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mgtommm
USA
505 Posts |
 Posted - 29/12/2015 : 16:42:00
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Does anybody know this car?
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creamcracker
United Kingdom
116 Posts |
Posted - 29/12/2015 : 19:48:22
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I am pretty sure this is the MGNB reported in the PreWar MG Register of Australia, Newsletter Nov 2013;
"Ken and Mary Ann Stewart-Richardson purchased their
1936 MGNB in boxes from the USA two years ago, and
carried out a meticulous rebuild of the car including the
design and construction of the body from scratch. The
red painted coachwork was inspired by the style of the
Cresta N types built by Bertelli. The lower NB scuttle line
on Ken and Mary Ann's NA0928 beautifully transitions
through the door line and complements the unusual
rounded tail."
REgards.
Keith
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mgtommm
USA
505 Posts |
Posted - 29/12/2015 : 21:21:33
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| That's gotta be it, Keith. Thanks. tommmmmm |
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LewPalmer
USA
3243 Posts |
Posted - 29/12/2015 : 22:19:44
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If that is NA0928, it previously belonged to Charlie Buck of Mystic, CT who passed away in 2002. According to my notes, he was just starting a complete frame-up restoration the year prior to his passing.
Lew Palmer
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evang099
Canada
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DickMorbey
United Kingdom
3677 Posts |
Posted - 30/12/2015 : 08:58:58
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Oddly this car does not feature on the pages of the Pre-War MG Register of Australia website at http://prewar.mgcc.info/ Perhaps Matthew Magilton or one of the fraternity down under could comment?
Dick Morbey
PA/PB 0743
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George Eagle
United Kingdom
3238 Posts |
Posted - 30/12/2015 : 10:16:15
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I really like the lines of that body, the person who built it is really skilled.
It looks as if the car is NA0928, and as sub-Registrar looking after the F/L/N types I would love to have confirmation of the chassis number.
Like Dick I have noted the car is not listed in the Australian Pre-war MG Register - neither is my old car NB0960.
George
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Colin Butchers
United Kingdom
1487 Posts |
Posted - 30/12/2015 : 10:54:05
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Ken and Mary were over in the U.K. early last year, doing the "grand tour" in a rented motor caravan, and they came along to The Leather Bottle at Mattingley to meet us all there. Mary had many photographs of the various cars they own or have owned and the Cresta lookalike was among them. I am fairly sure that she said that Ken had done the body himself, but I am not absolutely certain.
A lovely couple and it was great to meet them. Sorry, I didn't take a note of the chassis number !
Colin B.
George. Tony Sloan, The Registrar of the Pre War Register of Australia will tell you the chassis number. Let me know if you want his e-mail address. |
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MaGic_GV
United Kingdom
868 Posts |
Posted - 30/12/2015 : 11:18:59
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It is indeed NA 0928, and very nice it looks too!
Regards,
Graham
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Cooperman
United Kingdom
760 Posts |
Posted - 30/12/2015 : 18:17:27
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Colin you are correct, I met up with them on several occasions. About three years ago they brought a ENV gearbox but didn't collect it until this year. As they no longer wanted it they sought to sell it, carrying it around in the campervan. When we went to Beaulieu we loaded it into the back of Chris Keevill's estate, then on the way down Ken got a call from his native Oz and someone brought it.
They have a lot of cars only a few M.G's, Mary Ann races an Amilcar.
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Matthew Magilton
Australia
179 Posts |
Posted - 18/01/2016 : 10:03:15
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Here is another view from the Bathurst rally in 2013. It looks fabulous.
Matthew. |
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Matthew Magilton
Australia
179 Posts |
Posted - 18/01/2016 : 10:09:16
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And another from the same rally.
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