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Subject: British plates
From: mit-eddie!tcgould.TN.CORNELL.EDU!garnett@EDDIE.MIT.EDU (Roger Garnett)
Date: Thu, 7 Jun 90 15:52:04 EDT
>From Roland:
>I think
>it's an MG but I'm not sure.  It has clamshell fenders and big wire
>wheels similar to a TC's and what appears to be a classic MG radiator.
>The rear of the car is more rounded then a TC's, more like the MG K3

Are there any bumpers? The T series were the first to sprout bumpers.
(other than the larger cars) How about the front valance? flat? louvers?
Raised area w/medalion (P and N types). Does is have a slab-type petrol
tank on the rear, or just body? 2 or 4 seats?   

>the license plate number starts with MG. 

The first characters on 30's British plates were specific to the issuing 
office, usually a some kind of town or district. My PA was originaly
registered in Belfast, on Oct. 7, 1934, as CZ6385. The CZ being the code
for Belfast. MG was the issuing code for University Motors, the biggest
dealer of MG Motor Cars. Therefore, the car you saw was originally sold
by University Motors.


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