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Title: A bespoke MG 1100
Post by: Djetset on May 01, 2019, 07:27:17 AM
I stumbled across this photo of a bespoke MG 1100 recently, but have no idea who modified it. It could be Radford, Hooper or one of many others, but I cannot find any proof. So, if any fellow puzzlers know who converted this MG ADO16 please, including Facel-Vega headlamps, this information will be greatly appreciated. Thank you. (Still unresolved).
Title: Re: Re: Information Requests || What is this car ? thread
Post by: D-type on June 27, 2019, 02:14:25 PM
To start with the obvious: the "B" registration dates it as 1964.  Which coachbuilders were in business then?
Title: Re: Re: Information Requests || What is this car ? thread
Post by: nicanary on June 27, 2019, 02:28:12 PM
Quote from: Djetset on May 01, 2019, 07:27:17 AM
I stumbled across this photo of a bespoke MG 1100 recently, but have no idea who modified it. It could be Radford, Hooper or one of many others, but I cannot find any proof. So, if any fellow puzzlers know who converted this MG ADO16 please, including Facel-Vega headlamps, this information will be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

I would have thought that Facel-Vega headlamp units would have been hard to come by, which makes me wonder whether it was done at Hersham & Walton Motors. I've just had a quick glance through my copy of Fred Hobbs' autobiography but unfortunately there's nothing mentioned.