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Title: Solved - NEH 3785: LECo Mk1 MG Special - 1951
Post by: Carnut on November 14, 2014, 09:09:44 AM
What's this, by whom, from when - for 1 point?:

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Title: Re: NEH 3785
Post by: Carnut on November 28, 2014, 05:30:56 AM
Experts?
Title: Re: NEH 3785
Post by: richard cuyler on November 30, 2014, 08:05:40 AM
British?
Title: Re: NEH 3785
Post by: Carnut on November 30, 2014, 11:36:25 AM
Quote from: richard cuyler on November 30, 2014, 08:05:40 AM
British?

Yes!
Title: Re: NEH 3785
Post by: Carnut on December 12, 2014, 05:13:15 AM
Won't last more than a few minutes with the Professionals...
Title: Re: NEH 3785
Post by: nicanary on December 12, 2014, 05:14:27 AM
Surely not a Cooper-Bristol?
Title: Re: NEH 3785
Post by: Carnut on December 12, 2014, 05:15:39 AM
Quote from: nicanary on December 12, 2014, 05:14:27 AM
Surely not a Cooper-Bristol?

Absolutely right!  It's not...
Title: Re: NEH 3785
Post by: nicanary on December 12, 2014, 05:19:57 AM
But it's Bristol engined?
Title: Re: NEH 3785
Post by: Allan L on December 12, 2014, 06:20:34 AM
Can't say I remember this one, but it looks MG (XPAG) engined to me.
Title: Re: NEH 3785
Post by: nicanary on December 12, 2014, 06:34:24 AM
Quote from: Allan L on December 12, 2014, 06:20:34 AM
Can't say I remember this one, but it looks MG (XPAG) engined to me.

Unfortunately, the front mudguard hides the central exhaust system, and I can't see if it's one pipe, or a siamesed pair. I rather assumed it was a 6-cylinder engine.

I'm baffled. It looks familiar, but I can't think where to look.
Title: Re: NEH 3785
Post by: Carnut on December 12, 2014, 07:37:16 AM
No, it's not Bristol-engine nicanary.
Allan is right in that it has an MG engine, quite probably an XPAG although my information didn't say exactly.
Title: Re: NEH 3785
Post by: nicanary on December 13, 2014, 05:51:59 AM
This is, I assume, a one-off homebuilt?
Title: Re: NEH 3785
Post by: Carnut on December 13, 2014, 12:19:17 PM
Quote from: nicanary on December 13, 2014, 05:51:59 AM
This is, I assume, a one-off homebuilt?

Yes!
Title: Re: NEH 3785
Post by: pnegyesi on December 13, 2014, 01:52:11 PM
Ford power?
Title: Re: NEH 3785
Post by: Carnut on December 13, 2014, 04:00:45 PM
Quote from: pnegyesi on December 13, 2014, 01:52:11 PM
Ford power?

No, we've already estalished tha it's MG-powered (see Reply #10).
Title: Re: NEH 3785
Post by: pnegyesi on December 13, 2014, 04:19:30 PM
sorry
Title: Re: NEH 3785
Post by: serra on December 14, 2014, 06:05:45 PM
I was sure i had seen this before, It is the LEco MG MKI and as MKII by Liss Engineering Company with Fred Sturges and Peter Tompkins built around 1952. It used a  1292-cc four-cylinder engine and four-speed gearbox from a 1937 MG TA. Suspension used transverse leaf springs, front and rear. The Mk 1's rack-and-pinion steering gear came from a Morris Minor. Chassis tubes for the Mk 1 were sourced from Connaught Engineering. Aluminum bodywork evolved with a Vanwall nose cone.
This is the photo I had from the other LEco Puzzle http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=29358.msg347858#msg347858
Title: Re: NEH 3785
Post by: Carnut on December 14, 2014, 06:59:20 PM
Yes.  I thought you would know it since you got the MkII..