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spitfire
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 06/11/2013 : 17:36:37
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| Ditto. |
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DickMorbey
United Kingdom
3677 Posts |
Posted - 06/11/2013 : 18:34:31
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Watch this space. We have a plan!
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Simon Johnston
United Kingdom
6141 Posts |
Posted - 07/11/2013 : 00:35:05
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| I trust it's a cunning one, Mr. Mainwaring! (To mix my TV metaphors) |
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Simon Johnston
United Kingdom
6141 Posts |
Posted - 07/11/2013 : 21:19:17
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Just to show what we're waiting for, this is the sort of thing we used to get years ago from the Register
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Oz34
United Kingdom
2543 Posts |
Posted - 07/11/2013 : 21:48:24
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My gosh; wasn't that Nick Sands?
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Simon Johnston
United Kingdom
6141 Posts |
Posted - 07/11/2013 : 21:52:58
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| Indeed, I believe so. |
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sven
Sweden
431 Posts |
Posted - 08/11/2013 : 08:12:51
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I remeber those, I used them a lot when restoring my L2 and very helpful they were too. I am waiting....
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Nick Feakes
USA
3377 Posts |
Posted - 08/11/2013 : 13:39:34
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Be patient friends. I don't have any pictures yet, but they are coming.
I then have to create the software and appropriate search categories - I then will need to identify each picture according to the search categories. I will need help with this. I will also include a "comments" box since I am told there are many pictures of components that didn't make it into the production cars so do not represent any form of originality.
Nick
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Peter Green
United Kingdom
1682 Posts |
Posted - 08/11/2013 : 14:06:51
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To illustrate Nick's last sentence here is one such picture.
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O.Thomas
United Kingdom
755 Posts |
Posted - 08/11/2013 : 14:17:17
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| Prototype 12" brake on f type i think |
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Nick Feakes
USA
3377 Posts |
Posted - 08/11/2013 : 21:51:57
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This is how I imagine this is going to work. Initially, I will add the pictures to the site as I receive them. This library of pictures will be combined with all the other pictures we already have as well as those from the "seeking information" forum that are relevant (so that they all can be searched from one place).
As an aid to searching for pictures, I will create a list of categories, for example part, type, date of picture, venue, driver, comments and so on. I will be asking for help filling in all these details for each picture, possibly via an on-line form. Some details will be obvious, while others will be not applicable.
Once we have a good range of details I will enable a search facility, something like "all factory pictures of P-types" or "all pictures taken in 1936" or "all pictures taken before 1939" and so on. It will be possible to combine search criteria, for example "all pictures of P-types taken before 1939" or "all pictures taken at Brooklands between 1934 and 1950".
Eventually I would like to have other pictures of Triple-M MGs that exist added to this picture library, including those competing, those not competing, those at garden parties and so on. The search facility will enable you to only see these factory pictures, or not, as you wish.
These are just my current thoughts, eventually this section will emerge in stages and may be somewhat different. I will keep you all posted as the ideas solidify and as always I welcome ideas and suggestions for this new section
Nick
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George Eagle
United Kingdom
3240 Posts |
Posted - 08/11/2013 : 22:17:55
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I believe those old photos were indeed managed by Nick Sands - my how time has passed.
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Simon Johnston
United Kingdom
6141 Posts |
Posted - 14/12/2013 : 13:07:26
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Originally posted by George Eagle
my how time has passed.
Indeed, George, and another month slips by and still no news on this. Interestingly, looking at some back issues of the Year Book when Malcolm Green was the librarian, I see that the factory photos were credited to 'Magna Press', Didn't Magna Press publish the Malcolm Green books? Does Magna Press still exist?
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Ian Bowers
United Kingdom
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Posted - 14/12/2013 : 13:29:51
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Copyright might well still apply, and possibly belong to the photographer; so caution may be advisable.
Ian Bowers
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Simon Johnston
United Kingdom
6141 Posts |
Posted - 14/12/2013 : 14:02:39
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This could well be, Ian, but up to about 2000/2001 the Register sold copies of the factory publicity photos. This was discontinued apparently because of a lack of interest and then in the 2001 Year Book any factory photos were credited to Magna Press. Likewise in the 2002 Year Book. I don't have any subsequent ones to hand apart from the 2012 one by which time factory photos that appeared in Mike Allison's article were simply credited to Mike's private collection. For example, the well known photo of the L type on the brake rollers features in both the 2002 and the 2012 Year Books. In the former it is credited to. Magna Press, in the latter, to Mike Allison's private collection.
Hence my query about Magna Press. |
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