Another mystery for me.
I know the make and year but don't know the coachbuilder.
One point on offer for anyone who can fill in the details.
I wonder if an Expert knows?
British ?
Base car is British
The octagonal lights and the radiator shape suggest that the base car is an MG. Too big to be a Midget so probably a Magnette - I'm afraid I don't know my prewar models.
Quote from: D-type on August 31, 2011, 06:45:47 AM
The octagonal lights and the radiator shape suggest that the base car is an MG. Too big to be a Midget so probably a Magnette - I'm afraid I don't know my prewar models.
Yes that's right - it's a pre-war MG, I believe from 1934.
I'm going to give you a point for that but keep the puzzle open in case anyone knows the coachbuilder (I don't) for another point.
Can a Pro solve which coachbuilder was responsible?
Quote from: woodinsight on September 02, 2011, 02:28:10 PM
Can a Pro solve which coachbuilder was responsible?
No but I trust he went broke twenty minutes after finishing this one!
Quote from: Allan L on September 02, 2011, 04:37:51 PM
Quote from: woodinsight on September 02, 2011, 02:28:10 PM
Can a Pro solve which coachbuilder was responsible?
No but I trust he went broke twenty minutes after finishing this one!
You're correct there Allan!
Looking at the photo again, I'm wondering if this is a model rather than a completed car.....
My source only comments on the design of this strange MG.
Time for the BH.......
There's still a point on offer on this 1934 MG to complete the story behind it - coachbuilder/designer, etc.
Jarvis?
Quote from: FrontMan on November 29, 2012, 10:41:02 AM
Jarvis?
I really don't know but if you have proof..........?
Licenceplate GG-343 was on this car.
This license plate was (at a time) owned by Mr Giulio Gallone, director of E. Gallone Ltd, icecream manufacturers, Northhampton
I do have a magazine clipping in my archive, but only the picture was cut out, so no description of the car.
It came from the magazine Thouroghbred & Classic Cars, July 1979
I hoped that, as I had a run of T&CC, I could knock this on the head. However I gave up on that magazine a year or so too early so I can't.
Quote from: hermanoto on December 20, 2019, 03:12:37 AM
Licenceplate GG-343 was on this car.
This license plate was (at a time) owned by Mr Giulio Gallone, director of E. Gallone Ltd, icecream manufacturers, Northhampton
I do have a magazine clipping in my archive, but only the picture was cut out, so no description of the car.
It came from the magazine Thouroghbred & Classic Cars, July 1979
So, was the coachbuilder based in Northampton?
Although woodinsight did log-in here in May 2017 he hasn't actually posted any replies at all since May 2014, so I don't think any answers to your question will be forthcoming.
According to some coachbuilders page:
"MG(-Jaray) PA-Midget 850-Airline/1935.
It was built-up in order of a bussiness-man, living in CH-Luzern. This text-note I have with the book-title 'Streamline-cars in Europe/1900>45 - RFJ-Kieselbach/1982."
Quote from: Oguerrerob on September 24, 2024, 04:15:35 AM
According to some coachbuilders page:
"MG(-Jaray) PA-Midget 850-Airline/1935.
It was built-up in order of a bussiness-man, living in CH-Luzern. This text-note I have with the book-title 'Streamline-cars in Europe/1900>45 - RFJ-Kieselbach/1982."
Definitely not! Besides the fact that the puzzle car doesn't look like a Jaray design at all, you can find a design drawing of the proposed Jaray MG in the same book:
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