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TCTom
USA
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 Posted - 18/03/2020 : 01:24:45
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A couple pictures from my files of M Midgets and probably 18-80s in production. I'm unsure of the date but guess it to be 1930, shortly after the move.
Did you know that MG first leased the Pavlova works before purchasing it? I've got a copy of the lease.
Tom Wilson
Zionsville, IN USA |
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KevinA
New Zealand
668 Posts |
Posted - 18/03/2020 : 03:39:22
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| Yes, these are 18/80 mark 2s. As such, with that number on the line, you'd be looking at March 1930 onwards |
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Cooperman
United Kingdom
752 Posts |
Posted - 18/03/2020 : 09:28:58
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In the first picture apart from the Mk2 18/80's and M types there is a Sportsman Coupe, Mike Allison told me that these weren't built until about March 1930, so that all sounds about correct.
John Cooper M 628 |
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sam christie
United Kingdom
3051 Posts |
Posted - 18/03/2020 : 11:01:25
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Where is everybody? The factory looks deserted. Could it be 21st April 1930?
Do I see three Coupés ?
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Oz34
United Kingdom
2494 Posts |
Posted - 18/03/2020 : 13:02:45
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No Sam, it's March 2020 and they're all working from home.
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sam christie
United Kingdom
3051 Posts |
Posted - 20/03/2020 : 13:14:39
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Joking apart, the pictures are clearly the work of a professional photographer. The best time to take pictures without disturbance or disrupting his weekend would be on a public holiday. Easter Monday fell on 21st April 1930.
The images are good but I wish the photographer had been less interested in the roof.
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Mike the M
United Kingdom
481 Posts |
Posted - 20/03/2020 : 14:33:38
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From the other direction and we could have read the chassis numbers!!
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TCTom
USA
274 Posts |
Posted - 20/03/2020 : 14:45:41
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Now if could just find and get really deep into the archives of all these old photos I’m sure there are many more interesting ones. It’s a real challenge, and once in a while I come across a jewel. Like the lease for Pavlova, and a chunk of MGs accounting records from 1943-49 I found two years ago in quite unlikely places.
Tom Wilson
Zionsville, IN USA |
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Robert R
Austria
320 Posts |
Posted - 21/12/2021 : 19:25:16
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The M.G. Car Company Ltd., Pavlova Works, Abingdon-on-Thames.
The letter envelope was stamped July 14, 1932 6 days after the purchase of the F-Type.
Can you understand the meaning?
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