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Well done Alan,

MartinW wrote: wrote:

..Ok, here's one for the anoraks...

Does this mean Alan is officially an anorak

Oooo nice question Alan, I don't think I've ever come across that car before, very interesting front end

Alan's not an anorak unless he was lying about spending 20 minutes googling it, whereas you knew it without resorting to Google!

Oh no, guilty as charged.

Now I have an anorack but know nothing so does that make me a donkey jacket!! (Please note that the swear filter will not let me use A S S as in one word)

ADO 51 It was alleged to have been the Austin-Healey Mk3000IV prototype, hence the grill, which was custom made it was duplicated as a twin (ADO52) that became the MGC

In the now quite dim recesses of my mind (apart from the voices in my head) someting says the AH3000 Mk IV was a widened 3000 with a RR 4 litre as was in the VP Princess. The RR 4 litre was a light alloy engine not that much heavier than the original 3 litre Austin and having a 6" wider track it handled and cornered quite well. The added power was also nice. Far better that the MGC ended up with. Unfortunately they couldn't get it into production as BMC was merging with Jaguar by that time and it would have been a competitor.

Have to fly now as I have Bowels - sorry bowls to go to. Will leave for others to flesh out as I cannot research any longer.

Looks like you covered the answer succinctly there Mr Forgetful Well done. I look forward to your new question, once you've finished playing with your balls bowls

I didn't think it would take long for the question to be answered as car was featured briefly in the latest Safety Fast. Over to you Mr Forgetful

Aw - thank you although I don't have Safety Fast - is this a magazine for Dad's to enable them to pin nappies correctly? Modern man probably uses velcro or whatever - it was pins in my day although, to be truthful, and it was ?? years ago, Ionly ever once, changed a nappy!! I have polished my bowels - sorry, bowls successfully thank goodness! So, the next question is

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Please identify

I think that is the Metro-based Midget concept of the mid-80s? I can't remember the codename of the project though, was it part of AR6?

EDIT: Yes, I just cheated it was part of AR6, so not strictly-speaking Metro based, but pretty close.

Well done MG Mad and to the MG T-Bar Quiz. It is indeed the AR6 with the roof removed and was made as a concept for the 'new' Midget.

Look forward to your question

Thanks

OK, should be fairly easy one this. What connects these:

He wasnt the guy who drove drunk and they were giving him coffee as part of the pitstop?
If Im wrong, its still a great story...
Looked up on google now so i dont look too silly but is this him...? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duncan_Hamilton_(racing_driver)

Abingdon????

the car above was built there and "old speckled hen" was brewed there............... or

MGCC

Theres a photo of that car hanging on the wall at Kimber House and theres a crate load of old speckled hen stored there for MG Live