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Cooperman
United Kingdom
751 Posts |
 Posted - 22/06/2019 : 15:41:15
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I wonder if anyone knows of this car, it has a Ceylonese registration and was owned by Alan C. L. Bayne a well known exponent of Rileys.
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Cooperman
United Kingdom
751 Posts |
Posted - 12/07/2019 : 18:05:57
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No one any idea, is it a T type?
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Peter Green
United Kingdom
1682 Posts |
Posted - 12/07/2019 : 20:20:09
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John,
It looks like a T type to me.
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George Eagle
United Kingdom
3226 Posts |
Posted - 12/07/2019 : 22:18:08
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I also think the car looks like a T type.
George
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Joe S
Switzerland
22 Posts |
Posted - 13/07/2019 : 09:43:57
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I think it could be a TA. It has side-laced wheels and a slight hint of an apex to the centre of the cowl just behind the bonnet centre line. For some reason TAs have this whereas the later T types all have a smooth curve here. This photo shows it up well:
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Westbury
United Kingdom
1948 Posts |
Posted - 13/07/2019 : 10:50:43
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Incredibly well spotted, Joe !
( And I think you are correct.)
Cheers,
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coracle
United Kingdom
1870 Posts |
Posted - 13/07/2019 : 12:41:53
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| So it is now clear that Holmes did survive Moriarty at the Reichenbach Falls and still lives on in Switzerland! |
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Joe S
Switzerland
22 Posts |
Posted - 13/07/2019 : 18:37:03
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Thanks gents,
I've always had an interest in the minutae of MG design. Some are the best examples of design (given the limited budgets they had) in the art deco period, which is my favourite.
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Westbury
United Kingdom
1948 Posts |
Posted - 13/07/2019 : 21:53:05
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Nice one, Nigel !
Joe, agreed on the Art Deco comment and I suppose the MG badge itself is Art Deco ?
Regards,
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Joe S
Switzerland
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Posted - 13/07/2019 : 23:43:29
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I think so, Nigel. The use of geometric shapes (such as the octagon) played a big part in this new (at the time) technical design revolution.
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