Solved - NEH 4793: MG Gnat built by Wally Hall - 1968

[Carnut]

What's this, built by whom, when - for 1 point?:

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[Mogul]

Link to "Mini" Van Den Plas? but without the booth ?!

[Carnut]

Link to "Mini" Van Den Plas? but without the booth ?!

No, you're not on the right track there..

[Mogul]

Riley ? Without booth..... Grill looks so familiar but I belief a Riley grill to be bigger then what is on this "thing"......

[Carnut]

Riley ? Without booth..... Grill looks so familiar but I belief a Riley grill to be bigger then what is on this "thing"......

Not a Riley..

[Mogul]

The grill looked familiar, that gave it away in the end, it's a Mini MG I found attached picture first.
So I's called de MG Gnat. It's a  Cooper 'S' shell with a grille of an MG 1100 and remodeled it to the width of a Riley 'Elf'.It was made in the MG factory in Abingdon with bought or cadged parts from them and the BMC Competitions Department. The historical cars of MG, were saloons called 'Magna' and 'Magnette'. Both were combined to make 'Gnat'.

[Carnut]

Clearly you've found the right car!
The question remains though, who built it and when?
It wasn't an official MG car even though it was built at Abingdon.
Locked for you to complete.

[Mogul]

The car was build in 1967 /1968 by the late Wally Hall

[Carnut]

The car was build in 1967 /1968 by the late Wally Hall

Indeed.
Well done.