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Cathelijne
Netherlands
748 Posts |
 Posted - 03/08/2013 : 12:16:21
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Could this be at Bellevue? The mechanic working on the car next to the M.G. (L-type?) seems to be Bill Kite which is actually my only clue.
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Colin McLachlan
United Kingdom
996 Posts |
Posted - 04/08/2013 : 09:25:22
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What makes you suggest an L type - is it the sloping radiator   ? That is some busy workshop. Could be a P type engine on the trolley to the left.
Colin
PA 0613
MG3242
Register No. 2591 |
Edited by - Colin McLachlan on 04/08/2013 09:29:06 |
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ht1962
Netherlands
114 Posts |
Posted - 04/08/2013 : 21:54:57
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The ERA might be R7B the white Arthur Dobson car.
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LewPalmer
USA
3333 Posts |
Posted - 04/08/2013 : 23:19:15
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There seem to be another odd detail about the MG in the photo. Although the front wings have the center rib, the side lights seem to be mounted to the outside of the rib. The brake drums would appear to be 12" and clearly the windscreen supports have the "B" nuts, so I agree, it looks very L-type.
Lew Palmer
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George Eagle
United Kingdom
3299 Posts |
Posted - 04/08/2013 : 23:47:57
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What an evocative photo, certainly looks like an L type (L2) and I wonder if it might be the Ashton Rigby car or one of the Alpine trial team L2s?
George
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Matthew Magilton
Australia
179 Posts |
Posted - 05/08/2013 : 05:17:57
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17 people in the picture, that's some payroll!
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Drolshagen
Germany
692 Posts |
Posted - 05/08/2013 : 07:20:04
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That is not a L2,
the firewall has the typical P-Type sealing for the bonnet,
also the visuable part of the steering columm is to short
for an L-Type
Carl
J2 4362
L2 2036 |
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Simon Johnston
United Kingdom
6536 Posts |
Posted - 05/08/2013 : 07:30:04
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| And that definitely looks like a P type engine on the trolley on the left. |
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Colin McLachlan
United Kingdom
996 Posts |
Posted - 05/08/2013 : 09:04:54
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I suspect that this is a posed photo to illustrate what a busy place the garage is. It is difficult to imagine all these people working effectively on cars jammed so close together, without tripping over each other all the time. The air would be distinctly blue! I can just hear the photographer saying "OK everybody, look busy, and don't move a muscle for the next few seconds".
Colin
PA 0613
MG3242
Register No. 2591 |
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Colin Butchers
United Kingdom
1487 Posts |
Posted - 05/08/2013 : 10:05:34
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Lot of fascinating comments, but you have all drifted away from Cat's original query. Which Workshop is this - is it Bellevue ? The answer is no, it is Thompson & Taylor's Brooklands Workshop. See page 64 of the 2002 MMM Yearbook.
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tholden
United Kingdom
1663 Posts |
Posted - 05/08/2013 : 10:11:37
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Cat I don't think this is Bellevue Garage. Wilkie showed me some pictures of the garage many years ago and whilst my memory will have faded over the years I do not recall seeing windows like that.
I also do not think they employed that many people
regards
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Colin Butchers
United Kingdom
1487 Posts |
Posted - 05/08/2013 : 17:13:56
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You are right, Terry. it is not Bellevue. It is definitely Thompson & Taylor. The windows are the give-away.
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Vitesse
United Kingdom
234 Posts |
Posted - 05/08/2013 : 21:56:10
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| Yes, definitely T & T. I think the ERA is more likely to be Reggie Tongue's R11B though - R7B has a chromed radiator - so that would probably date the picture to between 1936 and early 1938. |
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Enfield Allday
United Kingdom
47 Posts |
Posted - 06/08/2013 : 22:42:25
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The ERA looks like R4A to me. The car next to the MG is Powys Lybbe's
rebulit 8-cyl. Talbot, the mechanic is Les Wilson,the Talbot reappeared in 1938, see also The Motor,1 & 15 March 38. Dont know anything about MG's, L Types that is. |
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