MG Quiz

Mark is out for the [strike]count[/strike] evening, and has entrusted me with the answer.

So, correct Ted! :woohoo:

Thank you David. :broon:

What links pictures 1 and 2. Initial thoughts might help?


AND the main question

Who connects 2 3 4 5


I hope Paul is busy cooking/playing squash/football whatever

Here's Paul !



I just wanna go back to my room! I'm very confused, and I just need time to think things over!

I'm gonna answer your question Ted but I have things to do now.

I will have a go later on tonight if no one gets it. :evil:

Well done Martin, I apologise for my tardiness in not being here to adjudicate, I was indeed in the land of nod.

Apologies, just going back to the Y Type for a minute

MartinW wrote: Strangely, having just read an article recently on JD, I could have sworn it was GP he worked with on the IFS, and Wiki says the same, no mention of Issigonis.....

In addition to the reply, kindly posted by David, I have several articles on the Y Type which all state the same;

"Gerald Palmer was responsible for body styling and, in essence he took a Morris Eight Series E four-door bodyshell in pressed steel, added a swept tail and rear wings, and also a front-end MG identity in the shape of the now well-known upright grille."

"The car would feature an independent front suspension layout designed by Alec Issigonis (famous for designing the Mini in 1959) and Jack Daniels (an MG Draughtsman). "

Further research has convinced me that for every reference to the Y Type designed by GP and JD you will find at least a dozen which state that it was AI and JD who worked on the independent front suspension.

bryan young wrote:

Mr Forgetful wrote: NO NO NO not that - the size of the B****** Bolt I mean - is it, is it a hexagonal castelatted thumb bolt with the reverse twist

Will check in the morning - MUST go to hmmm, what is it, ah, yes bed :coat:

Knew you would like that one, it is Hexagonal, not castellated, right hand UNC thread, measured across flats, but, but, its the NUT size i want, its imperial in fractions of an inche please (you remember those things) Sleep well and have a good game of golf.

Yes i have been savouring a single malt as a night cap :slapme:

I knew I had to leave something for you to have a go at me about hence the come on :woohoo:

I am NOT a mechanic - it has 8 threads, and is one of
1/4 - 28 UNC Plain Nuts
5/16 - 24 UNC Plain Nuts
3/8 - 24 UNC Plain Nuts
7/16 - 20 UNC Plain Nuts
1/2 - 20 UNC Plain Nuts
9/16 - 18 UNC Plain Nuts
5/8 - 18 UNC Plain Nuts
3/4 - 16 UNC Plain Nuts
7/8 - 14 UNC Plain Nuts

I go for 1/2 - 20 UNC Plain Nuts

Now I am PLAIN NUTS :whistle: :pinch: :bust:

NOW WHERE IS THE CURRENT QUESTION

Edit by PQD44: It's here a few posts back
:lol:

:slapme: Now you have me confused, have to tak a trip to the garage to check the MGB for the size of its nuts :coat:



To See the current question by Mr Forgetful's go back near the top of this page or click here to go straight to it

What links pictures 1 and 2. Initial thoughts might help?


AND the main question

Who connects 2 3 4 5


This is the current question (s) question is there anybody there :nonod:

Mr Forgetful wrote: What links pictures 1 and 2. Initial thoughts might help?

AND the main question

Who connects 2 3 4 5

This is the current question (s) question is there anybody there :nonod:

This has sat here long enough and since I have very little idea of the answer I will get the ball rolling and possibly Mr Forgetful will give us a clue.

What links 1 & 2, initial thoughts? So a motorcycle with the initials MG or TF or LE or 500

Well I found the Puch 250 TF



I also found the Gilera LE500



After a lot of searching I eventually found the bike pictured in 2, the Velocette LE 200

So 1 & 2 both share the initial LE, but the LE stands for different things. In the case of the MG it is Limited Edition, in the case of the Velocette it stands for Little Engine.

I could find no MG link with the Velocette LE 200 apart from the initials LE

So I moved on to 2, 3, 4 & 5

5 Gave the clue as it was easy to trace, this MGB GT V8 was a demonstrator used by MG to try and sell it to police forces around the country.

Again I could find no link between it and the Velocette, but the colouring of the bike got me suspicious and it turns out that the Little Engine 200 was also a police motorcycle... coincidence?

A quick check on Police MG TC reveals a 1947 TC was in service with the Warwickshire Police. Too many coincidences, so I reckon the who is not a person at all but the Police?

Oh well done and yes the LE bit was solely to link the Velocette into the question as MG and YES they all were used by the Police as you so eruditely explained. Was that you on the Gilera ? Oh and by the way, as you have "over egged" the answer WHAT are we going to leave for Brian?

Over to you Paul - I hope the audience bucks up a bit otherwise we will be a very small band of brothers!! :hugs:

Bryan could tell us a TF was also made in to a police car by MG Beijing, although as far as I am aware it was not an LE500.

I have no doubt that he will have some words of wisdom on the subject, retrospectively as usual

Right well I guess I better find a question to post.....

1.)
2.)
3.)

The first name and the first name last name give the name of a person related to 3.)

Who is he, what is the link?

Rightyho then - i'll put my mouth in the lion's head - I mean head in mouth - foot in mouth - no that's over now isn't it. Frost and snow killed off foot & mouth.

ANYWAY - heaven help me - Peter Stephens was the stylist for the MGTF. :yesnod:

The first photograph shows a later picture of Peter Ustinov - in Sparticus I believe - and he died (Peter Ustinov not Sparticus althougfh he did die - horribly) in 2004 which was the 80th Anniversary year of the TF. :yesnod:

The second photograph shows "Cat" Stevens now, of course, Yusuf Islam and he is still alive UNLIKE Peter Ustinov. :whistle:

A further connection is that Peter Ustinov was born Peter Alexander Baron von Ustinov whilst Cat Stevens was born Steven Demetre Georgiou - SO what can one deduce from this that adds to the conundrum - well ALL have changed their names at some stage in their career - Peter Ustinov from Von Ustinov, Cat Stevens twice and the MG TF as a derivation of the MGF. :broon:

Now I know and Paul knows that BRIAN will know even more (well about MG anyway) so I will leave it to HIM to add a little more meat to the bones :coat: