD?

[woodinsight]

MG TD?

Hmm....I now have conflicting evidence that it's either a TD or TF chassis.

Just to sum up what has been established so far.....
It's an Australian MG TD/TF? based car with a Holden engine.
All I need now the the name of the person who built it.

[pnegyesi]

is the car still around?

[woodinsight]

Quite honestly I don't know what happened to the car.
I've now confirmed it was an MG TD Special fitted with a Holden engine.

Another clue - the man I'm looking for had a business to do with Holden engines and also raced other Holden engined MGs.
This one was, I believe, the first one.

Here's another small photo of the car -