MG T-Bar Quiz

:woohoo: We have a winner.

Very well done, I did think I was going to have to give extra clues but you did it alanrt54 :broon:

You are officially a super sleuth MG Quiz master.

I noted that some accounts of the accident differ from varying internet sources: eg the year it happened and some claim it was a friends bike that he was riding rather than the Rex.
So I'm staying out of this one!

1, What is this car?

2. who built the bodywork?

3. What was its fate?

Dear god, what an ugly car :sick:

I was actually not upset to find out the fate of this car, which was that it was destroyed in a fire.

This is the MGA with chassis number YM1 1701.
D.N. Stephenson graduated from London’s Central School of Arts and Crafts Industrial Design. He demonstrated his abilities by designing a new body for the MGA Twin Cam. It was manufactured by Panelcraft Ltd.

John and Sue wrote: I noted that some accounts of the accident differ from varying internet sources: eg the year it happened and some claim it was a friends bike that he was riding rather than the Rex.
So I'm staying out of this one!

I can't confirm the date of the accident but he was definitely in the hospital on the date in question. I've seen the census records. Interestingly I can't find my grandmother on the 1911 Census although she would have been 10 years old!

Well done PQD44.

Further information is here

http://mgaguru.com/mgtech/variants/vt106d1.htm

I'm wondering what possessed him to design a wheel arch so much bigger than it ought to be and whats the idea behind that projection thats looks like flat piece of metal ahead of the sill

alanrt54, names are often transcribed incorrectly. Try searching for others in the family. It may have been she was staying with relatives on the night of the census and has been recorded with the wrong surname.

Just for completeness here is the 1911 census entry for the Kimber family showing the home address.




and the extract for Cecil Kimber recovering in the Manchester Royal Infirmary



Yes John I too have seen several versions of the accident and the circumstances surrounding it.

Thank you for the advice.

The problem with my grandmother was that she was never consistent with the spelling of her name Catherine or Katharine or Katherine. As everyone called her Kate it was never an issue to her. Her death certificate spells it Katharine but I suspect she was registered as Catherine as I have found a birth record in the right area on the right date. I can't get any corroboration as my late father was the last survivor of his generation of my family.

I used the census records and MG by McComb (to establish the relationships) to answer the question.

OK onward with the MG T-Bar Quiz.




Whats wrong?

Boot rack is on backwards?

RB :woohoo: you were quick :broon:

Yes the raised bar should be towards the front of the car, the reason being it is there to stop luggage flying forward in the event of a crash and hitting the occupants.

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Back when the MGF was in its development phase and attracting considerable interest, what regular production cars were modified to run K-Series engines to allow Rover to stealthily test the K in a mid-engined location?

Hint - The answer isn't the Frankenstein Metro pizza van!