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Gordon
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 04/03/2013 : 17:28:31
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At what point in the manufacturing cycle was the PA/PB chassis stamped with its number? When the decision was made to convert the last 27 PA cars to PB specification at what stage of the manufacturing cycle were these 27 cars?
Does anyone know any chassis numbers for the 27 converted PA's?
Gordon
PB 0331, MG4473
Derby |
Edited by - Gordon on 05/03/2013 09:43:07 |
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MaGic_GV
United Kingdom
868 Posts |
Posted - 05/03/2013 : 12:21:52
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The range starts somewhere around PA2030 - my car is PA2052, one of the last, the converted cars apparently taken at random from the line. I've seen the numbers somewhere but can't recall where at present - I'll let you know if I find them!
Graham
"I'd rather be happy than right anyday" Slartybartfast, Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy |
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Gordon
United Kingdom
692 Posts |
Posted - 05/03/2013 : 12:43:00
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Graham,
That is very interesting. If they were taken at random from the line then a possible scenario is that the PA number had to be removed from the dumbiron and replaced with a PB number unless the selection was right at the front of the line. Did the PA and PB share the same production track - don't even know whether there was more than one! Some how I had the idea that completed PA cars that were surplus to sales requirements were then specially treated to remove engine & gearbox and instrument panel for replacement with PB items. Was the radiator grill changed at the same time or was it possible that he new PB had a honeycomb grill??
Gordon
PB 0331, MG4473
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graham holdsworth
United Kingdom
424 Posts |
Posted - 05/03/2013 : 14:38:46
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My car is PB0602, converted from PA 2137 and left the factory on 30th Dec. 1935.
Here is a copy of the factory chassis log showing allthe converted cars.
Graham
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graham holdsworth
United Kingdom
424 Posts |
Posted - 05/03/2013 : 14:45:17
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Also my car has PB0602 stamped on the dumb iron and PA2137 stamped on the bonnet hinge.
Graham
p.s. PB0601 is Dolts car. Left the factory on the same day and now sits in the paddocks next to PB0602. Thats quite something |
Edited by - graham holdsworth on 05/03/2013 15:27:02 |
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Gordon
United Kingdom
692 Posts |
Posted - 05/03/2013 : 15:52:57
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Graham,
Fantastic information, particularly that the bonnet hinge carries the PA number. This, and the fact that they entered the line after some 237 PB's had been commissioned, means that the PA number had to be ground off before the PB number was applied.
Is there an explanation why the engine number appears to be about 260 higher than the chassis number - I wonder what the earliest PB block number is?
Is there any factory listing with the body type/number, rear axle, gearbox and dynamo numbers?
Gordon
PB 0331, MG4473
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MaGic_GV
United Kingdom
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Posted - 05/03/2013 : 18:06:07
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Looks like I am mistaken re the starting point of converted chassis - looks like only one shows a lower chassis number than mine, and that is well out of sequence (PA 1960)
Graham
"I'd rather be happy than right anyday" Slartybartfast, Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy |
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Cymber
United Kingdom
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Posted - 05/03/2013 : 20:44:53
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My PA 2032 was built 10-4-35. The build list supplied by the MGCC shows PA2039 built the day after as converted to PB0595 with engine 1018APB, no date given.
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Edited by - Cymber on 05/03/2013 20:49:41 |
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MaGic_GV
United Kingdom
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Posted - 06/03/2013 : 09:55:42
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So I wasn't so far out then - I imagine these early numbers were cars that had been returned to the factory as unsold/unsatisfactory, or maybe the first 'experimental' PBs?
Graham
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