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sam christie
United Kingdom
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Posted - 10/08/2017 : 22:50:23
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A picture from "The Motoring Encyclopedia" of about 1933. Does the M.G. survive ?
One wonders what a good example of 'cutting in' would look like.
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DickMorbey
United Kingdom
3668 Posts |
Posted - 10/08/2017 : 23:57:07
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This may be D0301 although there is very little info on file about this car or whether it has survived. Ted Hack may be able to add to the general knowledge, though ......
Dick Morbey PA-PB0743 Frieth, Oxon, UK |
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PeterL
United Kingdom
1703 Posts |
Posted - 11/08/2017 : 08:24:01
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Does it survive? It would be a miracle if it survived beyond 1933!
I think it has a sniff of the Fs about it. Do we know it is a D?
P (F0313, F0637 &F1344!) |
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sam christie
United Kingdom
3041 Posts |
Posted - 11/08/2017 : 09:59:27
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The views above show the same car (Fig.5 and Fig.6)
I suggest the book is from 1933 because the M.G. illustrations seem to suggest that year.
The book came as a magazine and when the set was collected they could be sent off to be neatly bound.
This is a later tired looking example of the bound version currently on eBay for £15 or you can buy the unbound set (also currently on eBay) for...£102 !
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Edited by - sam christie on 11/08/2017 10:00:57 |
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tedsmgs
United Kingdom
32 Posts |
Posted - 11/08/2017 : 14:29:28
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Unfortunately the Registration number is not the D lists - there are about 25% first registrations missing. The second picture could be D or F?! Ted. |
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Gordon
United Kingdom
689 Posts |
Posted - 11/08/2017 : 14:45:37
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Can anyone identify what the other 2 cars are?
Gordon ex owner of PB 0331, MG4473 Derby |
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DickMorbey
United Kingdom
3668 Posts |
Posted - 11/08/2017 : 15:04:40
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Ted, I almost cannot believe this, but was that your ever first posting to the Forum?
Dick Morbey PA-PB0743 Frieth, Oxon, UK |
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mgtommm
USA
496 Posts |
Posted - 11/08/2017 : 22:08:47
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Early road rage.....
It's obvious the 2 drivers are sharing a one finger salute in the second scene after the MG lady performed a bad example cutting in.
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Cooperman
United Kingdom
751 Posts |
Posted - 12/08/2017 : 12:56:32
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I wonder why the open car has a traders plate?
John Cooper M 628 |
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Ian Bowers
United Kingdom
936 Posts |
Posted - 12/08/2017 : 16:20:04
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If you compare the pictures they appear to be posed, and edited (smoke) to make a point. So trade plates are part of the stock situation. The picture from the back of the woman could not have been taken at the same time.
Ian Bowers OD 6791 J3 3772 |
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Christian Cottes
France
114 Posts |
Posted - 12/08/2017 : 17:49:58
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The photographs are obviously posed and touched thereafter (see the shades in various directions in fig 6). A near to normal focal length was used, so they were taken from the road or very close to the sides. The cars were probably standing still, otherwise the wheels, among other details, would have been blurred. The substantial depth of field suggest a low shutter speed. |
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Simon Johnston
United Kingdom
5945 Posts |
Posted - 12/08/2017 : 18:04:14
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quote: Originally posted by Christian Cottes
The substantial depth of field suggest a low shutter speed.
The substantial depth of field would suggest a small aperture, perhaps necessitating a slow shutter speed, but not necessarily.
Oh dear, I do need to get out more
Simon J J3437 |
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Christian Cottes
France
114 Posts |
Posted - 12/08/2017 : 18:39:19
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Simon, you need to close the diaphragm to obtain some depth of field, and a very, very sunny day to combine this aperture with a high shutter speed. Especially in the 30's when films were very slow and minimum apertures on current lenses in the range of f8/f11.
This discussion derives from the original topic, but it shows that one must be as cautious in the interpretation of period photographs as we are now with digital ones edited on Photoshop. |
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Vitesse
United Kingdom
234 Posts |
Posted - 13/08/2017 : 23:40:30
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quote: Originally posted by sam christie
A picture from "The Motoring Encyclopedia" of about 1933. Does the M.G. survive ?
One wonders what a good example of 'cutting in' would look like.
Sam
A bit of research in the COPAC library database and the Daily Mail Archive reveals that the original 'Motoring Encyclopedia' was issued in weekly parts, starting in October 1932, with a hardbound version following in 1934. It returned - again in weekly parts - as 'The New Motoring Encyclopedia', as illustrated above and published from October 1936. The Science Museum Library has a copy of the hardbound version of that, but doesn't hazard a date, recording it as '193-'! Probably 1938. |
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