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Ray White
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 28/02/2025 : 12:28:20
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Some of you may recall we traced my late Dad's M Type. In more recent times it has been restored to what resembles a factory offering ...but in this old photo of the car competing in a VSCC rally, I noticed how the flat screen and off centre side lights mounting seem to resemble features found on a Jarvis body.
Could I be right, or not?
I have no other photos, so this is all I can post.
Many thanks,
Ray.
Edited by Nick 02MAR2025
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Edited by - Ray White on 28/02/2025 12:33:25 |
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Reinout
USA
242 Posts |
Posted - 28/02/2025 : 16:44:46
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Here is another photo. It is not very clear unfortunately. It looks like a standard body and windshield here.
Reinout Vogt
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Ray White
United Kingdom
48 Posts |
Posted - 28/02/2025 : 17:17:26
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Yes, that was taken after the car had been restored.
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KevinA
New Zealand
695 Posts |
Posted - 28/02/2025 : 22:22:37
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That screen is much simpler than the Jarvis windscreens I am aware of
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Simon Johnston
United Kingdom
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Posted - 28/02/2025 : 22:39:04
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The windscreen in the first picture looks rather like a J2 screen with the strengthened side supports.
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Nick Feakes
USA
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Posted - 01/03/2025 : 12:34:28
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Ray
If you have the physical photograph, would you please upload it to the website. The problem with posting a link to an image is at some time in the future that link may no longer work and the image will be lost from the archive. If you need help doing that, please let me know.
Nick
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Nick Feakes
USA
3543 Posts |
Posted - 02/03/2025 : 13:30:42
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Ray
I have downloaded the picture and enhanced it as best as I can. The image is now stored on the website server
Nick
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Simon Johnston
United Kingdom
6471 Posts |
Posted - 02/03/2025 : 16:36:01
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Definitely looks like a J2 screen (but perhaps slightly adjusted better to fit the screen to the Scuttle top?)
Simon J
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Bathurst
Australia
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Posted - 08/03/2025 : 03:08:32
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It's certainly not a Jarvis body which is clearly shown in Kevin's picture of GP 1856. Distinguishing Jarvis features are the shape of the door with a forward bulge for easier foot access into the foot well, long windscreen brackets and 'wing' nuts for windscreen rake adjustment.
UW registration is for London so in an area close to Jarvis at Wimbledon but most Jarvis cars were registered in Guildford with PJ letters and some PL. Rob
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Bathurst
Australia
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Posted - 08/03/2025 : 03:15:53
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Kevin, is GP 1856 in NZ or UK? Do you know the chassis number? It's not listed in my 2019 MMM Register list. You may recall I wrote the Story on Jarvis in the 2011 MMM Yearbook based on an earlier article I wrote in 1975 (MG World/75).
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KevinA
New Zealand
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Posted - 08/03/2025 : 06:25:35
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quote:
Originally posted by Bathurst
Kevin, is GP 1856 in NZ or UK? Do you know the chassis number? It's not listed in my 2019 MMM Register list. You may recall I wrote the Story on Jarvis in the 2011 MMM Yearbook based on an earlier article I wrote in 1975 (MG World/75).
Rob
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Ray White
United Kingdom
48 Posts |
Posted - 08/03/2025 : 10:38:03
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Thanks everyone. At least I can now be sure it is not a Jarvis body.
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Ray White
United Kingdom
48 Posts |
Posted - 08/03/2025 : 10:45:17
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quote:
Originally posted by Ray White
Thanks everyone. At least I can now be sure it is not a Jarvis body.
Back in the day, My Dad and Grandad modified the M Type body with a slab tank to make it look like a more modern MG. The screen could well have come from a J type.
R. White
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Keith Durston
United Kingdom
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Posted - 08/03/2025 : 14:40:15
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Ray, "back in the day" one of my M Types had a J screen fitted to a much modified home made body. I hasten to add it was not home made by me!
Keith
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