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Reinout
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 Posted - 10/05/2016 : 05:22:18
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Not a photo of a real MG, but still a photo.
K&R Replicas (white metal 43rd scale model cars and kits) shows a MG M Type police car. Based on a few earlier posts, there might be a pictured or information in the book MG's on Patrol. I don't have the book but would be interested if such police cars really existed and if the K&R colors might be correct.
Link to Sam Christie's reference to the book as it related to the spare wheel carrier.
http://www.triple-mregister.org/forums/topic.asp?ARCHIVE=true&TOPIC_ID=2424&SearchTerms=police,cars
Reinout Vogt
Emma
1931 M-Type 2M/2735 |
Edited by - Reinout on 10/05/2016 05:24:14 |
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LewPalmer
USA
3372 Posts |
Posted - 10/05/2016 : 19:47:46
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Reinout,
According to my copy of "MGs on Patrol", the Edinburgh and Metropolitan forces did run M types. 2 in Edinburgh and 5 in the Metropolitan force. No chassis numbers are listed, however.
Lew Palmer
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Edited by - LewPalmer on 10/05/2016 19:48:23 |
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Reinout
USA
265 Posts |
Posted - 23/06/2016 : 14:22:37
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This MG dealer ad shows the Edinburgh traffic police used a M-Type, but without the spare wheel carrier.
The tagline A Masterpiece in Miniature is beautiful and the photo caption states that they find the "M.G." ideal. Note that M.G. is in quotes and that it is M.G. instead of MG
Reinout Vogt
Emma
1931 M-Type 2M/2735
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Simon Johnston
United Kingdom
6635 Posts |
Posted - 23/06/2016 : 14:46:32
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quote:
Originally posted by Reinout
that it is M.G. instead of MG
As it should be 
Simon J
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sam christie
United Kingdom
3196 Posts |
Posted - 23/06/2016 : 15:50:42
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LewPalmer
USA
3372 Posts |
Posted - 23/06/2016 : 22:23:13
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Actually, Sam, if you look carefully of the famous photo of the M-types in front of the office block, you will see that the M and the G are joined at the bottom. No periods, just a bar between the two letters.
Lew Palmer
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Cooperman
United Kingdom
795 Posts |
Posted - 24/06/2016 : 16:18:23
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When the stylised octagonal M.G. sign was registered as a trade mark on 1st May 1924 there were no full stops, this continued with the octagonal sign in advertisements, however when M.G. was used in text in the advertisements there were always full stops.
M.G. must have had a special key in their typewriters with the octagonal M.G. as letters show that when M.G. is mentioned there is an octagonal M.G. in place. I would love to get hold of one of those typewriters, has anyone got one or ever seen one?
John Cooper M 628 |
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Cooperman
United Kingdom
795 Posts |
Posted - 24/06/2016 : 18:01:02
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Here is a picture of Edmund Road with full stops in text
Her is the picture of M types streaming out of Abingdon. The M.G. is in an Octagon thus no full stops. It does appear that the M and G are attached at the top and bottom, maybe for structural purposes?
John Cooper M 628 |
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MaGic_GV
United Kingdom
868 Posts |
Posted - 24/06/2016 : 20:47:10
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quote:
Originally posted by Cooperman
M.G. must have had a special key in their typewriters with the octagonal M.G. as letters show that when M.G. is mentioned there is an octagonal M.G. in place. I would love to get hold of one of those typewriters, has anyone got one or ever seen one?
John Cooper M 628
Yes, there was a special type slug. As an engineer for IBM I serviced the machine at MG Abingdon. If I remember rightly it was an IBM Executive typewriter with a peculiar attachment called a hektowriter, which provided a sort of moving carbon ribbon, presumably to save using carbon paper.
Regards,
Graham
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Moth eaten
Australia
956 Posts |
Posted - 12/08/2016 : 12:06:25
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What happened to the MG building?
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DickMorbey
United Kingdom
3696 Posts |
Posted - 12/08/2016 : 14:55:32
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Does this look familiar?
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