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correlejco
United Kingdom
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Posted - 12/06/2019 : 12:53:19
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My colleague found this pic of his father's MG in 1945. Any further information available?
![](http://www.triple-mregister.org/forums/uploads/correlejco/2019612125216_Me X My Mum in DadXs MG 1.jpg)
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sam christie
United Kingdom
3099 Posts |
Posted - 12/06/2019 : 16:07:26
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It looks like an M-type....and even better a 12/12 ! and it still exists !
![](http://www.triple-mregister.org/forums/uploads/sam christie/201961216654_Peacop SC 9559 JPEG.jpg)
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Edited by - sam christie on 12/06/2019 16:21:59 |
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sam christie
United Kingdom
3099 Posts |
Posted - 12/06/2019 : 20:30:52
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Back in 2010 this car was on display in the Mouldsworth Motor Museum which has subsequently closed. Perhaps someone can share some better quality up to date pictures.
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Edited by - sam christie on 12/06/2019 20:47:05 |
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CrashBox
United Kingdom
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BobH
United Kingdom
250 Posts |
Posted - 12/06/2019 : 21:55:10
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Well maybe its my eyes but the shape of the door looks different in the first picture and of course there is that folded hood and no outside exhaust either. Could it be a Jarvis-bodied M which has been re-built as a 12-12 at some point? |
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Simon Johnston
United Kingdom
6119 Posts |
Posted - 12/06/2019 : 22:13:35
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According to the Register listing it’s the Real MCoy - a proper 12/12 Replica
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Colin McLachlan
United Kingdom
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Posted - 13/06/2019 : 12:46:44
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quote: According to the Register listing it’s the Real MCoy - a proper 12/12 Replica
So, not a 12/12 Replica replica. ![](images/icon_smile_big.gif)
Colin
Crail, Fife. PA 0613 MG3242 Register No. 2591 |
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Simon Johnston
United Kingdom
6119 Posts |
Posted - 13/06/2019 : 15:19:54
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Absolutely not ![](images/icon_smile_big.gif)
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powerplus
United Kingdom
599 Posts |
Posted - 13/06/2019 : 17:28:20
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Some 30 years, or more ago, I was invited to take a ride in this car, which I enjoyed enormously, it being quite nimble and rather fundamental. It was in fact a McEvoy Special.
I heard some time later that it was to be converted into 12/12 Replica format and the photo clearly shows it in its more recent guise.
I believe it was an active participant in VSCC events. Powerplus.
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sam christie
United Kingdom
3099 Posts |
Posted - 13/06/2019 : 18:38:07
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A mistake in the Register Alan?
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powerplus
United Kingdom
599 Posts |
Posted - 13/06/2019 : 18:58:34
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Sam, One further thought. I may be mistaken about the origin of the car, as I now recall that there was more than one car of similar type in the family at the time, but I certainly rode in the McEvoy Special. Powerplus. |
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sam christie
United Kingdom
3099 Posts |
Posted - 13/06/2019 : 19:09:24
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Could this have been the McEvoy Special?
![](http://www.triple-mregister.org/forums/uploads/sam christie/201961319425_3431364348.jpg)
I believe I have seen recent pictures of this car looking much the same.
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powerplus
United Kingdom
599 Posts |
Posted - 13/06/2019 : 21:31:06
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Sam, This looks to be a relatively recent photograph. You have the correct location and family. The car in which I was an intrepid passenger was not in the attractive condition portrayed by your photo, but perhaps it has undergone restoration subsequently.
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KevinA
New Zealand
670 Posts |
Posted - 13/06/2019 : 23:54:13
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Alan, this might jog the memory. It describes the timing and how it returned to the road 30 years ago in restored condition.
http://classiccars.brightwells.com/viewdetails.php?id=3341
This lovely 1932 Morris-based example was purchased by the vendor from an advertisement in the Blackpool Evening Gazette in 1962. Fitted at the time with a Morris 8 engine, a correct side-valve unit came with the car which is now in place. Used as his everyday car, it spent much of its life in and around his offices in Fleet Street - parked at the back of the Daily Express building.
Fitted with a home-made hood cover made from a Players Weights Tobacco tarpaulin, it was sufficiently reliable to transport the vendor’s wife on their second date, the third almost ending in disaster when she had to push start it! It was then actively campaigned in VSCC trials until 1973 when it was put into the Mouldsworth Museum as an exhibit, the vendor’s efforts going into setting up and running the museum.
Over the next 16 years he undertook a full chassis-up, nut-and-bolt restoration. The ash frame was carefully repaired by Enrique Llinares where needed, retaining as much originality as possible. Local firm Roscoe Howard & Tickle completely rebuilt the engine, while Plus Four undertook a quality retrim which included a new hood, hood bag and sidescreens. Finished in cheeky bright red with black wings it returned to the road again in 1989, just in time for the VSCC Jubilee celebrations.
In super running condition, this very rare and original example has been used for numerous long journeys and has provided a huge amount of pleasure during the vendor's 51-year ownership. It is now time for a lucky new owner to continue to cherish the car in the manner to which it has become accustomed.
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semisport
United Kingdom
61 Posts |
Posted - 14/06/2019 : 14:18:25
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Definitely not the same car. The McEvoy Minor Model 60 is known and was photographed in the sixties by Nick Georgano while it has also appeared at Brightwells Auctions in 2013 and 2017. Jim Peacop campaigned SC 9559 during the early years of the last decade and I suspect long before that as well. He owned both cars.
![](http://www.triple-mregister.org/forums/uploads/semisport/201961414952_A pair of Double Twelves Prescott August 2003 LambertX Peacop.JPG)
![](http://www.triple-mregister.org/forums/uploads/semisport/2019614141139_YD 4198 McEvoy Minor Two seater Special Nick Georgano.jpg)
![](http://www.triple-mregister.org/forums/uploads/semisport/2019614141222_YD 4198 1932 McEvoy Minor Brightwells Auction Bicester April 2017 Hammer price X23K.jpg) |
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sam christie
United Kingdom
3099 Posts |
Posted - 14/06/2019 : 23:04:43
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Does anyone know if Jim Peacop still owns SC 9559 or what has become of it? I am sure Jim would be keen to see the old photograph.
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