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LewPalmer
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 Posted - 30/12/2020 : 17:32:57
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Can anyone shed any light on this registration? EXA, I believe, is a London registration, but can anyone tell me an approximate date and the MG model (PB, TA, etc) to which it was assigned?
Lew Palmer
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John James
United Kingdom
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Posted - 30/12/2020 : 18:43:49
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XA was one of the London registrations but all London records were destroyed.
XA also a Kirkcaldy (Scotland) registration from 1963, but all Kirkcaldy registrations were destroyed.
EX was a Great Yarmouth registration and appeared on at least two J-types (J0550 and J4398) supplied by Maudes of Norwich. Also on F1388.
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Simon Johnston
United Kingdom
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Posted - 30/12/2020 : 18:49:02
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Lew,
A search of random EXA registration numbers in the DVLA website produced no 'hits' which might suggest that EXA was never actually used? The XA part designates London, with the prefix letter being used to give additional combinations. So when XA ran out of numbers then they’d have moved to AXA, and so on. But X numbers were subsequently used for temporary personal export plates so perhaps they never got as far as EXA?
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LewPalmer
USA
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Posted - 30/12/2020 : 18:57:19
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The reason I ask is demonstrated in the attached photo. It appears to be a PB or TA Airline Coupe, which is previously unknown to me. If it is either, it is strange since I think I know of all PB Airlines and I believe I know of both TA Airlines, neither of which have this registration mark. I'm attempting to identify the car by date if not chassis number.
Come to think of it, the spacing of the rear wheels in relation to the rear wings, might indicate it is a N-type, but that registration would seem to be later than the last N-type Airline built.
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tholden
United Kingdom
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Posted - 30/12/2020 : 19:17:35
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Lew it does say Airline T in the caption and also the size of the drums in relation to the wheels look too small to be a N type.
Hope you are keeping well.
Terry
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LewPalmer
USA
3243 Posts |
Posted - 30/12/2020 : 19:25:11
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Thanks, Terry. We are well being sequestered hiding from the virus.
I agree that it likely not an N-type and more likely a TA, especially as the photo bears that inscription. For years, it was believed that there was only one TA Airline ever built. However, a letter I have from Donald Healey's daughter with a photo proved otherwise. So the two TA Airlines that we now know of are TA0355 with the registration MG4952 and TA2210 with the registration AMO825, the latter having been owned for a time by Donald Healey.
Could this be a THIRD TA Airline?????
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PreWarMG
Australia
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Posted - 30/12/2020 : 20:16:39
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Lew, Have you contacted The Healey Museum to discuss the Donald Healey Airline Coupe ?.
We are here for a good time, not a long time !. |
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sas
United Kingdom
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Posted - 30/12/2020 : 20:36:48
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London registration number issues were very fast moving Lew but not the fastest.
EXA was issued in February and March 1938 as were EXB, EXC, EXD, EXE and EXF. That is 5995 in 2 months if the full number blocks from 1 - 999 inclusive were issued.
The entire series EXA - EXY (excluding EXG, EXI, EXJ, EXQ, EXS and EXZ) were issued by end of May 1938, almost 20,000 vehicles and, alas, records have not survived. |
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KevinA
New Zealand
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Posted - 30/12/2020 : 22:07:56
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It seems odd in a way this is a May 38 magazine with a circa march 38 London registered car yet the car next door is from the very end of a Glasgow series which started in Sep 1937.
Clearly both cars were basically brand new yet from different ends of the country (countries for those of a certain mindset!). What was the occasion that brought them together? |
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LewPalmer
USA
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Posted - 30/12/2020 : 22:42:30
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Then, assuming that EXA875 was the car's first registration, it could be nothing but a TA. Wow!
Lew Palmer
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