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Simon Johnston
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 08/09/2017 : 10:47:44
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The local MG clubs held an MG Day at the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum last weekend. It was well publicised and we had about 85 cars out on a miserable wet day. Standing by my J2 chatting to a fellow J2 owner a chap came up to me and said 'I have some photos with me of your car taken in the 1930s'. He then produced three pictures, two of which I already had but the third one - below - I'd never seen before. It turned out he was the son of my father's best friend at university in the early 1930s. He had found the photos amongst some old family stuff but they meant nothing to him so he Googled the car's registration number and found my name and a reference to our MG Day and drove up from Dublin to find me. He had no idea of the connection between his father and mine.
The photo was taken on 18 August 1934 at the Ulster Grand Prix motor bike race. The car was exactly one year old having been registered on 18 August 1933 and my father, at the wheel, was a young blade of just twenty four. Note the black painted Klaxon horn and radiator stone guard. They weren't like that in photos of the car when new so my father must have painted them - perhaps the chrome was poor quality and starting to peel off?
Simon J
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colintf
United Kingdom
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Posted - 08/09/2017 : 11:02:21
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what a great story Simon!
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Photographer for MGCC (LeMans Classic, Oldtimer Grand Prix etc) & MG Motor (BTCC 2012-5)
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George Eagle
United Kingdom
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Posted - 08/09/2017 : 11:18:25
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What a lovely gesture by the person concerned and how nice to have a period picture of your father!
George
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sam christie
United Kingdom
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Posted - 08/09/2017 : 11:56:48
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Perfect!
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MG Maverick
United Kingdom
1045 Posts |
Posted - 08/09/2017 : 12:07:27
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I like the vacuum windscreen wiper pump ( or whatever its called ) ...a nice period item I am putting back on J2353 ( since converted to an electric motor ).
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Simon Johnston
United Kingdom
6001 Posts |
Posted - 08/09/2017 : 12:19:51
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It's called a suction wiper motor, Chris.
Simon J
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r.a.maier
Germany
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Posted - 08/09/2017 : 12:42:11
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| fantastic story simon! |
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MG Maverick
United Kingdom
1045 Posts |
Posted - 08/09/2017 : 14:43:57
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Thankyou Simon....wonderful prominence.
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George Eagle
United Kingdom
3228 Posts |
Posted - 08/09/2017 : 15:17:27
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All you have to do now is fit the aluminium stone guards to the rear wings?
George
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Simon Johnston
United Kingdom
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Posted - 08/09/2017 : 15:32:36
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George,
It's been on my 'to do' list for ages. They were actually ribbed aluminium, not plain, and I'm hoping to get them done over the winter as the wings are already well scuffed from stone chips.
Simon J
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MG Maverick
United Kingdom
1045 Posts |
Posted - 09/09/2017 : 06:22:46
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Whilst on the subject of Suction Wiper Motors ( sorry to change the thread ) . I assume that early J3s had a suction wiper motor fitted, how did that work with a supercharged engine ?
Its my intention to supercharge J2353. I am reverting the original windscreen back to its suction type heritage and just wondering if there is anything I need to take account of with this setup? Thanks
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Ian Bowers
United Kingdom
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MG Maverick
United Kingdom
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Posted - 09/09/2017 : 09:33:37
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Thankyou Ian, Mmmmm ! Now I have a dilemma ! With the dismantled, mixed parts from J2353 & J4129 ( with trials history )I am not sure now which car the windscreen was from. The damage to the screen would suggest it was from J4129 and the accident in which the car was overturned and took the lives of the two occupants. The screen is the early type, but converted to accept the electric motor option which I would need to reverse to correct its originality. I have two sets of the side support windscreen brackets, one thinner early set and a later set which does not help. I met and spoke with Angela Bird yesturday, she could not offer any further knowledge.
It may be just a try it and see situation, at least it will look right !
Thanks for the link Ian, a great help.
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tjackson
Australia
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Posted - 09/09/2017 : 12:16:51
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| Rather than connecting to the inlet manifold (per the J2 setup), i think the vacuum tube may have been connected to the body of the carb, downstream of the butterfly. One of the factory J3 photos appears to show an extra otherwise unidentified tube in this area. Cheers |
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Simon Johnston
United Kingdom
6001 Posts |
Posted - 09/09/2017 : 13:06:01
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Another picture taken later the same day by which time the car park in the field had filled up somewhat.
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