Solved - NEH 5440: MG "Demon" by R.E.A.L. Carriage Ltd of Ealing - 1932

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Carnut

May 15, 2019, 01:29:29 PM Last Edit: May 17, 2019, 04:46:03 AM by Carnut
What's this, by whom, from when - for 1 point?:

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Lavrakas

#1
May 16, 2019, 04:26:38 AM
This looks like the MG J2 coachbuilt by R.E.A.L. and shown at the 1932 British Motor Show.
The more I consider the nature of speed, the more mysterious I find it.

Carnut

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May 16, 2019, 07:18:27 AM
That's probably because it is that car!
Locked for you to tell me what it was called.
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Lavrakas

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May 16, 2019, 01:13:46 PM
Sadly, I don't know what this was called or its history, nor who R.E.A.L. were. All I can find is that there were originally only two made in this style, this being one of them or containing parts of both or is slightly less than one; and Barry Walker MG had it for sale in 2016 for £75,000. Incidentally, my mother drove a J2 in the 1930s, on loan from a boyfriend who had been posted abroad for a year. Unfortunately she parked on the sands one afternoon and misread the tides. But I don't imagine it was this one.
The more I consider the nature of speed, the more mysterious I find it.

Lavrakas

#4
May 16, 2019, 03:39:04 PM
. . . unless the word you are looking for is Midget, of course!
The more I consider the nature of speed, the more mysterious I find it.

Carnut

#5
May 16, 2019, 05:57:43 PM
No, it wasn't Midget (its base) - or Midget Submarine!
R.E.A.L. gave it a model name which I need for the point.
It's out there on the Internet so I'll leave it locked for you to search for.
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Lavrakas

#6
May 16, 2019, 06:20:11 PM
The REAL Demon MG
The more I consider the nature of speed, the more mysterious I find it.

Carnut

#7
May 17, 2019, 04:43:03 AM
Quote from: Lavrakas on May 16, 2019, 06:20:11 PM
The REAL Demon MG

Indeed.  Well done.
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Allan L

#8
May 17, 2019, 07:04:14 AM
In that artist's impression I'd say the wheels look more like the M-type's bolt on wheels (with dummy knock-on nuts) than the J2's. Fewer spokes on M than J if you can make 'em out in these pictures:
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