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LewPalmer
USA
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 Posted - 12/06/2010 : 18:36:26
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A photo was recently brought to my attention in "The Motor" dated April 3, 1934 which featured a write up titled "A New M.G. Magnette" starting on page 380. In there is a photo of what certainly appears to be an Allingham Coupe. However, it it captioned "The Airline convertible, 2 - 4 seater".
Does anyone know whether the Allingham Coupe was intended to be known as the Airline Convertible, or whether The Motor reporter simply got it wrong. Since both the Airline Coupe and the Allingham "Coupe" were designed by H. W. Allingham, the confusion can be understood.
Lew Palmer
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Edited by - LewPalmer on 12/06/2010 23:28:05 |
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MaGic_GV
United Kingdom
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Posted - 13/06/2010 : 07:46:14
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Lew, I have a club repro brochure which introduces the cars simultaneously - 'The New MG Airline Coupes and Two-Four Seater' - which could be read to imply that both body types are named 'Airline', but I don't think that was the intention...there is no mention of 'Allingham' at all!
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Mike Allison
United Kingdom
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Posted - 13/06/2010 : 11:00:08
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Hi Lew,
"Airline" was a name given to the body style of the fixed head coupe... Allingham was the name of a coach-building firm, which actually carried out the design work for both the Airline and the 2/3 seater, now called "Allingham Coupe", bodies. In general, MG used the Carbodies firm in Coventry until 1933, and then after that date they used the Morris Bodies plant, also in Coventry, for supply of bodies. Specialist coachbuilders often supplied bodies, but usually fitted these to chassis at their own works.
I have never cleared up the "mystery" of the Airline styles, and in the event not all that many were actually sold, probably due to the price differential... they were dearer than the standard confections.
The ND (originally called the NK at the Factory)used up remaining K2 bodies, which had been supplied by Carbodies, whereas the standard N-type two and four seaters were built at Morris Bodies. I think the KN saloon finished the contract with Carbodies. None of this has ever been corroborated for me, but is the result of information informally volunteered to me by Cecil Cousins, years ago.
I hope it is of some interest.
Mike
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