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Posted 12 years 5 months ago #54289
:( Blimey barred from the MG T-Bar Quiz :pinch: I'm going to get withdrawal symptoms :slapme:

Very interesting stories behind the answers to Mr Forgetful's question.
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Posted 12 years 5 months ago #54296

PQD44 wrote: :( Blimey barred from the MG T-Bar Quiz :pinch: I'm going to get withdrawal symptoms :slapme:

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~Sniggers~ :whistle:
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Posted 12 years 5 months ago #54325

PQD44 wrote: :( Blimey barred from the MG T-Bar Quiz :pinch: I'm going to get withdrawal symptoms :slapme:


I wouldn't dare :spank: I merely assume you are the font of all knowledge - a sort of MG Delphi if you catch my drift and thus know all the answers. You set it up, you know it all (no I did not call you a knowitall) I know my place :slapme:



I may be old but I’m not senile:-
It’s just that I can’t remember whether it’s Alzheimer’s or Amnesia

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Posted 12 years 5 months ago #54534
Right – clue time!! Links are to do with I.C.E and I don’t mean I-C.E. :drive:



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It’s just that I can’t remember whether it’s Alzheimer’s or Amnesia

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Posted 12 years 5 months ago #54537
mg made the Ammo ?

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Posted 12 years 5 months ago #54542

paulsmgf wrote: mg made the Ammo ?


Well sombody did have an input or, to be more prosaic - output!! :broon:



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Posted 12 years 5 months ago #54655


Find the above and the MG Link in 'more ways than one' will become clear. What they brought with them gave MG an unusual 'twist' not an imperial one.

Their I.C.E. was around a long before the transistor.
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Posted 12 years 5 months ago #54671
I think my question was too multi cultural!! :-? :yesnod:

Paul, with your approval I feel this should be set aside and you set another one otherwise we will lose interest.

Machine Gun Kelly and the Red Baron never had such unpopularity and as for for a ruby substitute - well no wonder our sheep sheerer thought cars the future!! :-?



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Posted 12 years 5 months ago #54696
:yesnod: too multi cultural :lol:

OK Mr Forgetful let's save this question for another time.

This seams like a good time to take a quick look at the MG T-Bar Quiz starting grid



Special mention goes to MG mad, mogatrons and paulsmgf who are all new to the MG Quiz but have between them taken almost half the points in the new thread.

Their names now join all the others in the MG Quiz Hall of Fame which I will update monthly from now on.






So, for the second time :whistle: , here is question 14;

1) State the two locations (on the engine) where you could find the engine number, a diagram or photo illustrating these would be nice :broon:

2) What can you tell me about a car with an engine number of 18K 4K P25 XXXXXX where X represents a numerical digit.

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Posted 12 years 5 months ago #54703
Well, there is the sticker on the cambelt cover, and the engine number is also stamped/printed into the block on the exhaust side by the flywheel. I think there is also an engine number on the ladder, but that could be my memory tricking me and it's only a matched number.

18K is 1.8 K series, 4(K) is 4 valve VVC, P25 means 160 VVC, originally fitted with manual gearbox and no aircon.

I had to cheat a little bit for the last bit, but more or less remembered the rest...

96 MGF 1.8i: Project Rally Car
98 MGF Abingdon" 285H cams, modded head etc
87 MG Metro: 1440cc fast road car
88 MG Metro Turbo
70 MG Midget: 1.9L VVC + supercharger + RWD = YEEHAA!
72 MGBGT: Project Speed 6 MGB
05 MG ZT-T 260: wife's sensible car
01 MG ZS 180: LHD, for driving around Germany in

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Posted 12 years 5 months ago #54705
:woohoo: well done Andrew, that is spot on.

What is this talk of cheating????

Looking up information is research not cheating.

If you want to learn more about the meaning of the Engine or VIN numbers take a look at this T-Bar thread ~ MGF/TF QI Facts
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Posted 12 years 5 months ago #54710
OK then, next question:

Which was the first MG to utilise fully independent suspension, and what else is interesting about it?

96 MGF 1.8i: Project Rally Car
98 MGF Abingdon" 285H cams, modded head etc
87 MG Metro: 1440cc fast road car
88 MG Metro Turbo
70 MG Midget: 1.9L VVC + supercharger + RWD = YEEHAA!
72 MGBGT: Project Speed 6 MGB
05 MG ZT-T 260: wife's sensible car
01 MG ZS 180: LHD, for driving around Germany in

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