Solved - NEH 3673: Custom-bodied MG TC from Australia

Carnut · September 01, 2014, 07:46:19 AM

What's this, for 1 point?:

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Carnut · September 08, 2014, 05:28:49 AM

Experts?

D-type · September 09, 2014, 02:15:41 PM

Australian, Ford-based special from the 1950s?

Carnut · September 09, 2014, 02:19:39 PM

Quote from: D-type on September 09, 2014, 02:15:41 PM
Australian, Ford-based special from the 1950s?

Not from Oz, not Ford-based and not from the 1950s!

D-type · September 10, 2014, 03:22:09 PM

Close guess, wasn't it?

Carnut · September 23, 2014, 06:05:04 AM

Professionals?

nicanary · September 23, 2014, 03:52:05 PM

Is this car based on a popular British family car of the late 1940s ?

Carnut · September 24, 2014, 04:27:47 AM

Quote from: nicanary on September 23, 2014, 03:52:05 PM
Is this car based on a popular British family car of the late 1940s ?

British, 1940s base, but not based on a family car..

nicanary · September 24, 2014, 05:35:24 AM

It looks like an Allard K2 which got put in the laundry. Surely it's not another Buckler?

Carnut · September 24, 2014, 05:51:04 AM

Quote from: nicanary on September 24, 2014, 05:35:24 AM
It looks like an Allard K2 which got put in the laundry. Surely it's not another Buckler?

You're right, it's not another Buckler!

nicanary · September 24, 2014, 06:08:13 AM

I keep looking for clues in the puzzle photo. Those "easiclean" wheels were fitted to most cars of the time, and could come from almost anything. It's a very short wheelbase - is it a rebodied Dellow?

Carnut · September 24, 2014, 07:23:34 AM

I don't have any detail about this car, just what it is, which is not a Dellow!

nicanary · September 24, 2014, 07:39:08 AM

I'm thinking out loud as usual...... not a family car, but it's got wheels which wouldn't have been fitted to a sports car. Clearly a one-off special, with bodywork typical of the late 40s. So maybe a rebodied pre-war car - a Lea-Francis?

Carnut · September 24, 2014, 07:51:08 AM

Quote from: nicanary on September 24, 2014, 07:39:08 AM
I'm thinking out loud as usual...... not a family car, but it's got wheels which wouldn't have been fitted to a sports car. Clearly a one-off special, with bodywork typical of the late 40s. So maybe a rebodied pre-war car - a Lea-Francis?

Not a LeaF..

nicanary · September 24, 2014, 08:00:08 AM

Pre-war Morgan 4/4 ?

Carnut · September 24, 2014, 09:20:51 AM

Quote from: nicanary on September 24, 2014, 08:00:08 AM
Pre-war Morgan 4/4 ?

Not a Morgan, but check my reply #7!

nicanary · September 24, 2014, 09:48:36 AM

Quite. I must learn to read. HRG ?

Allan L · September 24, 2014, 12:55:17 PM

I find it hard to associate those front wheels with anything other than Ford of Dagenham, but you clearly wrote it is not Ford based.
The rear wheels look a bit like those of a 20/90 British Salmson, but that's not a 1940s car although it's not a family car!

targhediferro · September 24, 2014, 03:31:23 PM

J.A.G. based?

Wendax · September 24, 2014, 04:21:31 PM

Based on a Singer Roadster?

Carnut · September 24, 2014, 05:16:41 PM

Not a British Salmson, J.A.G. or Singer!

pnegyesi · September 25, 2014, 03:05:36 AM

Based on a Jaguar?

Carnut · September 25, 2014, 04:36:59 AM

Quote from: pnegyesi on September 25, 2014, 03:05:36 AM
Based on a Jaguar?

No, not Jaguar-based.

pnegyesi · September 25, 2014, 04:44:26 AM

based on a truck?

Carnut · September 25, 2014, 04:46:59 AM

Quote from: pnegyesi on September 25, 2014, 04:44:26 AM
based on a truck?

No!

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Solved - NEH 3673: Custom-bodied MG TC from Australia