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KJ1592
United Kingdom
456 Posts |
 Posted - 28/09/2019 : 15:44:08
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I have an original photo of the car and a letter to the factory from the then owner. If the car still exists the current owner is welcome to the items.
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DickMorbey
United Kingdom
3692 Posts |
Posted - 28/09/2019 : 18:51:57
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I think the car is L0463. We know the owner, who is a subscriber to this forum!
Dick Morbey
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Frieth, Oxon, UK |
Edited by - DickMorbey on 28/09/2019 18:53:00 |
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KevinH
United Kingdom
156 Posts |
Posted - 28/09/2019 : 19:13:08
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Ian,
I'm the owner of L0463. It is still in pieces, but I'm gradually getting all the parts together to get the restoration underway.
I'd very much like to have the letter and photo, so if you could please email me your address, I'll get an SAE off to you
Best regards
Kevin
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KJ1592
United Kingdom
456 Posts |
Posted - 28/09/2019 : 20:58:05
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Wonderful, always a pleasure to return things to their rightful place.
Kevin drop me an email to ianholmes251@hotmail.co.uk with your postal address and I’ll send them off to you.
All the very best,
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Ian Bowers
United Kingdom
962 Posts |
Posted - 29/09/2019 : 07:43:50
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Since this correspondence took place at a very low point in WW II, and petrol was seriously rationed, Mr Breerley was an optimist with an eye to the future!
Interestingly there is no trace of him in the 1939 Register. Was he from overseas?
Ian Bowers
OD 6791
J3 3772 |
Edited by - Ian Bowers on 29/09/2019 07:48:28 |
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PaulusPotter
Netherlands
206 Posts |
Posted - 29/09/2019 : 08:20:22
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Ian,
From the photograph this car is not a Continental Coupe wich is visible from the windscreen placing. The Continental windscreen is under a sort of overhang.
Wich is not the case in this photo.
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Richard Verrill
United Kingdom
350 Posts |
Posted - 29/09/2019 : 08:38:54
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Good to see historical items relating to cars being repatriated to be hopefully filed and preserved with the related car.
I have seen the typewriter M.G. logo previously and wonder does any of the such equipped typewriters exist and has anybody created an emoji or a font character for similar use in our digital world?
Richard
PA1733 YA5206 |
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George Eagle
United Kingdom
3293 Posts |
Posted - 29/09/2019 : 11:29:25
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The factory file shows:-
Delivered by University Motors to Capt R P Elwes on 1st August 1933, engine number 760 AL. There is no information as to Registration number or colour but the body is shown as 4 seat tourer! I wonder how the change of body came about? I think the windscreen looks like that fitted to salonettes.
I also wonder if Captain Elwes was related to J C Elwes who was the first owner of J4003?
George
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Westbury
United Kingdom
2205 Posts |
Posted - 29/09/2019 : 16:41:07
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Wasn’t there also a body fitted to the L types named the Carlton or something similar ?
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Cooperman
United Kingdom
787 Posts |
Posted - 29/09/2019 : 19:21:49
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Carlton certainlymade bodies for 18/80's. Here is one owned by a vice-president of our esteemed club. In fact there are two extant
John Cooper M 628 |
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Simon Johnston
United Kingdom
6507 Posts |
Posted - 30/09/2019 : 07:37:27
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Originally posted by Richard Verrill
I have seen the typewriter M.G. logo previously and wonder does any of the such equipped typewriters exist and has anybody created an emoji or a font character for similar use in our digital world?
Richard,
It’s relatively straightforward to insert the M.G. octagon when using Word. I’m not at my laptop just now but as I recall you can set up a shortcut such as the letters 'm' and 'g' followed by one of the function keys (I can’t recall which one offhand!) to insert the image file. I used this method for a while when editing our Ulster Centre MaGazine but gave it up as, being image files, the little octagons didn’t move with the text when adjusting formatting which made it all a bit of a chore.
P.S. For some reason I can’t attach an image file to illustrate this. The latest upgrade to iPadOS seems to have messed up image file types.
Simon J
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JCB
United Kingdom
384 Posts |
Posted - 30/09/2019 : 08:00:33
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Chris and Forum:
Carlton were coach builders for all manner of cars.
Here are some photos of the F type Carlton cars.
I think they have that little bit extra.
Ian Ross's F Type web site is the link site.
http://www.fmagna.org.uk/- see Carlton cars in list.
All the best.
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JCB
United Kingdom
384 Posts |
Posted - 30/09/2019 : 08:11:53
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Chris and Forum:
First link not working/broken. Beats me.
Try this one.
http://www.fmagna.org.uk/ look for Carlton in A to Z List.
All the best.
John Bakewell
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Simon Johnston
United Kingdom
6507 Posts |
Posted - 30/09/2019 : 08:25:32
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Here’s the example of the M.G. octagon used in text. (For some reason I can add this with my iPhone but not my iPad!)
Simon J
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Richard Verrill
United Kingdom
350 Posts |
Posted - 30/09/2019 : 08:33:31
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Thanks for that Simon. I shall experiment and also explore emoji when I have time, it would be fun to have a happy, sad or other octagonal M.G. face.
I assume you have taken a screenshot to produce an image file, Apple have changed the file format to HEIC from jpeg, you have now to elect to use jpeg if memory serves somewhere in set up, this also applies to photographs, had me completely confused a few weeks ago and as far as I was aware there was no notice.
Richard
PA1733 YA5206 |
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Simon Johnston
United Kingdom
6507 Posts |
Posted - 30/09/2019 : 08:48:31
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Thanks Richard. Screenshots used to be PNG and I would run them through Photoshop Express to convert to jpg. But that no longer works on my iPad and I’m not sure why. So quicker to use my iPhone which happily uploaded the Photoshop Express file which my iPad wouldn’t!
P.S. Even changing the default file format back to jpeg doesn’t make it work with my iPad. Very odd!
Simon J
J3437 |
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