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sam christie
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 21/05/2016 : 22:53:27
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This image is LAT Plate B7807.
Can anyone identify the Midget in this image taken at the 1932 Lands End Trial. It is known via Cowbourne that this is A J Arber's Midget (comp. no. 124) but which model is it? Is it a D Type? This car has rear hanging doors.
This picture appears towards the foot of the Pre-war Minor home page at www.prewarminor.com in the fascinating Triple M Corner feature.
Ted Hack suggests it might be Jarvis F ( or possibly the special bodied D) see D0259 on their survivors page mgdgroup.org or F976 on the F Magna site in ‘gallery’ then ‘further pictures of this car’.
This request for information comes from Chris Lambert (Pre War Minor Network) via Ted Hack (MG D Group) .
Sam |
Edited by - sam christie on 21/05/2016 23:00:14 |
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Cathelijne
Netherlands
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Posted - 22/05/2016 : 07:16:39
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If his initials were J.A. and not A.J., my guess is that it's D0360, a Jarvis bodied car.
Cheers,
Cat |
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sam christie
United Kingdom
3143 Posts |
Posted - 22/05/2016 : 08:47:38
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Thanks Cat. If it is as you D 0360 as you suggest it is a survivor currently in Luxembourg.I am sure the owner will be delighted with such a great period picture of his car.
I have taken the liberty of borrowing this image from the excellent MG D Group site. http://mgdgroup.org/survivors2.html
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AVP342
United Kingdom
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Posted - 22/05/2016 : 20:00:17
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Cathelijne.
I am intrigued to know if Chris Lambert is any relation to A J Lambert who drove my PA AVP 342 in trials in the 1930's with some success.
Any idea?
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Cathelijne
Netherlands
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Posted - 22/05/2016 : 20:47:15
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Hi Derek,
I haven't a clue really! He is registered on here as 'semisport', so he has probably seen your post too and might be able to tell?
Good luck!
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semisport
United Kingdom
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Posted - 22/05/2016 : 21:23:33
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Derek - No such claim to fame I'm afraid. Thanks Cat and Sam for helping to identify the D Type Jarvis special.
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jarvis
Luxembourg
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Posted - 23/05/2016 : 12:35:33
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D0360 was sold through Jarvis of Wimbledon and registered PJ320); it was originally fitted with a Jarvis body and several extras: ENV gearbox, Powerplus 6A supercharger, special instruments, 4.89 ratio diff, ...
In february 1932 the first owner is Mr. J A Arber from Chigwell/Essex; he had a business, “W I Arber LTD”, Portland House, 4 Great Portland Street, Oxford Circus, London; as Great Portland Street was the” mecca” of the automobile industry, one would be tempted to think that his business was also related.
This quite expensive car won (only!) a Silver Award in the 1932 London-Land’s End Trial. Mr. Arber gained a Gold Award in 1931 in a Triumph. Unfortunately, the Midget failed at “Dunkery Beacon” and “Beggar’s Roost”! Mr. Arber complained about this mishap at the Works ; the Works named a few probable reasons for misfiring: poor plugs, wrong petrol, weak mixture. After one year of ownership Mr. Arber sold the car!
D0360 saw quite a large number of owners prewar (of which 2 RAF Wing Commanders) and experienced several cranks!
The car was last heard of when one L E Thames from High Wycombe made a request in 1960 at the Works about the history of the car; then the car found its way to the States to the “Verbiesen Collection”.
If somebody could fill in some more history!?
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sam christie
United Kingdom
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Posted - 23/05/2016 : 19:37:48
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An interesting story and all credit to Chris Lambert for finding the image and taking the trouble to follow it up. I am sure any one of us would be delighted to have such a fine period picture of his (or her) car.
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Edited by - sam christie on 23/05/2016 19:39:16 |
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MG pictured at 1932 Lands End Trial -What is it?
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